Anecdotes

Jailed for drunk driving, he once shared a cell with Robert Downey Jr..

He didn't own his first home until the age of sixty-seven.

Jordan died on the morning of October 24, 2022, at the age of 67. He had been driving in Hollywood when he suffered a suspected medical emergency and crashed his BMW into the side of a building.

He grew up riding horses, then started exercising them and "toyed" with being a jockey, until he went to college at age 27 and took an Intro to Theater class.

During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, he gained viral fame by posting offbeat videos on Instagram, reaching 4.7 million viewers. A new TV show and potential book deal soon followed.

Claimed his childhood heroes were Christopher Isherwood, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams and gay hustler boys.

Acted in a series of on-tape ads for Blockbuster Video, in which a dog would retrieve videotapes from the shelves by title.

He wrote, directed, and starred in the hit comedy "Hysterical Blindness," which poked playful fun at his growing up in the South. The play first ran off-Broadway for many years during the early 1990s and won critical acclaim. This production brought him to the attention of television producers, and led to a rash of TV sitcoms in which he continued to play the confused, humorous Southern boy. It is now being revived and updated in New York.