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Also known as Robert Leonard, Robert Lawrence Leonard

American actor

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Robert Sean Leonard is an American television, stage, and film actor. Born on February 28, 1969, in Westwood, New Jersey, he began his professional career in 1986. He received his education at Fordham University, Columbia University, the Columbia University School of General Studies, and HB Studio. Leonard has been nominated for and received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

His personal life includes an unmarried partnership with Gwyneth Paltrow. He speaks English. While some records list Ireland as his country, his citizenship is identified as the United States.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Disobedience

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Film & TV

Acting · Westwood, New Jersey, USA

​Robert Sean Leonard (born February 28, 1969) is an award-winning American actor. He has regularly starred in Broadway and off-Broadway productions, but is most known for his roles on the medical TV drama House and in the film Dead Poets Society.

Known for

  • The Gilded Age — Matthew Forte2022
  • The Hot Zone — Walter Humbolt2019
  • The Good Doctor — Shamus O'Malley2017
  • Battle Creek — Brock2015
  • The Blacklist — Frederick Barnes2013
  • House M.D.: The Doctor Directs2012
  • House: Swan Song — 罗伯特·肖恩·莱纳德2012
  • Nantucket — Narrator2011
  • Falling Skies — Dr. Roger Kadar2011
  • Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World — Herman Melville (voice)2010

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Ireland

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,900
Total plays
23,090

Tags

countryguitaracousticSoundtrackmale vocalist

Robert Sean Leonard (born Robert Lawrence Leonard on February 28, 1969, in Westwood, New Jersey) is an American actor who is most noted for his role as an aspiring actor, Neil Perry, in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. He is a three-time Tony Award nominee (1993, 2001 and 2003), winning in 2001 (Best Actor - Featured Play) for his role as A.E. Housman in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love. Currently, he plays Dr. James Wilson, head of the oncology department, on the Fox TV series House. <a

via Last.fm · Robert Sean Leonard

Key facts

Born
Robert Lawrence Leonard , ( 1969-02-28 ) February 28, 1969 (age 57) , Westwood, New Jersey , U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1986–present
Spouse
Gabriella Salick ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Lawrence Leonard (born February 28, 1969), known as Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. He has received a Tony Award and a Obie Award over the course of a career on both stage and screen started in the 1980s. He is best known for his portrayal of Neil Perry in the drama film Dead Poets Society (1989) and Dr. James Wilson in the medical drama series House (2004–2012).

A prolific stage actor, Leonard won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Invention of Love in 2001. His other theater credits include Candida, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Breaking the Code, The Speed of Darkness, Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Arcadia, The Music Man, Born Yesterday, Fifth of July, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Sean Leonard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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