Billy Porter is an American actor and singer. He attended the Musical Theater program at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School's School of Drama, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, and achieved fame performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Live with Kelly and Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2x23: Billy Porter (Oct 5, 2023)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 1x59: Billy Porter, Haley Lu Richardson (Dec 6, 2022)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)
Starring as Randall
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Juneteenth (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: A Perfect 10 (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: Raging Bully (Apr 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Snackland (Mar 16, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Father Figures (Mar 9, 2022)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (2022)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 1x06: Grand Finale (Mar 8, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
That's My Jam (2021)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2x02: Billy Porter & Patti LaBelle vs. Darren Criss & Sarah Hyland (Mar 14, 2023)
Fairfax (2021)
Guest starring as Additional Voices
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Fashion War (Jun 10, 2022)
- Episode 2x07: Big Little AI's (Jun 10, 2022)
- Episode 2x06: Clout 9 (Jun 10, 2022)
- Episode 2x01: Fairfax at Night (Jun 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Belly of the Hypebeast (Oct 29, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Secure the Bag (Oct 29, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 29, 2021)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2021)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 3x06: Róisín Murphy, Dermot Kennedy, Billy Porter (Sep 27, 2023)
Middlemost Post (2021)
Guest starring as Recycle King
- Episode 1x03: BURT! The Musical (Jul 16, 2021)
Gossip Girl (2021)
Guest starring as Singer
- Episode 1x05: Hope Sinks (Aug 5, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
Equal (2020)
Starring as Narrator
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Stonewall: From Rebellion to Liberation (Oct 22, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Black is Beautiful, Gay is Good! (Oct 22, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: Transgender Pioneers (Oct 22, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: The Birth of a Movement (Oct 22, 2020)
The Amber Ruffin Show (2020)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 3x02: October 7, 2022 (Oct 7, 2022)
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x48: Billy Porter (Jan 11, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Billy Porter (Sep 18, 2020)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2x279: Dr. Arjun Venkatesh, Becca Stevens, Nick Molnar, Billy Porter (Oct 18, 2021)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 4x152: Billy Porter, Judge Marilyn Milian, William Stanford Davis, Sasheer Zamata (Apr 19, 2023)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x02: Billy Porter, Eric Nam, Nick Offerman (Oct 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x151: Billy Porter, Marcia Gay Harden, Wilson Cruz (Jun 29, 2020)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2x77: Jonathan & Drew Scott, Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Porter (Jan 9, 2020)
Pose (2018)
Starring as Pray Tell
(23 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: Series Finale (Jun 6, 2021)
- Episode 3x06: Something Old, Something New (May 30, 2021)
- Episode 3x04: Take Me to Church (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 3x03: The Trunk (May 9, 2021)
- Episode 3x02: Intervention (May 2, 2021)
- Episode 3x01: On the Run (May 2, 2021)
- Episode 2x10: In My Heels (Aug 20, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Revelations (Aug 6, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Blow (Jul 30, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Love's in Need of Love Today (Jul 23, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: What Would Candy Do? (Jul 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Never Knew Love Like This Before (Jul 9, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Butterfly/Cocoon (Jun 25, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Worth It (Jun 18, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Acting Up (Jun 11, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Mother of the Year (Jul 22, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: Pink Slip (Jul 15, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Love is the Message (Jul 8, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Mother's Day (Jul 1, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: The Fever (Jun 24, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Giving and Receiving (Jun 17, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Access (Jun 10, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jun 3, 2018)
Big Mouth (2017)
Guest starring as Ocean
- Episode 7x01: Big Mouth's Going to High School (But Not for Nine More Episodes) (Oct 20, 2023)
The Get Down (2016)
Guest starring as DJ Malibu
- Episode 1x01: Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope for a Treasure (Aug 12, 2016)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2020-05-13: Eric Garcetti & Billy Porter (May 13, 2020)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2021-11-04: Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford (Nov 4, 2021)
- Episode 2019-06-12: Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Billy Porter (Jun 12, 2019)
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 5x04: Drama Actors (Jul 14, 2019)
Celebrity Family Feud (2015)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 9x10: Rosie O'Donnell vs. Billy Porter (Dec 13, 2023)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2023-04-20: Billy Porter; Lisa Kudrow (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 2021-05-05: Billy Porter, Brett Gelman (May 5, 2021)
- Episode 2020-10-27: Billy Porter, David Byrne, Kane Brown (Oct 27, 2020)
- Episode 2020-06-23: From His Garage: Will Ferrell, Billy Porter, Phoebe Bridgers (Jun 23, 2020)
- Episode 2019-09-18: Kirsten Dunst, Billy Porter, Andrew Orolfo (Sep 18, 2019)
Good Morning Britain (2014)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2021-10-14: 14/10/21 (Oct 14, 2021)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 7x18: Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories (Jul 19, 2020)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2023-10-19: Billy Porter, Darren Aronofsky, Fred Armisen, Jacquelene Acevedo (Oct 19, 2023)
- Episode 2022-08-03: Billy Porter, Jane Mayer, Giulliana Merello (Aug 3, 2022)
- Episode 2020-07-28: Cameron Diaz, Billy Porter, Jason Aldean (Jul 28, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-15: Billy Porter, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Caitlyn Smith (Jan 15, 2020)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2022-07-28: Mark Wahlberg, Billy Porter, AJR (Jul 28, 2022)
- Episode 2021-05-27: Michael Douglas, Billy Porter, Mustafa (May 27, 2021)
- Episode 2020-10-20: Natalie Portman, Billy Porter, Lous and The Yakuza (Oct 20, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-28: At Home Edition: Ricky Gervais, Billy Porter, The Lumineers (Apr 28, 2020)
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (2012)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 1x26: Billy Porter and Zach "MC Mr. Napkins" Sherwin (Jun 20, 2013)
American Horror Story (2011)
Guest starring as Behold Chablis
(5 episodes)
- Episode 8x09: Fire and Reign (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 8x07: Traitor (Oct 24, 2018)
- Episode 8x06: Return to Murder House (Oct 17, 2018)
- Episode 8x05: Boy Wonder (Oct 10, 2018)
- Episode 8x04: Could It Be ... Satan? (Oct 3, 2018)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 11x01: Billy Porter (Jul 10, 2022)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 15x101: Alison Brie; Billy Porter (Jun 19, 2018)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 29x03: Jodie Comer, Andie MacDowell, Billy Porter, Daisy Haggard, Texas (Oct 8, 2021)
- Episode 27x06: Will Ferrell, Miranda Hart, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Billy Porter (May 15, 2020)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 17x44: Gone in the Night; Anything's Possible; 18 1/2 (Jul 23, 2022)
Dancing with the Stars (2005)
Guest starring as Guest Judge
- Episode 32x08: Whitney Houston Night (Nov 14, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2021-04-27: Dave Grohl, Billy Porter (Apr 27, 2021)
- Episode 2020-07-09: Billy Porter, Kim Petras, guest host Billy Eichner (Jul 9, 2020)
E! News (2002)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 23x63: Rachel McAdams, Billy Porter, Kenya Moore (Apr 24, 2023)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Jackie Walker
- Episode 15x07: Dissonant Voices (Nov 6, 2013)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 27x69: Billy Porter (Dec 12, 2023)
- Episode 26x130: Billy Porter (Mar 24, 2023)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Desmond
- Episode 31x17: Highway to Well (Mar 22, 2020) [Special Guest Star]
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 45x03: David Harbour / Camila Cabello (Oct 12, 2019)
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (1972)
Starring as Host
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2022-12-31: Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023 - Part 1 (Dec 31, 2022)
- Episode 2021-12-31: Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022 - Part 1 (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 2021-12-31: Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022 - Part 2 (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 2021-12-31: Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022 - Part 1 (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 2020-12-31: Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021 - Part 1 (Dec 31, 2020)
- Episode 2020-12-31: Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021 - Part 2 (Dec 31, 2020)
- Episode 2020-12-31: Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021 - Part 1 (Dec 31, 2020)
- Episode 2019-12-31: Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 - Part 1 (Dec 31, 2019)
- Episode 2019-12-31: Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 - Part 2 (Dec 31, 2019)
- Episode 2019-12-31: Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 - Part 1 (Dec 31, 2019)
Grammy Awards (1959)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2022-04-03: The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (Apr 3, 2022)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2022-06-12: The 75th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 12, 2022)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2020-02-09: The 92nd Annual Academy Awards (Feb 9, 2020)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2023-03-09: Kerry Washington, Karan Gokani, Billy Porter (Mar 9, 2023)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2020-09-20: The 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 (Sep 20, 2020)
- Episode 2019-09-22: The 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 (Sep 22, 2019)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
Guest starring as Billy Porter
- Episode 2023-01-10: The 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2023 (Jan 10, 2023)