Billy Porter is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
His acting debut came as Gus Fielding in a production of the Rodgersand Hart musical comedy"Babes in Arms."
A graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, Porter was an understudy in the 1992-93 Broadway musical,"Five Guys Named Moe." PorterPorter won the Tony for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical in 2013 for his role as the cabaret performer and drag queen Lola in"Kinky Boots."The actor Billy Porter said he was HIV positive in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, going public with his status for the first time in 14 years.
Porter won the Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 2019, for his portrayal of Pray Tell, an aspiring fashion designer and master of ceremonies in the first season of ``Pose.'' Porter was the first openly gay Black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category.
Porter was also nominated for the role in each of the final two seasons of the FX drama spotlighting the legends, icons and ferocious house mothers of New York's underground ball culture.
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