It has taken the Emmy-winning actor, whose credits include Like a Boss, Cinderella, and The Intern, about 25 years to be recognized as a professional artist, he says.
After I entered, my brand was “fabulous,” “Billy Porter is fabulous,” and “Billy Porter does fabulous.”
“I am a very serious human being, and the conversation that I am having with the world is ‘fabulous’ and’serious’ do co-exist.”
Our Son, his most recent movie, in which he co-starred with Welsh actor Luke Evans, is a moving drama about the difficulties of co-parenting following a divorce that a same-sex marriage faces.
Nicky and Gabriel, who have been together for 13 years, are at odds over Owen’s custody. Owen is eight years old.
Porter and Evans also worked together on the soundtrack for the movie, which included the song “Always Be My Man,” which they performed at the Tribeca Festival opening the previous year.
