Leslie Jordan
April 29, 1955 (69 years old) in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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
Credits
- 2023 · Body Electric as Self
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · Trixie Motel as Self
- 2022 · 2022 American Rescue Dog Show as Self - Judge
- 2022 · Until We Meet Again as The Angel
- 2021 · Fantasy Island as Jasper
- 2021 · The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Reginald Lord Devine
- 2021 · The Great North as Thomas Wintersbone (voice)
- 2021 · Call Me Kat as Phil / Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Call Me Kat as Phil
- 2020 · Sordid Lives as
- 2020 · Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King as Lil Joe Exotic (voice)
- 2020 · Celebrity IOU as Self
- 2020 · LEGO Masters as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Special as
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self - Guest Panelist
- 2018 · The Cool Kids as Sid
- 2018 · The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Benjamin Franklin
- 2017 · Living the Dream as Aiden
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Beverley Leslie
- 2017 · A Very Sordid Wedding as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram
- 2015 · Con Man as Leslie Jordan
- 2015 · Life in Pieces as Neils
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · Lucky Dog as Mr. Kaufman
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Southern Baptist Sissies as Peanut
- 2012 · DTLA as Harold
- 2012 · Baby Daddy as Edwin
- 2011 · The Exes as Percy
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Quentin
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Ashley Gilbert / Cricket Marlowe
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Courtney
- 2011 · The Help as Mr. Blackly
- 2011 · Hollywood to Dollywood as Self
- 2011 · Mangus! as Bruce
- 2010 · Shake It Up as Theodore Van Glorious
- 2010 · Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet as Himself
- 2010 · Gaze as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Love Ranch as Martin Hainsworth
- 2010 · Demonic Toys: Personal Demons as Mr. Butterfield
- 2009 · Eating Out: All You Can Eat as Harry
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Annul Victory as Self
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge (archive footage)
- 2008 · Sordid Lives: The Series as Brother Boy
- 2007 · Courts mais Gay : Tome 13 as Principal Principle
- 2007 · Hidden Palms as Jesse Jo
- 2007 · Undead or Alive: A Zombedy as Padre
- 2007 · Benidorm as Buck A. Roo
- 2006 · Ugly Betty as Quincy Combs
- 2006 · Sissy Frenchfry as Principal Principle
- 2005 · Chasing Christmas as Past
- 2005 · Supernatural as Yorkie (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mr. Beauregard (voice)
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Bernard Ferrion
- 2004 · Madhouse as Dr. Morton
- 2004 · The Gristle as Jake Bennett
- 2003 · Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Rog Monroe
- 2003 · Moving Alan as Arthur
- 2002 · Monk as Town Official
- 2002 · George Lopez as
- 2001 · Reba as
- 2001 · Celebrity Big Brother as Self - Contestant
- 2000 · Boston Public as Dr. Benjamin Harris
- 2000 · FreakyLinks as
- 2000 · Sordid Lives as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram
- 2000 · Son of the Beach as
- 2000 · Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Storyteller
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Reginald Hoyt
- 1999 · Goodbye Lover as Homer
- 1998 · Buddy Faro as
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Beverley Leslie
- 1998 · Maximum Bob as Cletus Huntley
- 1997 · Dharma & Greg as Kenny
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Dr. Benjamin Harris
- 1997 · Eat Your Heart Out as Director
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Chuck
- 1996 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Earl Borden
- 1996 · The Pretender as Pat
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as
- 1996 · Pacific Blue as Bo Nyby
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Dr. Leslie
- 1995 · Charlie Grace as Darnell Sims
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Kol
- 1994 · Ellen as Top Studio Executive
- 1994 · Weird Science as
- 1993 · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Alan Morris / The Invisible Man
- 1993 · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as William Walldecker / Resplendent Man
- 1993 · Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday as Shelby
- 1992 · Hero as Court Official
- 1992 · Hearts Afire as Lonnie Garr
- 1992 · Bodies of Evidence as Lemar Samuels
- 1992 · Missing Pieces as Krause
- 1991 · Reasonable Doubts as Asst. Public Defender Clifford Sizemore
- 1991 · Reasonable Doubts as Clifford Sizemore
- 1991 · Nurses as
- 1991 · Top of the Heap as Emmet Lefebvre
- 1990 · American Dreamer as
- 1990 · Wings as Teddy Kolb
- 1990 · Ski Patrol as Murray
- 1989 · The Road Raiders as Whip
- 1989 · Coach as Blatt
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Kyle
- 1988 · Frankenstein General Hospital as Iggy
- 1987 · CBS Summer Playhouse as Worm
- 1986 · Pee-wee's Playhouse as Bubsy
- 1986 · The Wizard as
- 1984 · Night Court as Irwin
- 1982 · Newhart as
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as Malone
- 1966 · Academy of Country Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Strangers in a Strange Land as Gentleman