Leslie Jordan
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| Leslie Jordan | |
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| Born |
Leslie Allen Jordan April 29, 1955 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Emmy Awards | |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series 2006 Will and Grace | |
Leslie Allen Jordan (born April 29, 1955) is an American actor and playwright.
Early life and career
Jordan has made numerous appearances in both film and television. He is best known for his television work - including guest appearances on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Star Trek: Voyager, Caroline in the City, Reba, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Nash Bridges and his secondary role on Hearts Afire. He has recently guest-starred on the popular comedy-drama Ugly Betty as celebrity-trasher Quincy Combs. In 2007, Jordan starred as Jesse Joe in the short-lived CW television program, Hidden Palms. He also portrayed the ski patrol director in Ski Patrol.
Jordan is best known for his role of Karen's pretentious, sexually ambiguous rival Beverley Leslie on the hit series Will & Grace. For that role he received an Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006.
Jordan is an accomplished stage actor and playwright. In one of his best-known performances onstage, he played "Brother Boy" in Sordid Lives, a role he took to the big screen in the popular cult film of the same name. Jordan reprised the role in the Sordid Lives: The Series, a televised spin-off of the movie airing on Logo.[1] He wrote and starred in the autobiographical play Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel, which was also made into a motion picture. He recently toured the country performing his one-man stage comedy, Like a Dog on Linoleum, to very favorable reviews.
Jordan has recently starred in the pilot episode of Laugh Out, the world's first interactive, gay-themed comedy show.
Jordan distilled his experiences growing up as an effeminate tiny boy in the Southern United States and in show business into an autobiographical one-man show, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet. After touring the nation for several months with the production, the show opened off-Broadway at the Midtown Theater on April 19, 2010. The show is produced by Jordan's friend Lily Tomlin. Jordan announced on The Paul O'Grady Show that he will be bringing his show to London's Apollo Theatre.
Credits
Writer
- Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (play)
- My Trip Down the Pink Carpet (2008)
- Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far
Stage
- Found A Peanut (1986)[2]
- Sordid Lives (1996)
- Southern Baptist Sissies
- Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
- Like a Dog on Linoleum (2004)
- My Trip Down the Pink Carpet (2010)
- Lucky Guy (2011); off-Broadway musical in the role of Big Al Wright
Filmography
| Genre | Year | Title | Episodes | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV series | 1986 | Fall Guy, TheThe Fall Guy | "Last Chance Platoon""The Last Chance Platoon" | Malone | |
| TV series | 1986 | Wizard, TheThe Wizard | "Born to Run" | Jimmy | |
| TV series | 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | "Sawdust" | Worm | |
| Film | 1988 | Frankenstein General Hospital | Iggy | ||
| Film | 1988 | Moving | Customer at Bar | ||
| TV series | 1988 | Night Court | "Last Temptation of Mac""The Last Temptation of Mac" | Irwin | |
| TV series | 1989 | Midnight Caller | "Do You Believe in Miracles?" | Little Bob Johnson | |
| TV series | 1989 | Murphy Brown | "Kyle" | Kyle | |
| TV series | 1989 | Newhart | "Hi, Society" | L. Gardner | |
| TV series | 1989 | People Next Door, TheThe People Next Door | "Halloween" "House and Home" "Jealousy Story" "Make Room for Abby" "No ZZZ's" "I Do, I Do" "Town Without Pity" "Dream Date" "You Show Me Yours" "Happy Birthday, Baby" |
Truman Fipps | 10 episodes |
| TV film | 1989 | Road Raiders, TheThe Road Raiders | Whip | uncredited | |
| TV series | 1990 | American Dreamer | "In from the Cold: Part 1" "In from the Cold: Part 2" |
Short | |
| TV series | 1990 | Babes | "House of Gilbert""The House of Gilbert" | Clem | |
| TV series | 1990 | Pee-wee's Playhouse | "Mystery" | Busby | |
| Film | 1990 | Ski Patrol | Murray | ||
| TV series | 1990 | Sugar and Spice | "This Hostess Ain't No Cupcake" "Lovers and Other Truckers" |
Monsieur Jacques | |
| TV series | 1991 | Top of the Heap | "Agony and the Agony""The Agony and the Agony" "Behind the Eight Ball" "Stocks and Bondages" "The Last Temptation of Charlie" "The Marrying Guy" "Mona by Moonlight" |
Emmet Lefebvre | 06 episodes |
| TV series | 1992 | Bodies of Evidence | "Afternoon Delights" "Nightmoves" "The Cold Light of Day" "Echoes in the Dark" "Street Justice" "Time Served" "Nearest and Dearest" "The Edge" |
Lemar Samuels | 16 episodes total |
| Film | 1992 | Hero | Court Official | ||
| Film | 1992 | Missing Pieces | Krause | ||
| TV series | 1992 | Perfect Strangers | "Missing" | Rob Bob Phillips | |
| TV series | 1992 | Reasonable Doubts | "Change of Plans" "Lifelines: Part 1" "Lifelines: Part 2" "Mercury in Retrograde" "Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?" "Brother's Keeper" "Self Defense" "A Rose Is a Rose" "Silence" |
Asst. Public Defender Clifford Sizemore Marvin Sizemore | 16 episodes total |
| TV series | 1993 | Bodies of Evidence | "Whispers of the Dead" "Blindside" "Trial by Fire" "Eleven Grains of Sand" "Shadows" "The Formula" "Endangered Species" "Flesh and Blood" |
Lemar Samuels | 16 episodes total |
| TV series | 1993 | Getting By | "Give Peace a Chance" | Mr. Bergner | |
| Film | 1993 | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | Shelby | ||
| TV series | 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | "I'm Looking Through You" | Alan Morris / The Invisible Man | |
| TV series | 1993 | Nurses | "Send in the Gowns" "The Eagle Has Landed" |
Mr. Cooley Waits | |
| TV series | 1993 | Reasonable Doubts | "Two Women" "Run Through the Jungle" "Thank God, It's Friday" "Wish You Were Here" "The Ties That Bind: Part 1" "Trust Me on This: Part 1" "Trust Me on This: Part 2" |
Asst. Public Defender Clifford Sizemore | 16 episodes total |
| TV series | 1994 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | "Bolt from the Blue""A Bolt from the Blue" | William Wallace Webster Waldecker / Resplendant Man | |
| TV series | 1993 | Hearts Afire | "Great Depression""The Great Depression" "First Edition" "String of Pearls" "The Stud Club" "Blue Christmas" "True Confessions" |
Lonnie Garr | 28 episodes total |
| TV series | 1994 | Hearts Afire | "Accelerated Dating" "Sweet Revenge" "The Sons of Sissy-Whatsis" "Fatal Traction" "Sleepless in a Small Town" "Do the Limbaugh" "Love in the Afternoon" "The Big Yes" "Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby" "The Virgin Lonnie" "It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To" "The Sock-Her Boys" "Birth of a Donation" "Fat Like Me" "Born to Dance" "Prose and Condoms" "The Perfect Christmas" |
Lonnie Garr | 28 episodes total |
| Film | 1995 | Black Velvet Pantsuit | Ernie | ||
| TV series | 1995 | Charlie Grace | "Bring Me the Head of Darnell Sims" | Darnell Sims | |
| TV series | 1995 | Courthouse | "One Strike and You're Out" | Mr. Barnes | |
| TV series | 1995 | Hearts Afire | "Outsider""The Outsider" "Help Wanted" "Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. Hartman" "Group Therapy" "John and Georgie's Not-So-Excellent Adventure" |
Lonnie Garr | 28 episodes total |
| Film | 1996 | Shoot the Moon | |||
| TV series | 1996 | Coach | "Fantasy Camp" | Blatt | |
| TV series | 1996 | Star Trek: Voyager | "False Profits" | Kol | |
| TV series | 1996 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | "Second Episode""The Second Episode" | Earl Borden | |
| TV series | 1997 | Arli$$ | "How to Be a Good Listener" | Skip Lloyd | |
| TV series | 1997 | Pretender, TheThe Pretender | "Keys" | Pat | |
| Short film | 1997 | Two Weeks from Sunday | 25 minutes | ||
| TV series | 1997 | Weird Science | "I Dream of Gene" | Boyd Butayne | |
| TV series | 1997 | Wings | "Hosed" | Teddy Kolb | |
| TV series | 1998 | Buddy Faro | "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" | Frankie Delgado | |
| TV series | 1998 | Caroline in the City | "Caroline and the Marriage Counselor: Part 1" "Caroline and the Marriage Counselor: Part 2" |
Dr. Leslie | |
| TV series | 1998 | Dharma & Greg | "Dharma and Greg's First Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend" | Kenny | |
| TV series | 1998 | Ellen | "Ellen in Focus" | Top Studio Executive | |
| Film | 1998 | Goodbye Lover | Homer | ||
| Short film | 1998 | Hamburger Helper | Larry Lewis | 22 minutes | |
| TV series | 1998 | Maximum Bob | "Little Tail""A Little Tail" | Cletus Huntley | |
| TV series | 1998 | Pacific Blue | "Caretakers" | Bo Nyby | |
| TV series | 1999 | Martial Law | "Trifecta" | Horatio Hawkins | |
| Film | 1999 | Eat Your Heart Out | Director | ||
| TV series | 2000 | Any Day Now | "There Are No Rules" | ||
| TV series | 2000 | FreakyLinks | "Subject: Desert Squid! Myth or Legend?" | Hotel Clerk | |
| Film | 2000 | John John in the Sky | Tot Dixon | a.k.a. I'll Wave Back | |
| Film | 2000 | Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | Storyteller | writer (play; screenplay) | |
| TV series | 2000 | Nash Bridges | "Grave Robbers" | Walter Marley | |
| TV series | 2000 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | "Welcome, Traveler" | Chuck | |
| TV series | 2000 | Son of the Beach | "Attack of the Cocktopuss" | Jordan | 02 episodes total |
| Film | 2000 | Sordid Lives | Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram | ||
| TV series | 2000 | Strip, TheThe Strip | "Pilot" | Gaston | |
| TV series | 2001 | Ally McBeal | "In Search of Barry White" "The Wedding" |
Dr. Benjamin Harris | |
| TV series | 2001 | Boston Public | "Chapter Twenty-Three" "Chapter Twenty-Four" "Chapter Twenty-Nine" |
Dr. Benjamin Harris | 05 episodes total |
| Film | 2001 | Gristle, TheThe Gristle | Jake Bennett | ||
| TV series | 2001 | Will & Grace | "My Uncle the Car" | Beverley Leslie | 11 episodes total |
| TV series | 2002 | Boston Public | "Chapter Thirty" "Chapter Thirty-Nine" |
Dr. Benjamin Harris | 05 episodes total |
| TV series | 2002 | Son of the Beach | "Long Hot Johnson""The Long Hot Johnson" | Jordan | 02 episodes total |
| TV series | 2002 | Will & Grace | "Chorus Lie, AA Chorus Lie" | Beverley Leslie | 11 episodes total |
| Short film | 2003 | Farm Sluts | Coroner | 17 minutes | |
| TV series | 2003 | Judging Amy | "Ye Olde Freedom Inn" | Reginald Hoyt | |
| Film | 2003 | Moving Alan | Arthur | ||
| TV series | 2003 | Reba | "Rings""The Rings" "For Sale, Cheap" |
Terry | 03 episodes total Terry is the jeweler from the rings. |
| TV film | 2003 | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Rog Monroe | ||
| TV series | 2003 | Will & Grace | "Fagmalion Part 3: Bye Bye Beardy" "Home Court Disadvantage" |
Beverley Leslie | 11 episodes total |
| TV series | 2004 | George Lopez | "Leave It to Lopez" | Doctor | |
| Animated film | 2004 | Home on the Range | Additional Voice | voice actor | |
| Film | 2004 | Madhouse | Dr. Morton | ||
| TV series | 2004 | Monk | "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies" | Town Official | |
| TV series | 2004 | Reba | "Big Fix Up""The Big Fix Up" | Terry | 03 episodes total |
| TV series | 2004 | Will & Grace | "I Do, Oh, No, You Di-in't: Part 2" | Beverley Leslie | 11 episodes total |
| Animated TV series | 2005 | American Dad! | "Star Trek" | Mr. Beauregard | voice actor; 2 episodes total |
| TV series | 2005 | Boston Legal | "Schmidt Happens" "From Whence We Came" "Tortured Souls" "The Black Widow" "Schadenfreude" "Finding Nimmo" |
Bernard Ferrion | 06 episodes |
| TV film | 2005 | Chasing Christmas | PastPast | ||
| Short film | 2005 | Sissy Frenchfry | Principal Principle | 28 minutes | |
| TV series | 2005 | Will & Grace | "Dance Cards & Greeting Cards" "Friends with Benefits" "Birds of a Feather Boa" |
Beverley Leslie | 11 episodes total |
| Animated TV series | 2006 | American Dad! | "Irregarding Steve" | Mr. Beauregard | voice actor; 2 episodes total |
| TV series | 2006 | Will & Grace | "Bathroom Humor" "Cowboys and Iranians" "The Finale" |
Beverley Leslie | 11 episodes total |
| Short film | 2007 | Watch & Learn | Martin | 12 minutes | |
| Film | 2007 | Undead or Alive: A Zombedy | Padre | ||
| TV series | 2007 | Ugly Betty | "Punch Out" | Quincy Combs | |
| TV series | 2007 | Hidden Palms | "Pilot" "Ghosts" "What Liza Beneath" "Stand by Your Woman" "Second Chances" |
Jesse Jo | 05 episodes |
| TV series | 2008 | 12 Miles of Bad Road | "Pilot" "The Dirty White Girl" "Tremors" "Collateral Verbiage" "Texas Stadium" "Moon-shadow" |
Kenny Kingman | 06 episodes |
| TV series | 2008 | Privileged | "All About the Power Position" "All About the Ripple Effect" |
Dale Dart | |
| TV series | 2008 | Sordid Lives: The Series | "Day Tammy Wynette Died""The Day Tammy Wynette Died - Part 1" "The Day Tammy Wynette Died - Part 2" "Pills, Poison and Penises" "The Fall and Rise of Brother Boy" "Call Waiting" "An Audacious Affair" "Guess Who's Coming to Bubba's?" "Those Pesky Little Stalkers" "Compromising Situations" "The Trip" |
Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram | 10 episodes |
| TV series | 2008 | Under the Pink Carpet | "Episode #4.10" | Himself | 02 episodes total |
| TV film | 2009 | Alligator Point | |||
| Film | 2009 | Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat | Harry | ||
| Animated TV series | 2009 | Glenn Martin, DDS | "Little Miss Backstabber" | voice actor | |
| Film | 2010 | Demonic Toys: Personal Demons | Prof. Butterfield | ||
| Film | 2010 | Love Ranch | Mr. Hainsworth | ||
| Film | 2010 | Leslie Jordon: My Trip Down The Pink Carpet | Himself | Stand Up | |
| TV series | 2011 | Desperate Housewives | "Suspicion Song" "Putting It Together" |
Felix Bergman | |
| Film | 2011 | Help, TheThe Help | Mr. Blackly | ||
| Film | 2011 | Mangus! | Bruce Jackson | ||
| Film | 2009 | Rockabilly Baby | writer (play) | ||
| TV series | 2011 | Shake It Up | "Double Pegasus It Up" | Theodore Van Glorious | |
| TV series | 2011 | Under the Pink Carpet | "Hookie Awards and Big Apple Ranch" | Himself | 02 episodes total |
| TV series | 2012 | DTLA | "Episode 1" | Theatre Director | |
| TV series | 2012 | Game, TheThe Game | "Black People Episode""The Black People Episode" | ||
| Documentary | 2012 | Hollywood to Dollywood | Himself | ||
| TV series | 2012 | Raising Hope | "If a Ham Falls in the Woods" | Reverend Bob | |
| TV series | 2012 | Secret Life of the American Teenager, TheThe Secret Life of the American Teenager | "I Do and I Don't..." | ||
| Short film | 2012 | Yahoo! News/Funny or Die GOP Presidential Online Internet Cyber Debate | Ron Paul | ||
| TV series | 2013 | American Horror Story: Coven | "Fearful Pranks Ensue" "Burn, Witch, Burn!" "Head" |
Quentin | 3 episodes total |
| TV series | 2013 | Supernatural | "Dog Dean Aftermoon" "Heaven Can't Wait" |
Yorkie Mutt | voice actor; 2 episodes |
References
- ↑ Tim Parks (17 Aug 2006). "The ‘Sordid Lives’ of ‘Southern Baptist Sissies". The Gay and Lesbian Times. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ↑ Drake, Sylvie (July 1, 1986). "Stage Review : 'Found A Peanut' As Child's Play". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
External links
- Leslie Jordan official website
- Leslie Battles for Gay Games Glory
- Leslie Jordan Interview
- New York Times review April 2010
- Leslie Jordan at the Internet Movie Database
- Leslie Jordan at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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