Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 7:08 AM

RuPaul turns 60: a look back (13 images)

American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, television personality, and author RuPaul turns 60 on November 17, 2020. Here's a look back at his career through the years.

RuPaul (L) and Georges LeBar arrive on the red carpet at the Time 100 Gala in New York City on April 24, 2018. Photo by Monika Graff/UPI

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RuPaul took home multiple awards for "RuPaul's Drag Race" at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 9, 2018. Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI

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Left to right, Carson Kressley, Michelle Visage, RuPaul and Ross Mathews won Outstanding Reality-Competition Program for "RuPaul's Drag Race" at the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 17, 2018. A few months later, RuPaul appeared as a guest star in Season 5 of Netflix's "Grace and Frankie." Photo by Christine Chew/UPI

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Georges LeBar (L) and RuPaul arrive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit "Camp: Notes on Fashion" at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2019. Later that month, RuPaul was featured on a track on Miley Cyrus' EP "She is Coming." Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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