Leslie Allen Jordan (April 29, 1955 - October 24, 2022) was an American actor and writer from Chattanooga, Tennessee, best-known for his roles on Hearts Afire, Will & Grace, and The Cool Kids. He was well-known both for his diminutive stature (4'11")note and nasal Southern drawl, and was openly gay for his entire career. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, he began posting (mostly comedic) short videos on Instagram where he lampooned various social media trends and other modern events, which introduced him to a new generation of fans; at the time of his death, he had nearly six million followers.
On October 24th, 2022, Jordan passed away due to suffering a medical emergency while driving his vehicle and crashing into the side of a building in Los Angeles. He was 67 years old. An official autopsy report in January 2023 confirmed that he had died from sudden cardiac dysfunction due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Film Roles
- Moving as Customer at Bar
- Ski Patrol as Murray
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday as Shelby
- Goodbye Lover as Homer
- Eat Your Heart Out as Director
- Home on the Range as Photographer (voice)
- The Help as Mr. Blacky
- Hollywood To Dollywood as Himself
- The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Benjamin Franklin (TV Movie)
- The United States Vs Billie Holiday as Reginald Lord Devine
Television Roles
- Night Court as Irwin (1 episode)
- Midnight Caller as Little Bob Johnson (1 episode)
- Murphy Brown as Kyle (1 episode)
- Newhart as L. Gardner (1 episode)
- Bodies Of Evidence as Lemar Samuels (16 episodes)
- Lois & Clark as Alan Morris/The Invisible Man (1 episode)/William Wallace Webster Waldecker/Resplendant Man (1 episode)
- Hearts Afire as Lonnie Garr (28 episodes)
- Coach as Blatt (1 episode)
- Star Trek: Voyager as Kol (1 episode)
- Mr And Mrs Smith as Earl Borden (1 episode)
- The Pretender as Pat (1 episode)
- Weird Science as Boyd Butayne (1 episode)
- Wings as Teddy Kolb (1 episode)
- Caroline in the City as Dr. Leslie (1 episode)
- Dharma & Greg as Kenny (1 episode)
- Ellen as Top Studio Executive (1 episode)
- Maximum Bob as Cletus Huntley (1 episode)
- Pacific Blue as Bo Nyby (1 episode)
- Martial Law as Horatio Hawkins (1 episode)
- Nash Bridges as Walter Marley (1 episode)
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Chuck (1 episode)
- Son of the Beach as Jordan (2 episodes)
- The Strip as Gaston (1 episode)
- Ally McBeal as Dr. Benjamin Harris (1 episode)
- Boston Public as Dr. Benjamin Harris (5 episodes)
- Will & Grace as Beverly Leslie (12 episodes)
- Judging Amy as Reginald Hoyt (1 episode)
- Reba as Terry (recurring)
- The George Lopez Show as Doctor (1 episode)
- Monk as Town Official (1 episode)
- American Dad! as Beauregard LaFontaine (voice, 2 episodes)
- Boston Legal as Bernard Ferrion (recurring)
- Ugly Betty as Quincy Combs (1 episode)
- Hidden Palms as Jesse Jo (recurring)
- Glenn Martin DDS (1 episode)
- Desperate Housewives as Felix Bergman (1 episode)
- Shake it Up as Theodore Van Glorious (1 episode)
- Raising Hope as Rev. Bob (1 episode)
- American Horror Story
- American Horror Story: Coven as Quentin Fleming (recurring)
- American Horror Story: Roanoke as Ashley Gilbert (recurring)
- American Horror Story: 1984 as Courtney (recurring)
- Baby Daddy as Edwin the mall elf (1 episode)
- Supernatural as Yorkie Mutt (voice, 1 episode)
- Partners as Marion Phillips (1 episode)
- Living The Dream as Aiden (1 episode)
- The Cool Kids as Sid (main)
- Call Me Kat as Phil (main)
- The Great North as Thomas Winterbone (voice, 1 episode)
