(Actor) won a 2013 Tony®, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for his starring role as Lola in Kinky Boots. Most recently, Billy appeared in Broadway’s Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed as Aubrey Lyles. Other Broadway credits include Grease, Smokey Joe’s Café, Five Guys Named Moe, and Miss Saigon. He’s also starred in Dreamgirls (20^th Anniversary Broadway Concert, LA Ovation Award), Ghetto Superstar: The Man That I Am (his one-man show that debuted at The Public Theater in NYC in conjunction with City Theatre of Pittsburgh and was nominated for a 2005 GLAAD Media Award) and Angels in America (Signature Theater and Actors Theatre Of Louisville). He has released two solo albums as well as being featured on the Grammy® Award Winning Kinky Boots Cast Recording. Film credits include The Broken Hearts Club, Twisted, and Shake, Rattle and Roll (Little Richard), and The First Wives Club. TV credits include: The Big C, Law & Order, & Law & Order: SVU. billyporter.com