Who is Leslie Jordan?
Leslie Jordan is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Will & Grace, American Horror Story, The Cool Kids, and Call Me Kat. He has also done extensive theater work.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, the United States of America
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Personal Life
The actor was born and raised in Chattanooga, where he had difficulties with his religious community. His father was an army major and died in 1967.
Professional Life
The actor debuted in film in 1988 in Moving. This was followed by roles in films like Hero, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Goodbye Lover, Sordid Lives, Home on the Range, Madhouse, Sissy Frenchfry, Roadside Romeo, Love Ranch, The Help, The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time, and, in 2021, The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
Jordan has made more of a name for himself on television. He made his small-screen debut in 1986 with The Fall Guy. This was followed by various roles in The Wizard, Night Court, Midnight Caller, Murphy Brown, and Newhart until 1989’s The People Next Door, where he played recurring character Truman Fipps for ten episodes.
He would be in Top of the Heap, Bodies of Evidence, Reasonable Doubts, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in several different roles. Between 1993 and 1995, he played Lonnie Garr in Hearts Afire for 28 episodes.
In 1996, he was in Star Trek: Voyager, followed by roles in popular series like The Pretender, Weird Science, Wings, Caroline in the City, Dharma & Greg, Ellen, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Ally McBeal, and more. Between 2001 and 2002, he had a recurring role on Boston Public.
Between 2001 and 2006 and then 2017 and 2020, he would appear in Will & Grace as Beverley Leslie. Other notable roles include appearances on Reba, Boston Legal, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, Shake It Up, American Horror Story, and more.
The actor was on Celebrity Big Brother Uk, in Con Man, other seasons of American Horror Story, and other smaller appearances. Starting in 2017, he played the role of Aiden in Living the Dream. Between 2018 and 2019, he was Sid in The Cool Kids.
In 2021, he took a main role in the sitcom Call Me Kat, opposite Mayim Bialik and Swoosie Kurtz. The same year, he would appear in The Great North, Special, and The Masked Singer.
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Jordan has struggled with drug and alcohol abuse for a long time, at one point having an encounter with Robert Downey Jr., who was facing similar issues. In fact, the two reportedly shared a cell due to their drunk driving, and later, when they appeared together on Ally McBeal, Jordan would wonder where he had seen the other actor before.
While he was famous before, the COVID-19 pandemic saw a big boost to his fame thanks to the videos he was posting on Instagram, helping him reach close to 5 million followers. This also led to the opportunities for new television shows and even a book deal.
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