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RuPaul

actor

Birth Date

Zodiac Sign

Scorpio

Biography

RuPaul Andre Charles is an American drag queen, television host, singer, producer, writer, and actor. He produces, hosts, and judges the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race and has received several accolades, including 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, three GLAAD Media Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award, two Billboard Music Awards, and a Tony Award. He has been dubbed the "Queen of Drag" and is considered the most commercially successful drag queen in the United States, with Fortune saying that he is "easily the world's most famous drag queen." In 2017, RuPaul was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

Additional Information

Born

  • RuPaul Andre Charles (1960-11-17) November 17
  • 1960 (age 64)San Diego
  • California
  • U.S.

Awards

Full list

Genres

  • Pop
  • dance
  • disco house
  • R&B

Labels

  • Funtone
  • Every
  • Tommy Boy
  • Rhino
  • RuCo
  • World of Wonder

Spouse

Georges LeBar (m. 2017)

Website

rupaul.com

FullName

RuPaul

Relatives

Cory Booker (cousin)

BirthPlace

San Diego, California, U.S.

Television

  • The RuPaul Show
  • RuPaul's Drag Race
  • Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul
  • Good Work
  • Skin Wars
  • AJ and the Queen
  • RuPaul

Instruments

Vocals

Occupations

  • Drag queen
  • television host
  • singer
  • producer
  • writer
  • actor

Years Active

1982–present

Organizations

  • "John Oliver hijacks homophobe Mike Pence's bunny book with a better one in A Day In The Life Of Marlon Bundo"
  • Archived