Personal Info
Birth date
1960-11-17 (64 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
San Diego, California, USA
Also known as
RuPaul Charles
RuPaul Andre Charles
Andre Charles
Ru Paul
РуПол
Ру Пол
Ру Пол Андре Чарльз
Рупол Андре Чарлс
Рупол
鲁保罗
روبول تشارلز
روپال
RuPaul
Biography
RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960), known mononymously as RuPaul, is an American drag queen, television judge, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, he has received several accolades, including eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, three GLAAD Media Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award, two Billboard Music Awards, and a Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article RuPaul, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.136
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.355
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watchThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.865
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.333
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".The Graham Norton Show
7.2
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.The Simpsons
8.017
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.A Little Late with Lilly Singh
3.6
Overview:
The comedian, actress, social media sensation, producer and author of "How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life," Lilly Singh brings her unique perspective to late night as she hosts celebrity interviews, talks current events, performs musical and sketch comedy, plays games, and more.RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
6.2
Overview:
The access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway—the backstage bitchiness, the catfights, the struggles, the tears and the secrets. See what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow.Project Runway
6.2
Overview:
Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
7.3
Overview:
The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Broad City
7.1
Overview:
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.RuPaul's Drag Race
7.552
Overview:
Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.BoJack Horseman
8.546
Overview:
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?The Soup
6.143
Overview:
With this satirical series, the E! Entertainment Network returns to a format they helped create with the popular '90s show Talk Soup. Only this time instead of just poking fun at talk shows, they're setting their sights on all things in entertainment, reality TV, pop culture, and politics.Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
7.809
Overview:
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.Saturday Night Live
6.962
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
7.855
Overview:
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.2 Broke Girls
7.195
Overview:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.RuPaul's Drag Race UK
7.2
Overview:
RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in all the land.Veronica's Closet
5.2
Overview:
Veronica 'Ronnie' Chase is the 'Queen of Romance.' Founder of a successful lingerie empire, and best-selling author of self-help romance books, Ronnie has it all ... money, success, sex appeal and a philandering husband. How she will find true happiness without jeopardizing her business will be her biggest challenge yet.Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
8.5
Overview:
The Queen of Cuisine and the King of Kush are coming together to invite their celebrity friends over for a little potluck fun. Games, recipes and musical guests. It's guaranteed to have everyone buzzing.Finding Your Roots
6.2
Overview:
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.Walker, Texas Ranger
7
Overview:
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
5.7
Overview:
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
5.5
Overview:
An access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway. See what happens behind the scenes when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow.Sister, Sister
7.134
Overview:
Twins Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell were separated and adopted at birth. Fourteen years later, they encounter each other by chance at the mall. After the families meet, Tia's widowed father agrees to let Tamera and her single mother move in with them.MTV Video Music Awards
7.6
Overview:
An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.Hollywood Squares
7.2
Overview:
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.Acting
2025RuPaul’s Drag Race Live in Las Vegas 1000th Show as Self
2025Hollywood Squares (2 Episodes) as Self
2024Hitpig! as Polecat (voice)
2024RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars (12 Episodes) as Self - Host / Judge
2024The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2024Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion as Self
2024Ozi: Voice of the Forest as Gurd (voice)
2023Trolls Band Together as Miss Maxine (voice)
2023Nimona as Nate Knight (voice)
2023The Stroll as Self (archive footage)
2023Lingo (28 Episodes) as Self - Host
2022Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World (12 Episodes) as Self - RuMail
2022The Tiny Chef Show (22 Episodes) as Announcer
2022Celebrity Lingo (7 Episodes) as Self - Host
2022Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 as The Mothership (voice)
2022PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation as Self (archive footage)
2022RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (14 Episodes) as Self - Host
2021Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon as Q
2021The Bitch Who Stole Christmas as Hannah Contour
2021Painted with Raven (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest Judge
2021Drag Race Italy (1 Episode) as Self (uncredited)
2021Chicago Party Aunt (16 Episodes) as Gideon (voice)
2021Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch as Unknown
2021Workhorse Queen as Self (archival footage)
2021RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (24 Episodes) as Self - Host / Judge
2021Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant
2020The Big New Year's In as Herself
2020RuPaul's Drag Race: Bring Back My Ghouls as Himself (archive footage)
2020Drag Race Holland (13 Episodes) as Self - Video Message
2020Muppets Now (1 Episode) as Self
2020Canada's Drag Race (47 Episodes) as Self - RuMail
2020Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race (12 Episodes) as Self - Host
2020AJ and the Queen (10 Episodes) as Robert Lee / Ruby Red
2019RuPaul's Drag Race UK (58 Episodes) as Self - Host / Judge
2019A Little Late with Lilly Singh (1 Episode) as Self
2019The Queens as Self
2019Stonewall Outloud as Narrator (voice)
2019Amphibia (4 Episodes) as Mr. X (voice)
2019RuPaul (15 Episodes) as Self - Host
2019The X Change Rate (1 Episode) as Self - Special Guest
2019Wig as Self
2019Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts as Self
2019Someone Great as Hype
2019The World's Best (7 Episodes) as Judge
2018BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends as Unknown
2018RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular as Self - Host
2018The Alec Baldwin Show (1 Episode) as Self
2018Follow Me (1 Episode) as Self
2018Show Dogs as Persephone (voice)
2018Forbidden as Unknown
2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom as Self
2017Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? as Self
2017Susanne Bartsch: On Top as Self
2017Girlboss (7 Episodes) as Lionel
2016Not Today, Bianca (2 Episodes) as RuPaul
2016Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (1 Episode) as Self
2016The $100,000 Pyramid (2 Episodes) as Self
2016Match Game (1 Episode) as Self - Panelist
2016Straight Outta OZ as Unknown
2016Skin Wars: Fresh Paint (9 Episodes) as Self - Host
2016To Tell the Truth (1 Episode) as Self - Panelist
2016Hurricane Bianca as Weatherman
2016The Real O'Neals (1 Episode) as RuPaul
2016Animals. (2 Episodes) as Dr. Labcoat
2016Kocktails With Khloé (1 Episode) as Self
2015RuPaul's Drag Race: Green Screen Christmas as Self
2015Adam Ruins Everything (1 Episode) as Unknown
2015The Muppets (1 Episode) as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Guest
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (1 Episode) as Self
2015RuPaul's Drag Race: RuVealed (81 Episodes) as Self
2015Grace and Frankie (2 Episodes) as Benjamin Le Day
2015Drag Becomes Him as Self (archive footage)
2015Harvey Beaks (2 Episodes) as Jackie Slitherstein (voice)
2014BoJack Horseman (1 Episode) as Queen Antonia (voice)
2014Skin Wars (29 Episodes) as Self - Judge
2014Trailblazer Honors (1 Episode) as Self - Speaker
2014Hey Qween! (1 Episode) as Self
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2 Episodes) as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (2 Episodes) as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 Episode) as Self
2014Broad City (3 Episodes) as Marcel
2013Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular as Self
2013RuPaul Drives... (33 Episodes) as Self - Host
2013The Out List as Herself (archive footage)
2013Alyssa's Secret (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED (74 Episodes) as Self - Narrator
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (101 Episodes) as Self - Host / Judge
2012Finding Your Roots (1 Episode) as Self
20112 Broke Girls (1 Episode) as Himself
2011Happy Endings (1 Episode) as KrisJahn
2010RuPaul's Drag U (26 Episodes) as Himself
2010RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (196 Episodes) as Self - Narrator
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (10 Episodes) as Self - Guest
2009RuPaul's Drag Race (239 Episodes) as Self - Host
2009Under the Hood (7 Episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2008Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen as Narrator
2008Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! as Tyrell Tyrelle
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (1 Episode) as Tyler (voice)
2007Starrbooty as Starrbooty / Cupcake
2007The Graham Norton Show (1, 2 Episode) as Self - Guest, Self
2006Ugly Betty (1 Episode) as Rudolph
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006Zombie Prom as Miss Strict
2006Whitepaddy as Radio Kissin'
2005Disco: Spinning The Story as self
2005The Comeback (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons as Self - Non-sexual Role
2004Project Runway (1 Episode) as Self - Guest Judge
2004The Soup (2 Episodes) as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (4 Episodes) as Self - Guest Host
2002The Groovenians as Champagne Courvoisier
2002Sylvester: Mighty Real as Self
2001Who Is Cletis Tout? as Ginger Markum
2000The Truth About Jane as Jimmy
2000But I'm a Cheerleader as Mike
2000VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross as Self
2000Son of the Beach (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Narrator
1999Time of Your Life (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999After Stonewall as Self
1999EDtv as RuPaul
1998V.I.P. (1 Episode) as Pepe Dutille
1998Hollywood Squares (5 Episodes) as Self - Panelist
1998Hercules (1 Episode) as Rock Guardian (voice)
1998An Unexpected Life as Charles
1998Motown 40: The Music is Forever as Self
1997Veronica's Closet (1 Episode) as Brett
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self
1997The RuPaul Show (1 Episode) as Himself - Host
1997Shantay as Shantay
1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1 Episode) as Witch Judge
1996A Very Brady Sequel as Ms. Cummings
1996Fled as Himself
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1 Episode) as Self
1996Nash Bridges (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Catwalk as Self
1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special as Self
1995MADtv (1 Episode) as Self
1995Blue in the Face as Dancer
1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Rachel Tensions
1995Red Ribbon Blues as Duke
1995Wigstock: The Movie as Self
1995A Mother's Prayer as Deacon "Dede"
1995The Brady Bunch Movie as Mrs. Cummings
1994Crooklyn as Bodega Woman
1994Sister, Sister (1 Episode) as Marje
1994Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder as Self
1993RuPaul's Christmas Ball as Host
1993Walker, Texas Ranger (1 Episode) as Bob
1993Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine: Inaugural Issue as Unknown
1992Inferno as Party Guest
1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as Queen Chante (voice)
1989Nelson Sullivan as Unknown
1989Nelson Sullivan's Video Diaries as Himself
1989Pickle Surprise as Unknown
1987Starbooty Trilogy as Starbooty
1984RuPaul & Felecia Having Fun in New York - October 18, 1984 as Himself
1984RuPaul's Trilogy Of Terror as Sheila Jones
1984MTV Video Music Awards (1 Episode) as Self
1975Saturday Night Live (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host
Creator
2025Drag Race France All Stars ... Creator
2024RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars ... Creator
2024RuPaul's Drag Race Live Untucked ... Creator
2024Drag Race Spain: All Stars ... Creator
2023Drag Race Germany ... Creator
2023Drag Race Brazil ... Creator
2023Drag Race México ... Creator
2023Drag Race Sweden ... Creator
2023Drag Race Sverige: Untucked! ... Creator
2023Drag Race Belgique ... Creator
2022Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World ... Creator
2022Drag Race Philippines Untucked! ... Creator
2022Drag Race Philippines ... Creator
2022Drag Race France ... Creator
2022RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World ... Creator
2021Queen of the Universe ... Creator
2021Drag Race Italy ... Creator
2021Drag Race Spain ... Creator
2021RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under ... Creator
2020Drag Race Holland ... Creator
2020Canada's Drag Race ... Creator
2020Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race ... Creator
2020AJ and the Queen ... Creator
2019RuPaul's Drag Race UK ... Creator
2018Drag Race Thailand ... Creator
2015The Switch Drag Race ... Creator
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ... Creator
2010RuPaul's Drag U ... Creator
2009RuPaul's Drag Race ... Creator
2009Under the Hood ... Creator
Production
2024Drag Race Spain: All Stars (7 Episodes) ... Production Executive
2023Drag Race Germany (12 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2022Bring Back My Girls (7 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2021Queen of the Universe (14 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2021Painted with Raven (8 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2021Drag Race Italy (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2020RuPaul's Drag Race: Bring Back My Ghouls ... Executive Producer
2020AJ and the Queen (10 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2019RuPaul's Drag Race UK (8 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2018RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular ... Executive Producer
2017The Trixie & Katya Show (14 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2010RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (196 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2007Starrbooty ... Producer
Sound
2023Drag Race Germany (12 Episodes) ... Songs
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (101 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
2006Queer Duck: The Movie ... Theme Song Performance
Crew
2021Drag Race Spain (47 Episodes) ... Creator
Writing
2020AJ and the Queen (4 Episodes) ... Writer
2007Starrbooty ... Writer
1993RuPaul's Christmas Ball ... Writer
1984RuPaul's Trilogy Of Terror ... Writer
Directing
2006Encounters 1: The Heat of the Moment ... Director