Robert Sean Leonard Biography (1969-)

Original name, Robert Lawrence Leonard; born February 28, 1969, in Westwood,Washington Township, NJ; son of Robert Howard (a Spanish teacher) and Joyce P. (a nurse; maiden name, Peterson) Leonard. Addresses: Agent: David Kalodner, William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.; Manager: Denise Stewart, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, 9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Staci Wolfe, Polaris Public Relations, 8135 West Fourth St., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: February 28, 1969; Westwood, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As Robert Leonard) Max, The Manhattan Project, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Jeremy Capello, My Best Friend Is a Vampire (also known as I Was a Teenage Vampire), Kings Road Productions, 1988
Neil Perry, Dead Poets Society, Buena Vista, 1989
Douglas Bridge as an adult, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, Miramax, 1990
Chuck Bishop, Married to It, Orion, 1991
Ted Archer, The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993
Peter Muller, Swing Kids, Buena Vista, 1993
Count Claudio of Florence, Much Ado about Nothing, Samuel Goldwyn,1993
A Dog Race in Alaska, 1993
Alfred Singer, Safe Passage, New Line Cinema, 1994
Angel of death, I Love You, I Love You Not, Buena Vista, 1997
Henry Lesser, Killer: A Journal of Murder (also known as The Killer), Republic, 1997
Tom Platt, The Last Days of Disco, Gramercy, 1998
Cruise, Ground Control (also known as Jet), Hard Work Productions, 1998
Jamie Doolin, Standoff, Trimark Pictures, 1998
Jon "Johnny" Salter, Tape, Lions Gate Films, 2001
DeMille Bly, Driven, Warner Bros., 2001
Terry, Chelsea Walls (also known as Chelsea Hotel), Lions Gate Films, 2002
Peter, The I Inside, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2003
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) The artful dodger, Oliver! (musical), New Players Summerstock Theatre, NJ, 1981
Christopher, The Beach House, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986
(As Robert Leonard) Chris Decker, Sally's Gone, She Left Her Name,Perry Street Theatre, New York City, 1985
Eugene, Brighton Beach Memoirs, 48th Street Theatre, New York City, 1986
Jack, Into the Woods (musical; workshop production), Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, c. 1986
Christopher Morcom, Breaking the Code, Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988
Dan Wilson, And the Air Didn't Answer, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1988
Rocky and Diego, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1988-1989
Alexandros, When She Danced, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1990
Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Riverside Shakespeare Company, Playhouse91, New York City, 1990-1991
Our Town, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1991

Eddie, The Speed of Darkness, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1991
Candida, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1993
The Shadow Box (staged reading), 1993
Gareth O'Donnell (in private), Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Theatre, New York City, 1994
Father Michael Casey, The Great Unwashed, Theatre Row Theatre, 1994
Valentine Coverly, Arcadia, Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1995
Dobbitt, Below the Belt, John Houseman Theatre, New York City, 1996
Valentine, You Never Can Tell, Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1998
Don Perritt, The Iceman Cometh, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New YorkCity, 1999
White People, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Plays and Players Theatre, Philadelphia, 2000
A. E. Houseman as a young man, The Invention of Love, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 2001
Harold Hill, The Music Man (musical), Broadway production, 2001
Kenneth Talley, Jr., Fifth of July, Signature Theatre Company, Peter Norton Space Theatre, New York City, 2003
Edmund, Long Day's Journey into Night, Plymouth Theatre, New YorkCity, 2003
Also appeared as understudy, Coming of Age in Soho, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City; in Dead End, Adams Memorial Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA; The GlassMenagerie, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD; Good Evening, off-Broadway; King Lear, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA; as Edmund, Long Day's Journey into Night, Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA; and in The Principality of Sorrows, off-Broadway.
Major Tours
Eugene, Brighton Beach Memoirs, U.S. cities, 1986
Eugene, Biloxi Blues, U.S. cities, 1987
Television Appearances
Movies
Larry Taylor, My Two Loves, ABC, 1986
Rusty Duggan, "Bluffing It" Nabisco Showcase, ABC, 1987
Barry Klemper, "The Boys Next Door," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1996
Danny, In the Gloaming, HBO, 1997
Lieutenant Dan Meyer, A Glimpse of Hell, F/X, 2001
Series
Corsairs, 2002
Episodic
Matt, "My Ex-Friend's Wedding," Wasteland, ABC, 1999
Robby Archer, "Nest," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2000
Specials
Voice of Robert Sales, Normandy: The Great Crusade, The DiscoveryChannel, 1994
Voice, Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud, PBS, 1996
The 55th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS, 2001
Intimate Portrait: Cynthia Nixon, Lifetime, 2002
Other
Garret, The Robert Klein Show (pilot), 1986
Voice, New York: A Documentary Film (miniseries), PBS, 1999
RECORDINGS
Audio Books; Narrator
The Secret History, Random House AudioBooks, 1992
The Light in the Forest, Bantam Audio, 1992
Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland, Harper Audio, 1998
The Short History of a Prince by Jane Hamilton, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998
Disobedience by Jane Hamilton, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2000
(With others) Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, HarperCollins, 2001
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, HarperCollins, 2001
Prey by Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Interview, November, 1990, p. 128
W, December, 2001, p. 112

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