Leslie Jordan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1955-04-29

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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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.

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Acting History

2023
Body Electric as Self
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
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
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
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
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side as Self
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
Raising Hope as Reverend Bob
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 - 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
2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Chapel Officiant
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
2004
Home on the Range as Additional Voices (voice)
2003
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Rog Monroe
2003
Moving Alan as Arthur
2002
Monk as Town Official
2002
George Lopez as Doctor
2001
Reba as Terry
2001
Celebrity Big Brother as Self
2000
Boston Public as Dr. Benjamin Harris
2000
FreakyLinks
2000
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Storyteller
2000
Sordid Lives as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram
2000
Son of the Beach
1999
Judging Amy as Reginald Hoyt
1999
Goodbye Lover as Homer
1998
Buddy Faro
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
Arli$$
1996
Nash Bridges as Walter Marley
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
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
1991
Top of the Heap as Emmet Lefebvre
1990
American Dreamer
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
1984
Night Court as Irwin
1982
Newhart
1981
The Fall Guy as Malone
1966
Academy of Country Music Awards as Self - Presenter
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Strangers in a Strange Land as Gentleman