In 1982, Leslie Jordan stepped off a Greyhound bus from the hills of Tennessee, said "hello" to Hollywood and has never
looked back. With hundreds of television shows, films and commericals to his credit, he has become a familiar face on
the entertainment scene.
Leslie is the 2006 Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his delicious portrayal of
“Beverley Leslie” on “Will & Grace.”
Audiences will recognize Leslie from his performance as “Brother Boy” in the feature film version of
Del Shores’ adaptation of his play “Sordid Lives” with Olivia-Newton John, Delta Burke and Beau Bridges.
Leslie will reprise the role in the television series based on the play and film for Logo.
He has had recurring roles on the television series “Boston Legal”, “Hidden Palms”, and
“Reba”. He is starring in the soon-to-be-released feature film “Wanted: Undead or Alive” with
Chris Kattan. He is starring in HBO’s “12 Miles of Bad Road” with Lily Tomlin and Mary Kay Place,
written and produced by Linda Bloodworth Thomason and Harry Thomason. The series will begin airing in March 2008.
On stage, Mr Jordan won the Ovation Award, the Garland Award, and the Los Angelese Drama Critics Circle Award for his
portrayal of “Preston Leroy”, the aging, sodden barfly in Del Shores hit play
“Southern Baptists Sissies.”
Leslie’s autobiographical one-man show “Like a Dog on Linoleum” performed to sold-out audiences at
the Elephant Asylum Theater in Los Angeles, the Annenberg Theater in Palm Springs, the Baiiwick Theater in Chicago,
the 14th Street Playhouse in Atlanta and the Lorraine Hansberry Theater in San Francisco.
Mr Jordan has also enjoyed considerable success as a writer.
His play, “Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plaqued My LIfe Thus Far” ran to
sold-out houses in Los Angeles and had a successful seven month run Off-Broadway at the Playhouse on Van Dam in
New York City. His screenplay “Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel” won the Los Angeles Independent Film
Festival’s Production Grant Award, winning the competition from over 600 other scripts.
Subsequently, it was made into an independent feature film distributed by Northern Arts Entertainment.
Mr Jordan's book “My Life on the Pink Carpet” for Simon and Schuster is being released on June 3, 2008,
at which time he will be on a book signing and performance tour.
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