Billy Porter

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Billy Porter (2017)

Billy Porter (born September 21, 1969 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American actor , singer and composer . He is also active as a playwright and director .

Life

Billy Porter is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's School Of Drama .

His career began on Broadway , where he appeared in various plays over several years, including in Miss Saigon as John in 1991 and in Smokey Joe's Cafe in 1995 . He starred as Teen Angel in the 1994 Grease performance . Porter also played off-Broadway on shows like Radiant Baby and Angels in America .

In 1997 his first solo album Billy Porter was released: Untitled . His voice can also be heard on other albums, including A Very Rosie Christmas , Jim Brickman's Destiny , Adam Guettel's Myths & Hymns , Gershwin and Sondheim Benefit Albums , Hercules (Disney) and Anastasia (Warner Bros.) . On April 15, 2014, his solo album Billy's Back on Broadway was released .

Billy Porter also starred in several films and series, such as Intrigue - Erotic and Dangerous , The Broken Heart Club , Law & Order and Pose . Porter has worked in several theater productions as a director and playwright. His biggest hits include Being Alive, Twilight in Manchego and The Soul of Richard Rodgers .

In October 2014, Porter played the role of Lola on Broadway in the hit musical Kinky Boots , written by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper .

Billy Porter received several awards for this role, including the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

Since 2018 Porter can be seen in the series Pose in the lead role of Pray Tell . After being nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his acting performance in 2019 , he was honored at the Emmys in the category Best Actor - Drama Series .

Porter has been married to entrepreneur Adam Smith since January 14, 2017.

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • 1997: Untitled
  • 2005: At the Corner of Broadway + Soul
  • 2013: Kinky Boots (Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  • 2014: Billy's Back on Broadway
  • 2017: The Soul of Richard Rodgers

Singles

  • 1996: Love Is On The Way
  • 1997: Borrowed Time
  • 1997: Show Me
  • 2007: Somewhere

Theater (selection)

play

  • 1991-2001: Miss Saigon (Broadway)
  • 1994–1998: Grease (Broadway)
  • 1995–2000: Smokey Joe's Cafe (Broadway)
  • 1995: The Merchant of Venice (Off-Broadway)
  • 2001: Dreamgirls (Broadway)
  • 2003: Radiant Baby (Off-Broadway)
  • 2003: Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway)
  • 2004: Hair (Broadway)
  • 2010: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Off-Broadway)
  • 2013–2019: Kinky Boots (Broadway)
  • 2016: Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (Broadway)

author

  • 2005: Ghetto Superstar (Off-Broadway)
  • 2014: While I Yet Live (Off-Broadway)

Director

  • 2015: HAM: A Musical Memoir (Off-Broadway)

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • Tony Awards 2013 named "Best Actor in a Musical"
  • Grammy Awards 2013 for "Best Musical Theater Album"
  • Drama Desk Awards 2013 named "Outstanding Actor in a Musical"
  • Broadway.com Audience Choice Award 2013 for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots
  • Emmys 2019 named Best Actor in a Drama Series

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Billy Porter - Biography . In: Internet Movie Database , accessed October 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Billy Porter - Theater Credits . In: broadwayworld.com, accessed October 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Billy Porter - Music ( Memento from October 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Official website, accessed October 27, 2014
  4. ↑ Billy Porter - Bio ( Memento from October 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Official website, accessed October 27, 2014.
  5. ^ Billy Porter - Star file . In: broadway.com, accessed October 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ruthie Fierberg: Billy Porter Is a Married Man! . In: Playbill of January 17, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Porter, Billy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States