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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

120

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-04-29

Deathday

2022-10-24 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

Leslie Allen Jordan

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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Strangers in a Strange Land as Gentleman

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

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

2001		Reba
2001		Celebrity Big Brother as Self

2000		Boston Public as Dr. Benjamin Harris
2000		FreakyLinks
2000		Sordid Lives as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram
2000		Son of the Beach
2000		Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Storyteller

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		Arliss
1996		Nash Bridges
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

Crew

2021

Call Me Kat as In Memory Of

Writing

2010

Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet as Writer

2009

Rockabilly Baby as Writer

2000		Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Screenplay
2000		Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Story