Billy Porter has booked a very exciting new role! The 53-year-old Emmy, Tony, and Grammy winner will be portraying the legendary gay novelist, essayist, and activist James Baldwin in an upcoming biopic based on his life. Billy will be co-writing the script with Dan McCabe based on David Leeming’s 1994 book James Baldwin: A Biography. Keep reading to find out more… “As a Black queer man on this planet with relative consciousness, I find myself, like James Baldwin said, ‘in a rage all the time.’ I am because James was.
I stand on James Baldwin’s shoulders, and I intend to expand his legacy for generations to come,” Billy shared in a statement with The Hollywood Reporter. Billy‘s Incognegro Productions will co-produce the upcoming biopic along with Allen Media Group.
It was recently announced that Billy will be among the guests appearing on the final episodes of The Late Late Show with James Corden!
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