Leslie Jordan

Personal Info

Known For Actor

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.

Known For

Actor

2023
2022
2022
Until We Meet Again

as The Angel

2022
Trixie Motel

as Self

2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

as Reginald Lord Devine

2021
Fantasy Island

as Jasper

2021
The Great North

as Thomas Wintersbone (voice)

2021
Call Me Kat

as Phil / Self (archive footage)

2021
Call Me Kat

as Phil

2020
Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King

as Lil Joe Exotic (voice)

2020
2020
LEGO Masters

as Self

2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2019
The Masked Singer

as Self - Guest Panelist

2018
2018
2017
A Very Sordid Wedding

as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram

2017
2017
Will & Grace

as Beverley Leslie

2015
Con Man

as Leslie Jordan

2015
2014
Lucky Dog

as Mr. Kaufman

2012
DTLA

as Harold

2012
Baby Daddy

as Edwin

2011
The Help

as Mr. Blackly

2011
Mangus!

as Bruce

2011
The Exes

as Percy

2011
2011
American Horror Story

as Ashley Gilbert / Cricket Marlowe

2011
2010
Gaze

as Self (archive footage)

2010
Love Ranch

as Martin Hainsworth

2010
2010
Shake It Up

as Theodore Van Glorious

2009
2009
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
2007
Courts mais Gay : Tome 13

as Principal Principle

2007
Hidden Palms

as Jesse Jo

2007
Benidorm

as Buck A. Roo

2006
Sissy Frenchfry

as Principal Principle

2006
Ugly Betty

as Quincy Combs

2005
2005
Supernatural

as Yorkie (voice)

2005
American Dad!

as Mr. Beauregard (voice)

2004
Madhouse

as Dr. Morton

2004
The Gristle

as Jake Bennett

2004
Boston Legal

as Bernard Ferrion

2003
Moving Alan

as Arthur

2002
Monk

as Town Official

2001
2001
Celebrity Big Brother

as Self - Contestant

2000
Sordid Lives

as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram

2000
Boston Public

as Dr. Benjamin Harris

1999
Goodbye Lover

as Homer

1999
Judging Amy

as Reginald Hoyt

1998
Will & Grace

as Beverley Leslie

1998
Maximum Bob

as Cletus Huntley

1997
Eat Your Heart Out

as Director

1997
Dharma & Greg

as Kenny

1997
Ally McBeal

as Dr. Benjamin Harris

1996
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Earl Borden

1996
1996
1996
Pacific Blue

as Bo Nyby

1995
Caroline in the City

as Dr. Leslie

1995
Charlie Grace

as Darnell Sims

1994
Ellen

as Top Studio Executive

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

1992
Hero

as Court Official

1992
Missing Pieces

as Krause

1992
Hearts Afire

as Lonnie Garr

1992
Bodies of Evidence

as Lemar Samuels

1991
Reasonable Doubts

as Asst. Public Defender Clifford Sizemore

1991
Reasonable Doubts

as Clifford Sizemore

1991
1991
Top of the Heap

as Emmet Lefebvre

1990
Ski Patrol

as Murray

1990
Wings

as Teddy Kolb

1989
1989
Coach

as Blatt

1988
Murphy Brown

as Kyle

1986
1984
Night Court

as Irwin

1981
The Fall Guy

as Malone

1966

Crew

2021
Call Me Kat

as In Memory Of