# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-porter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:45:59.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-porter"
name: "Billy Porter"
slug: "billy-porter"
description: "William Ellis Porter II is an American singer, actor, writer, director and businessperson. He gained notice performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. For his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, he won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He credits the part for \"cracking open\" his feminine side to confront toxic masculinity. He also won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the musical's accompanying album."
tagline: "American singer and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Porter_Gershwin_Prize_2024_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.03165733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 113000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/theebillyporter"
    handle:    "theebillyporter"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/theebillyporter/"
    handle:    "theebillyporter"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://billyporter.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theebillyporter"
    handle:    "theebillyporter"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692039/"
    handle:    "nm0692039"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "3sjUEh7eXUEL5oZLAEZXD4"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsyvdN7NFSCcwbu-EznlMA"
    handle:    "@theebillyporter"
    followers: 113000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter_(vermaker)"
    title: "Billy Porter (vermaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلي بورتر (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلى بوتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Били Портър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیڵی پۆرتێر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μπίλι Πόρτερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی پورتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "בילי פורטר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%93%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Բիլի Փորթեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ビリー・ポーター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "빌리 포터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Портер, Билли (актёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913177"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88966"
    title: "Billy Porter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump