Leslie Jordan

Leslie Jordan was a performer who turned what others might see as limitations into pure charm. Standing tall in spirit if not in stature, he made Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace unforgettable and earned an Emmy doing it, then kept reinventing himself across American Horror Story and beyond. What I admire most is how, late in life, he became an unexpected source of joy on social media during the pandemic, comforting strangers with nothing but warmth and timing. His death in 2022 felt like losing a friend you'd never met. To me he's a reminder that comedic gifts and human kindness often come from the same place.

Name (English)

Leslie Jordan

Name (Japanese)

レズリー・ジョーダン

Reading

れずりー・じょーだん

Born

April 29, 1955 – October 24, 2022

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Height

2 cm

Occupation

actor / playwright / stage actor / television actor / film actor

High school

Brainerd High School

University

University of Kentucky

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.thelesliejordan.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thelesliejordan/
• Xhttps://x.com/thelesliejordan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Tennessee
• actor
• playwright
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.