Profile
Ethnicity
European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
178 cm
Age Range
31–39
Also Represented in
United States of America
Career Highlights
Leon has been acting from a young age and has appeared in a succession of significant local and international screen productions. Most recently, Leon was cast as a lead-role in Amazon’s newly released Lord of the Rings series. He appeared on local screens in 2012, after joining the core cast of popular Kiwi series Go Girls in it’s fifth season. Following this, he acted in telefeature Why Does Love, The Brokenwood Mysteries and The Bad Seed, as well as feature films Shopping and the 2016 remake of Kiwi classic Goodbye Pork Pie. Leon is currently in the UK reprising his role for season two of Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power.
Awards.
| 2011 | Toi Whakaari Museum Hotel Scholarship Award | ||
Feature Film.
| 2020 | Weirdoes | Driver | Dir. Thomas Sainsbury |
| 2016 | Pork Pie | Young Cop | Blondini Enterprises Ltd Dir. Matt Murphy |
| 2012 | Shopping | The Fresh Face (Support) | Shopping NZ Limited Dir. Mark Albiston & Loius Sutherland |
| 2011 | Packed | Alex | Dir. Vaughan Martin Wilson |
| 2008 | Under The Mountian | Ricky (Lead) | Redhead Films Dir. Jonathan King |
| 2006 | Maintain | Mark | Say Yes Productions Dir. Dean Hewison |
Short Film.
| 2012 | Blankets | Jack (Lead) | Picture the Difference Ltd & NZ Film Commission Dir. Louise Leitch |
| 2011 | A Bend In The Road | Dave (Lead) | Alpha Bristol Films Dir. Rollo Wenlock |
| 2011 | Wellington | Noel | Dir. Waka Attewell & David Geary |
| 2008 | Unorthodox My Balance Sheet | The Assistant | Dir. Sally Tran |
. Film.
| 2007 | Unorthodox My Balance Sheet | Boss' Assistant | Ishland Dir. Sally Tran |
Television.
| 2020 | Lord of the Rings | Actor (Lead) | Amazon Dir. Various |
| 2018 | Bad Seed | Matt Logan | Dir. Robin Scholes & Chris Bailey |
| 2018 | Brokenwood 5 | Darryn Walker | Dir. Various |
| 2018 | Power Rangers Beast Morphers | Lab Assistant | Power Rangers Productions Ltd Dir. Various |
| 2017 | Roman Empire Series 2 | Gemellus (Guest) | Stephen David Entertainment Dir. John Ealer |
| 2016 | Why Does Love? - Telefeature | Adam Holt | Great Southern Television |
| 2014 | Terry Teo | Jasper (Guest) | Semi-Professional Pictures Ltd Dir. Gerard Johnstone |
| 2012 | Go Girls 5 | Levi (Core Cast) | South Pacific Pictures Dir. Various |
| 2012 | Pirates of the Airwaves - Docu-Drama Film | Paul Lineham (DJ) (Major Support) | Lippy Productions Dir. Charlie Haskell |
| 2001 | Dark Night | Tom | Palana Productions |
| 2000 | The Tribe | (Guest Role) | Cloud 9 |
Theatre.
| 2018 | Giddy | Solo | Basement Theatre Dir. Jade Eriksen |
| 2013 | Lord of the Flies | Ralph (Lead) | Auckland Theatre Company - Maidment Theatre Dir. Colin McColl |
| 2012 | Tribes | Billy (Core) | Silo Theatre Trust, Q Theatre, Auckland Dir. Shane Bosher |
| 2007 | Brain Power | Self Preservation | Out Of Bounds Dir. Dean Hewison |
| 2007 | The Cape | Jordyn | Circa Theatre Dir. Conrad Newport |
| 2007 | The Henchmen | Captain Caffeine | Young and Hungry Dir. Rachel More |
| 2001 | Rush | Singer/Dancer | Capital Theatre Productions |
| 2000 | Nuncrackers | Stetson Productions Dir. Ross Jolly |
Voice.
| 2009 | Suzuki Campaign | Various (Lead) | Stooger Studio Dir. Gareth Curtis |
Training.
| McSweeney Newman Master Class Casting Workshop - 2 Day, Auckland - 2013, Tom McSweeney & Dave Newman | |||
| Bachelor of Performing Arts - 2009, Toi Whakaari:New Zealand Drama School |