RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960), or just known by RuPaul, is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series "RuPaul's Drag Race", for which he has received eight Primetime Emmy Awards. RuPaul is considered the most commercially successful drag queen in the United States. In 2017, he was included in the annual "Time" 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2019, "Fortune" noted RuPaul as "easily the world's most famous" drag queen.