season 1 first debuted in June 2018, there was no doubt that longtime stage actor Billy Porter was long overdue for a breakout moment.
On co-creators Ryan Murphy and Steven Canals’ groundbreaking FX series about the ballroom scene and LGBTQ community of color, Porter plays ardent emcee Pray Tell, whose heart is as big as his mouth.
Quickly becoming a fan-favorite, the love for his character and performance took him all the way to the 2019 Primetime Emmys, where — just one day after turning 50 years old — he became the first Black gay man to win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. “As a Black queer man, it has changed my life completely,” he tells ET’s Keltie Knight about winning. “There is a power that comes with it, there is a.