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Leslie Jordan

Actor / Playwright | * 04/29/1955 († 67, 10/24/2022) | Memphis, Tennessee (United States of America (USA))
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Leslie Allen Jordan (April 29, 1955 – October 24, 2022) was an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. His television roles include Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace (2001–2006 and 2017–2020), several characters on television in the American Horror Story franchise (2013–2019), Sid on The Cool Kids (2018–2019), Phil on Call Me Kat (2021–2022), and Lonnie Garr on Hearts Afire (1993–1995). On stage, he played Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram in the 1996 play Sordid Lives, later portraying the character in the 2000 film of the same name. 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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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 onHearts Afire(1993–1995) andBeverley LeslieonWill & Grace(2001–2020), which earned him thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Seriesin 2006. In addition to playing several characters in theAmerican Horror Storyfranchise (2013–2019), Jordan had leading roles as Sid onThe Cool Kids(2018–2019), and Phil onCall Me Kat(2021–2022).During theCOVID-19 pandemic, Jordan became anInstagramcontributor, amassing 5.8 million followers in 2020, and published his autobiographyHow Y'all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Livedin April 2021.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Science-Fiction & Fantasy

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Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended ...

The Help

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2011 | 4.1/5 | 2h 26min
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Jason Voorhees is tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, reborn with the bone-chilling ability to assume the identity of anyone he touches. ...

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

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1993 | 2.3/5 | 1h 27min
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"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spe ...

Sordid Lives

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2000 | 3.3/5 | 1h 51min
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Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dati ...

Will & Grace

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1998 | 3.4/5 | 22min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Leslie Jordan

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
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Movies with Leslie Jordan as Actor(35)

as himself2023 Body Electric
as Gentleman2023 Strangers in a Strange Land
as The Angel2022 Until We Meet Again
as Self - Judge2022 2022 American Rescue Dog Show
as Reginald Lord Devine2021 The United States vs. Billie Holiday
as Lil Joe Exotic (voice)2020 Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King
as Benjamin Franklin2018 The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram2017 A Very Sordid Wedding
as Mr. Kaufman2014 Lucky Dog
as Peanut2013 Southern Baptist Sissies
as Mr. Blackly2011 The Help
as himself2011 Hollywood to Dollywood
as Bruce2011 Mangus!
as Self (archive footage)2010 Gaze
as Mr. Butterfield2010 Demonic Toys: Personal Demons
as Martin Hainsworth2010 Love Ranch
as himself2010 Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet
as Harry2009 Eating Out: All You Can Eat
as himself2009 Annul Victory
as Padre2007 Undead or Alive: A Zombedy
as Principal Principle2007 Courts mais Gay : Tome 13
as Principal Principle2006 Sissy Frenchfry
as Past2005 Chasing Christmas
as Dr. Morton2004 Madhouse
as Arthur2003 Moving Alan
2003 Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram2000 Sordid Lives
as Storyteller2000 Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
as Homer1998 Goodbye Lover
as Director1997 Eat Your Heart Out
as Shelby1993 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
as Court Official1992 Hero
as Krause1992 Missing Pieces
as Murray1990 Ski Patrol
as Iggy1988 Frankenstein General Hospital

TV Shows/Series with Leslie Jordan as Actor(68)

as himself2022 Trixie Motel
as Phil2021 Call Me Kat
as Phil / Self (archive footage / In Memoriam)2021 Call Me Kat
as Jasper2021 Fantasy Island
as Thomas Wintersbone (voice)2021 The Great North
as himself2020 LEGO Masters
as himself2020 Celebrity IOU
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
2019 Special
as Guest Panelist2019 The Masked Singer
as Sid2018 The Cool Kids
as Aiden2017 Living the Dream
as himself2015 Con Man
as himself2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Neils2015 Life in Pieces
as himself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Edwin2012 Baby Daddy
as Harold2012 DTLA
as Quentin2011 American Horror Story
as Courtney2011 American Horror Story
as Percy2011 The Exes
as Theodore Van Glorious2010 Shake It Up
as Self - Special Guest2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Brother Boy2008 Sordid Lives: The Series
as Jesse Jo2007 Hidden Palms
as Quincy Combs2006 Ugly Betty
as Yorkie (voice)2005 Supernatural
as Mr. Beauregard (voice)2005 American Dad!
as Bernard Ferrion2004 Boston Legal
2002 George Lopez
2002 Monk
2001 Reba
2000 Son of the Beach
as Dr. Benjamin Harris2000 Boston Public
2000 FreakyLinks
as Reginald Hoyt1999 Judging Amy
1998 Buddy Faro
as Cletus Huntley1998 Maximum Bob
as Beverley Leslie1998 Will & Grace
as Kenny1997 Dharma & Greg
1996 Nash Bridges
1996 Arliss
1996 Pacific Blue
as Chuck1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Pat1996 The Pretender
as Earl Borden1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Kol1995 Star Trek: Voyager
1995 Caroline in the City
1994 Weird Science
as Top Studio Executive1994 Ellen
as Alan Morris / The Invisible Man1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as William Walldecker / Resplendent Man1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Lemar Samuels1992 Bodies of Evidence
as Lonnie Garr1992 Hearts Afire
1991 Reasonable Doubts
1991 Top of the Heap
1991 Nurses
1990 Wings
1990 American Dreamer
1989 Coach
as Kyle1988 Murphy Brown
as Worm1987 CBS Summer Playhouse
1986 The Wizard
as Irwin1984 Night Court
1982 Newhart
as Malone1981 The Fall Guy

Movies with Leslie Jordan as Crew(4)

Writing/Writer2010 Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet
Writing/Writer2009 Rockabilly Baby
Writing/Screenplay2000 Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Writing/Story2000 Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

Additional Information

Full Name: Leslie Jordan
Born: Friday, 04/29 1955 (April) in Memphis, Tennessee (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 10/24 2022 (October) in Hollywood (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Brainerd High School, University of Kentucky
Other names for Leslie Jordan (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Leslie Allen Jordan"
Leslie Jordan frequently works together with these people:
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (30x, Actor)
Chris Diamantopoulos (24x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (23x, Actress)
Alan Tudyk (19x, Actor)
Fred Tatasciore (17x, Actor)
Tom Virtue (17x, Actor)
Jill Talley (17x, Actress)
Mike Henry (15x, Actor)
John DiMaggio (14x, Actor)
Andy Richter (14x, Actor)
William Butler (9x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:243568, Added: 08/07/2018, Last updated: 04/08/2024