Dyllón Burnside

Dyllón Burnside (born January 27, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his role as Ricky Evangelista in the FX television series Pose.

Career Burnside got his first start at age 12 when he performed as the lead singer of hip-hop/R&B boy band “3D” with two of his cousins and managed by his mother, touring with the likes of Stevie Wonder and Rihanna, with a distribution deal with Atlantic Records and performing in venues including Madison Square Garden and the Nokia Theater. After 10 years, he began feeling constricted by fronting a boy band and wanted to explore arts less traditionally masculine: "The things that I was interested in didn’t necessarily align with my family’s or society’s idea of what it meant to be a man. ... I can still be a male and sing Mozart or take a ballet class and that it not have anything to do with anything other than I wanted to take a ballet class." While studying, Burnside was also a part of NBC's Peter Pan Live!, HBO's High Maintenance and talking about his coming out story and speaking with former Vibe editor-in-chief Emil Wilbekin about the importance of safe spaces for LGBTQ people. In the same month Burnside was featured in the fourth episode of the anthology TV series American Horror Stories by Murphy&Falchuk.

Personal life Burnside grew up on a ranch in Pensacola, Florida. For National Coming Out Day 2019, he wrote about the importance of acceptance and representation, "which is why I stand so firmly in my truth and speak openly about my experience". He has described influences including bell hooks, James Baldwin, Eckhart Tolle and Marianne Williamson,

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2016 Misunderstood Sin Short film 2017 Central Park Christian 2018 Yinz Shane Tompkins 2023 Wild Goat Surf Jason 2025Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry StoryDwen Curry

Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 High Maintenance Lionel Episode: "Genghis" 2014 Peter Pan Live! Prickles Television movie 2018–21 Pose Ricky 18 episodes 2021–24American Horror Stories James Episode: "The Naughty List" Malcolm Episode: "X" 2022 Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Ronald Flowers 2 episodes

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