The Shards

Jordan Roth stars as “Steven Reinhardt,” Terry's enigmatic assistant. Steven traffics in secrets, favors and quiet acts of manipulation. As fluent in the private lives of Hollywood power players as he is in the dramas of Bret's teenage circle, Steven is an underestimated presence.

Career Highlights

Jordan Roth is an actor, artist, fashion trailblazer and seven-time Tony Award-winning producer.Roth makes his television debut in Ryan Murphy's new FX series “The Shards” based on Bret Easton Ellis’ bestselling book.Roth debuted his critically acclaimed performance piece “Radical Acts of Unrelenting Beauty” in July 2025 at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Situated at the intersection of performance, art and fashion, his multi-disciplinary practice of Narrative Fashion Performance explores the dynamics of beauty, transformation and how we see and experience being seen. Following the critical and viral success of his Louvre performance, Roth was invited by Performance Space New York to unveil a new piece for the 2026 Venice Biennale at Palazzo Dei Fiori.On social media, Roth shares his unique insight with over two million followers across platforms, taking viewers behind-the-scenes and beneath the surface of some of the world’s biggest fashion events, artistic milestones and personal explorations.Roth has walked runways from Paris Couture to New York Fashion Week and has attended the Met Gala for the last eight years. He has been featured on the covers of magazines including Vogue Portugal, L’Officiel, Paper and Purple, and captured by photographers including David LaChapelle, Steven Klein and Paolo Roversi.Roth is known for championing shows that push the boundaries of Broadway, presenting some of the most influential and successful shows including “Moulin Rouge,” “Hadestown,” “Springsteen on Broadway,” “The Book of Mormon,” “Into the Woods,” “Kinky Boots,” “Clybourne Park” and “Hair and Angels in America,” which broke records as the most Tony-nominated play in Broadway history. After 15 years as president of Jujamcyn Theaters, he now serves as creative director for ATG Entertainment, a world leader in live entertainment. Upcoming, he is a producer of the new musical “Galileo,” premiering this fall at the Shubert Theatre.At Princeton University, Roth earned degrees in philosophy and theatre and later earned an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is based in New York City with his husband Richie Jackson and their children.

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Terry's enigmatic assistant, Steven traffics in secrets, favors and quiet acts of manipulation. 

FX's The Shards Jordan Roth as Steven Reinhardt wearing a red suede jacket with his tailored hair style.

Jordan Roth as Steven Reinhardt | FX's The Shards

The Shards

Jordan Roth

Career Highlights

Igby Rigney
as Bret Ellis

Kaia Gerber
as Susan Reynolds

Homer Gere
as Robert Mallory

Jordan Roth as Steven Reinhardt | FX's The Shards

Jordan Roth

Kaia Gerberas Susan Reynolds

Homer Gereas Robert Mallory

Kaia Gerber
as Susan Reynolds

Homer Gere
as Robert Mallory