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Billy Porter

Billy Porter is an American actor and singer. He attended Taylor Allderdice, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, and achieved fame performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor.


Aliases
  • William Ellis Porter II
English עברית

Pose

2018
as Pray Tell

Cinderella

2021
as Fairy Godmother

American Horror Story

2011
as Behold Chablis

Like a Boss

2020
as Barret

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

2022
as Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins

Equal

2020
as Narrator

Every Act of Life

2018
as Himself

Twisted

1996
as Shiniqua, Angel's friend

Noel

2004
as Randy

Intern

2000
as Sebastian Niederfarb

80 for Brady

2023
as Gugu

Director

Movie Anything's Possible 2022

Host

Episode The Earthshot Prize
Prize Ceremony
2024
Series Land of Lola: Backstage at Kinky Boots with Billy Porter 2013

Guest Star

Episode Saturday Night Live
David Harbour / Camila Cabello
2019
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 13
2025
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 3
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Michael Douglas, Billy Porter, Mustafa
2021
Episode American Horror Story
Could It Be... Satan?
2018
Episode Show People with Paul Wontorek
Billy Porter
2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Ricky Gervais, Billy Porter, The Lumineers
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Billy Porter, David Byrne, Kane Brown
2020
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Dave Grohl, Billy Porter
2021
Episode That's My Jam
Billy Porter & Patti LaBelle vs. Darren Chris & Sarah Hyland
2023
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Billy Eichner, Billy Porter, Kim Petras
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Will Ferrell, Billy Porter, Phoebe Bridgers
2020
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford
2021
Episode RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World
Grand Finale
2022
Episode Dear...
Billy Porter
2022
Episode Tamron Hall
Billy Porter
2020
Episode Desus & Mero (2019)
TERRIFYING AND SEXY AT THE SAME TIME
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Billy Porter, Lisa Kudrow
2023
Episode That Damn Michael Che
Sex Worker
2021
Episode The Twilight Zone (2019)
The Who of You
2020
Episode Tony Awards
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards
2019
Episode The Jennifer Hudson Show
Billy Porter, Haley Lu Richardson
2022
Episode American Horror Story
Boy Wonder
2018
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Alison Brie; Billy Porter
2018
Episode Grammy Awards
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards
2020
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Episode 197
2020
Episode Carpool Karaoke
Cinderella w/ Camila Cabello, Billy Porter & Idina Menzel
2021
Episode American Horror Story
Return to Murder House
2018
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Kirsten Dunst, Billy Porter, Andrew Orolfo
2019
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Uzo Aduba, Billy Porter and more
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Natalie Portman, Billy Porter, Lous and the Yakuza
2020
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Episode 4
2019
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Paul Reiser, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Billy Porter
1997
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dissonant Voices
2013
Episode American Horror Story
Traitor
2018

Musical Guest

Episode Christmas In Rockefeller Center
86th (2018)
2018
Episode Christmas In Rockefeller Center
82
2014
Episode Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024 (98th)
2024