Dyllón Burnside — Exclusive Portraits

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August 22, 2019 11:20AM EDT

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — Dyllón Burnside stars as Ricky Wintour (formerly Evangelista) in the beloved FX series Pose. He visited HollywoodLife to discuss the second season and what is to come for his character. Ricky, a dancer, was recently diagnosed with AIDS in the midst of the ravaging epidemic in the ’80s and ’90s, when the show takes place. Formerly of The House Of Evangelista, Dyllón’s character Ricky leaves and joins House Of Wintour in Season 2. He also begins to explore a relationship with emcee of the balls in New York, Pray Tell, played by Billy Porter.

Dyllón got his start in the entertainment industry at the age of 12 as a memer of the of hip-hop/R&B boy band “3D.” He continued his career in musical theater, starring in the Tupac-inspired musical Holler if Ya Hear Me on Broadway in 2014. He is currently working on a new solo album.

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — Dyllón Burnside visited HollywoodLife.com ahead of the Season 2 finale of Pose.

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — While in college, Dyllón Burnside was also a part of NBC’s Peter Pan Live!, HBO’s High Maintenance and performed in BeBe Winans’s musical Born For This in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C.

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — Dyllón’s character Ricky Wintour just had a groundbreaking sex scene on Pose with his boyfriend, Pray Tell, played yb Billy Porter.

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — Dyllón revealed he is currently working on a solo project and has been creating music for the last year.

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — Dyllón revealed that he was unaware his character Ricky would contract AIDS, but he “sensed things were going in that direction,” he told HollywoodLife.

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — Dyllón opened up about his Pose character’s surprising relationship with Pray Tell (Billy Porter), telling HL, “The romance that sort of ensues is just a natural extension of Pray Tell sort of being there for him in this really vulnerable time.”

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Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife

Dyllón Burnside visits HollywoodLife — Dyllón Burnside stars in Pose on FX, which just completed Season 2 on Aug. 20.

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