"It's the closing of 'Pose' and the rebirth of Billy," the actor said. Billy Porter will say goodbye to his beloved character, ballroom emcee Pray Tell, in the upcoming third and final season of ...

Billy Porter shared the two shows he saw as a pre-teen that made him decide to devote the rest of his life to the arts. The ...

Canals: Billy and I had a conversation privately at the onset of us starting Pose. When was that, during the pilot? Porter: We were shooting the pilot and I knew that we were going to be talking ...

Actor Billy Porter grew up in Pittsburgh ... More recently, Porter won an Emmy for his starring role on Pose, an FX series set in the underground gay and trans ball culture of the late '80s ...

As “Pose” comes to a close ... The character Pray Tell, brilliantly played by Emmy winner Billy Porter, goes home to his religious family after 20 years of estrangement.

How does surviving that inform your work on Pose? Porter: I lost my first friend at 18. By 21, I had lost more people than my grandparents had. It was devastating. It was terrifying. The idea that ...

The flamboyant heart of Ryan Murphy’s “Pose” is Pray Tell ... As played by “Kinky Boots” Tony winner Billy Porter, 48, Pray has the haute couture sensibility of “Project Runway ...

Billy Porter, who plays the flamboyant ballroom emcee Pray Tell in FX’s “Pose,” made Emmy history Sunday night by becoming the first openly gay black man to win the lead actor in a drama ...

Billy Porter's experience playing Pray Tell on Pose has been both therapeutic and transformative amid the actor's own experience with HIV. Porter's character first learned of his HIV diagnosis in ...

In 2019, Billy Porter cemented his place in history as ... for his portrayal of Pray Tell in the groundbreaking FX series “Pose.” (Jeremy Strong of “Succession” won the award in 2020.) ...

He doesn’t break eye contact this time. “Get out and save yourself.” On Pose, Billy Porter plays Pray Tell, a legendary emcee of the ballroom scene. The series begins its second season on ...

Last night at the (virtual) Democratic National Convention, Billy Porter graced viewers with his presence and with his vocals. The Emmy-, Grammy-, and Tony-winning actor teamed up with rock icon ...