Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 29, 1955
Place of Birth:
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Social Media
Leslie Jordan
Biography
Leslie Allen Jordan (ht. 4'11") (April 29, 1955 - October 24, 2022) was an American actor, comedian, playwright, and singer, best known for roles in Hearts Afire and Will & Grace.
His television roles included Lonnie Garr on Hearts Afire (1993–1995) and Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace (2001–2020), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006. In addition to playing several characters in the American Horror Story franchise (2013–2019), Jordan had leading roles as Sid on The Cool Kids (2018–2019), and Phil on Call Me Kat (2021–2022).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordan became an Instagram contributor, amassing 5.8 million followers in 2020, and published his autobiography How Y'all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived in April 2021.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | |
| 2022 | Trixie Motel | Self |
| 2021 | The Great North | Thomas Wintersbone (voice) |
| 2021 | Fantasy Island | Jasper |
| 2021 | Call Me Kat | Phil / Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Call Me Kat | Phil |
| 2020 | LEGO Masters | Self |
| 2020 | Celebrity IOU | Self |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2019 | Special | |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | Self - Guest Panelist |
| 2018 | The Cool Kids | Sid |
| 2017 | Living the Dream | Aiden |
| 2017 | Will & Grace | Beverley Leslie |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | Neils |
| 2015 | Con Man | Leslie Jordan |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2012 | DTLA | Harold |
| 2012 | Baby Daddy | Edwin |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Quentin |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Ashley Gilbert / Cricket Marlowe |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Courtney |
| 2011 | The Exes | Percy |
| 2011 | Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side | Self |
| 2010 | Shake It Up | Theodore Van Glorious |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Reverend Bob |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Special Guest |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Judge (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Sordid Lives: The Series | Brother Boy |
| 2007 | Hidden Palms | Jesse Jo |
| 2007 | Benidorm | Buck A. Roo |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Quincy Combs |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Mr. Beauregard (voice) |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Yorkie (voice) |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Bernard Ferrion |
| 2002 | Monk | Town Official |
| 2002 | George Lopez | |
| 2001 | Reba | |
| 2001 | Celebrity Big Brother | Self |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Dr. Benjamin Harris |
| 2000 | Son of the Beach | |
| 2000 | FreakyLinks | |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Reginald Hoyt |
| 1998 | Maximum Bob | Cletus Huntley |
| 1998 | Will & Grace | Beverley Leslie |
| 1998 | Buddy Faro | |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Kenny |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Dr. Benjamin Harris |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Bo Nyby |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | |
| 1996 | Arliss | |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Pat |
| 1996 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Earl Borden |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Chuck |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Dr. Leslie |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Kol |
| 1995 | Charlie Grace | Darnell Sims |
| 1994 | Ellen | Top Studio Executive |
| 1994 | Weird Science | |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Alan Morris / The Invisible Man |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | William Walldecker / Resplendent Man |
| 1992 | Hearts Afire | Lonnie Garr |
| 1992 | Bodies of Evidence | Lemar Samuels |
| 1991 | Nurses | |
| 1991 | Top of the Heap | Emmet Lefebvre |
| 1991 | Reasonable Doubts | Asst. Public Defender Clifford Sizemore |
| 1991 | Reasonable Doubts | Clifford Sizemore |
| 1990 | American Dreamer | |
| 1990 | Wings | Teddy Kolb |
| 1989 | Coach | Blatt |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Kyle |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Worm |
| 1986 | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Bubsy |
| 1986 | The Wizard | |
| 1984 | Night Court | Irwin |
| 1982 | Newhart | |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy | Malone |
| 1966 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Self - Presenter |