Billy Porter becomes first openly gay black man nominated for best actor in a drama at Emmys
Billy Porter is first openly gay black man to be nominated for outstanding lead actor (Picture: FX) ..
Billy Porter is the first openly gay black man to be nominated in the outstanding lead actor in a drama series category for the Emmys.
Porter earned the nod for his turn as sharp-tongued emcee Pray Tell in Pose, the series about New Yorks LGBT ballroom scene in the 1980s.
He took to Instagram to share his success, simply writing: Ahhhhhhh, Im screaming.
The show, which is now in its second season and is broadcast on BBC in the UK, was also nominated in the drama series category.
Porter was previously nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on the show, which features a number of queer and transgender actors.
The 49-year-old previously won the Tony for best actor in a musical in 2013 for his turn as Lola in Kinky Boots, and he also picked up the 2014 Grammy for best musical theatre album for Kinky Boots.
Game Of Thrones leads the Emmys 2019 nominations -despite backlash over the final season – with the show receiving 32 nominations, the most for any programme ever in single season.
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Game Of Thrones has now beaten NYPD Blues 25-year record for highest number of nods in one year.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel had 20 nominations while Sky Atlantic drama Chernobyl received 19 nominations.
Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh will battle it out off-screen for the best actress in a drama award for their performances in Killing Eve, while the comedy thriller series received nine nominations in total.
British stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Kit Harington are also up for nominations, with Waller-Bridges Fleabag getting 11 nods.
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