Who Do You Think You Are? Previews Billy Porter’s Discovery Of A Murder

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Who Do You Think You Are? previewed its season 11 episode that features actor Billy Porter, who makes a discovery about the murder of one of his family members. The show follows celebrities as they trace their family trees and research their genealogy in order to find out more about themselves. They travel to locations in the United States and all over the world as they work with historians, genealogists, and other experts to piece together the stories of their ancestors. The Emmy-Award season returns to NBC for its fourth season where it aired for three seasons before TLC picked it up for seven seasons.

Billy is a multi-talented actor and singer. He won the 2013 Tony Award for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway. The following year, he won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the show. He has released several other albums and has performed in many concerts. Billy won the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the television series Pose, making him the first gay Black man to achieve the honor. In 2020, he was included on the prestigious Time list of The 100 Most Influential People in the World. Billy's episode will air first on Who Do You Think You Are? season 11, followed by Nick Offerman, Allison Janney, Zachary Levi, Bradley Whitford, and Zachary Quinto.

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Now People reveals that, on his Who Do You Think You Are? episode, Billy met with a family historian and genealogist to learn more about the 1923 death of his maternal great-grandfather. Through this research, Billy discovered that his great-grandfather was shot by a police officer at the age of 33. The police officer was never held