Two years ago, a 4 foot 11 inch actor named Leslie Jordan took home an Emmy for his razor-sharp turn as Karen Walker’s sparring partner Beverly Leslie on NBC’s Will and Grace – besting the likes of Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen and Patrick Stewart.

Many wondered who the heck this little guy was, and where he had come from. He had been a gypsy actor, taking any role that came with a paycheck, including turns in Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Ugly Betty. Then a starring role in a new series, 12 Miles of Bad Road, co-starring Lily Tomlin and produced by the team behind Designing Women, promised full-on television stardom.

He was sure the show was going to be huge – until HBO pulled the plug.

Instead of looking back, Jordan just kept moving forward. He hit the road to promote his best-selling memoir, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet. He toured the country with the hilarious one-man show based on the book.

And now he is glamming it up once again as Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram in Sordid Lives: The Series, co-starring Olivia Newton-John and Rue McClanahan, premiering July 23 on Logo [Logo is the parent company of 365Gay.].