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Billy Porter. Actor: Pose. Before embarking on a career as a mainstream pop vocalist, Billy Porter built a substantial reputation as a theatrical singer in Broadway productions such as Grease and Smokey Joe's Cafe. He made his initial impact by placing 'Love Is On The Way' on the soundtrack to the film First Wives' Club, in 1996.

September 21, 1969 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Mini Bio Before embarking on a career as a mainstream pop vocalist, Billy Porter built a substantial reputation as a theatrical singer in Broadway productions such as Grease and Smokey Joe's Cafe.

Fourteen years after his initial diagnosis, the Pose actor revealed publicly that he is HIV-positive. Porter says being open about his health status felt like a rebirth. His new memoir is...

Pose actor Billy Porter has revealed he has been living with HIV for the past 14 years. The US star was diagnosed in 2007 but said he had since "lived with that shame in silence".

Billy Porter is an actor, writer, and red carper superstar. Most recently, he's best known for his Emmy- winning performance as Pray Tell on FX's Pose, though he's appeared in American Horror Story and Law & Order. In addition, he's a celebrated theater actor, having won a Tony Award for his performance in Kinky Boots.

Actor Billy Porter was born on September 21, 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised by his mother, Cloerinda Ford. Porter attended Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, as well as the Pittsburgh School for the Creative and Performing Arts, where he studied acting, music, and dance.

Our guest today, Billy Porter, won an Emmy in 2019 for his starring role in the FX series "Pose." It was a drama series set in the gay and trans underground ballroom scene of the late '80s and...

Billy Porter is a man on a mission. ... Actor Eva Reign and director Billy Porter on the set of "Anything's Possible." Tony Rivetti / Amazon Studios. Print; July 22, 2022, 8:30 AM UTC.