Portrait of Billy Porter

Acting

Billy Porter

Career

Active from 2000 to 2023, with a break from 2007 to 2017, busiest in 2021 and 2023 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for POSE
POSE
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Billy Porter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    2.5, average 4.0
  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Feel-Good Movie 2
  • LGBTQ+ Themes 2
  • Educational 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Camp
Camp

as Mark

To Be Real
To Be Real

Director, Executive Producer

2020s

20 titles ยท average score 51
Our Son
Our Son (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

as Gabriel

80 for Brady
80 for Brady (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gugu

Anything's Possible
Anything's Possible (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
GoodWatch score 33

TV show

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)
GoodWatch score 30

TV show ยท as Randall (voice)

A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting (2022)
GoodWatch score 64

Executive Producer

Cinderella
Cinderella (2021)
GoodWatch score 46

as Fabulous Godmother

Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl (2021)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Singer

Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression (2021)

as (Himself)

Middlemost Post
Middlemost Post (2021)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Recycle King (voice)

Equal
Equal (2020)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Narrator

Like a Boss
Like a Boss (2020)
GoodWatch score 38

as Barrett

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 69
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (2019)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show

POSE
POSE (2018)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Pray Tell

Big Mouth
Big Mouth (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Ocean (voice)

The Humbling
The Humbling (2014)
GoodWatch score 51

as Prince

The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)

as Dizzy Gillespie (voice)

American Horror Story
American Horror Story (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Behold Chablis

2000s

4 titles ยท average score 50
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

Noel
Noel (2004)
GoodWatch score 43

as Randy

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
GoodWatch score 63

as Taylor

Intern
Intern (2000)
GoodWatch score 32

as Sebastian Niederfarb

1990s

5 titles ยท average score 64
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Jackie Walker

Colorz of Rage
Colorz of Rage (1999)

as Street Performer

Twisted
Twisted (1996)
GoodWatch score 42

as Shiniqua, Angel's friend

Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Little Richard

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Greg Ellison

1980s

1 title ยท average score 83
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Desmond (voice)