Idol worship: Leslie Jordan, actor/wrighter.- Of the four Emmy Award-winning gay characters on Will and Grace, his was the only one played by an out actor; he has also turned up on such other beloved series as Murphy Brown, Ellen, Alley McBeal, Reba and Ugly Betty.
- Originated the role of Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram in Del Shores' cult comedy Sordid Lives on stage and film. He'll revisit the character in the upcoming TV version on LOGO.
- He wrote and starred in the autobiographical play Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel, which was also made into a movie.
- He recently toured the country performing his one-man stage comedy, Like a Dog on Linoleum, wherein he confessed a weakness for street hustlers.
- Other future projects include another series for LOGO, the sketch comedy Laugh Out, and another movie with Del Shores, Southern Baptist Sissies.
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