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Leon
Catalogued films 38Actor 38
Leon Preston Robinson (born March 8, 1962), usually credited as simply Leon, is an American actor who began professional acting as a film actor in the early 1980s. He is best known for his roles as J.T. Matthews in the 1991 Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats, Derice Bannock in the 1993 film Cool Runnings, Shep in the 1994 basketball drama film Above the Rim, singer David Ruffin in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations, and Little Richard in the 2000 film Little Richard.
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The Rhythm and the Blues
First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story
A Day to Die
Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas
Soul Ties
I Really Hate My Ex
Where Children Play
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And Then There Was You- 3030 Years Behind the Mic: Maurice the VOICE Watts
From This Day Forward
Diary of a Single Mom
Capers
Cover
Buffalo Soldiers
Little Richard
Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
Bats
Mean Streak
Friends & Lovers
Side Streets
The Price of Kissing
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Spirit Lost
Waiting to Exhale
Above the Rim
Cool Runnings
Cliffhanger
The Five Heartbeats
Flying Blind
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
The Women of Brewster Place
The Lawless Land
The Father Clements Story
Band of the Hand
Streetwalkin'
The Flamingo Kid
Sole Survivor