Billy Porter is a tremendously talented Emmy, Tony and Grammy-award winning actor, singer and director, and playwright. His cinematic performances include 80 for Brady, Cinderella, The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy and Bill Oliver’s OUR SON, which is featured in this year’s festival. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Anything’s Possible in 2022.
Billy’s work on FX’s breakthrough series “Pose” electrified audiences and won universal acclaim. Billy has also appeared on “American Horror Story – Apocalypse” and “The Get Down”, amongst many other television credits. His Tony-winning on-stage performance as Lola in the smash hit musical Kinky Boots is just one highlight of a celebrated career both on and off Broadway in such shows as Shuffle Along, Five Guys Named Moe, and Angels in America.