Awards & Winners

Billy Porter

Date of Birth 21-September-1969
Place of Birth Pittsburgh
(United States of America, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Area code 412, Area code 878)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Actor, Singer, Vocal coach, Performer
Billy Porter is a Broadway performer, pop singer, film and television actor and vocal coach. He graduated from the Musical Theatre Program at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School's School of Drama and achieved fame performing on Broadway before going off on a solo career as a singer. Porter won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots at the 67th Tony Awards. For the role, Porter also won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.

Awards by Billy Porter

Check all the awards nominated and won by Billy Porter.

2013


Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Honored for : Kinky Boots
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Honored for : Kinky Boots
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Kinky Boots
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Honored for : Kinky Boots

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Kinky Boots
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Kinky Boots
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Kinky Boots
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Kinky Boots

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway Ghetto Superstar (The Man That I Am)