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Leon

Date of birth: 1962-03-08

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Leon Robinson, Leon Preston Robinson

Leon

Biography

Leon Preston Robinson IV (usually credited as simply "Leon") is an American actor and singer, who began his professional career as an actor in 1981.

Movie Credits

Cool Runnings
3.5

Cool Runnings

1993-10-01

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored

Bats
2.3

Bats

1999-10-22

Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.

Cliffhanger
3.3

Cliffhanger

1993-05-28

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partne

37
2.5

37

2014-08-08

A rocker makes a pact to kill himself on his 37th birthday. 12 weeks before the release of his final

Sole Survivor
2.8

Sole Survivor

1984-03-16

After inexplicably surviving a plane crash, TV station worker Denise tries to get on with her life.

The Five Heartbeats
3.6

The Five Heartbeats

1991-03-29

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group cal

And Then There Was You
2.8

And Then There Was You

2013-10-19

Natalie and Joshua appear to be the picture-perfect couple, but looks can be deceiving. When Natalie

B.A.P.S
2.6

B.A.P.S

1997-03-28

Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first co

Friends & Lovers
2.4

Friends & Lovers

1999-04-16

Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's fathe

The Flamingo Kid
3

The Flamingo Kid

1984-12-21

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-w

A Day to Die
2.9

A Day to Die

2022-03-04

A disgraced parole officer is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dan

Colors
3.3

Colors

1988-04-15

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barri

The Price of Kissing
1.5

The Price of Kissing

1997-04-01

Pauley Perrette plays Renee, a young woman discovering her own meaning of love. From childhood memor

Mean Streak
0.5

Mean Streak

1999-06-27

The hitting record of Joe Di Maggio is about to broken by a black player. However a person who feels

Spirit Lost
1

Spirit Lost

1997-03-24

John Chapman and his beautiful wife Willie have just moved into a seaside village on the North Carol

Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
2.7

Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story

1999-10-31

This is the story of Alan Freed. He was working as a DJ in Cleveland, Ohio, and he discovered how am

Little Richard
3.2

Little Richard

2000-02-20

The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials a

Side Streets
3.2

Side Streets

1998-09-05

The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.

Madonna: Madame X
3.8

Madonna: Madame X

2021-09-23

Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal, the film captures the pop icon’s rare and rapturous tour performance, ha

The Lawless Land
2.3

The Lawless Land

1988-01-15

Action-adventure set in a world of the near-future, where young love is forbidden among the lower cl

The Father Clements Story
0

The Father Clements Story

1987-12-13

In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catho

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story
5

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story

2023-10-05

Inspired by the true life of Detroit native Tonesa Welch. It charts Welch's rise from a teenager's m

Above the Rim
3.5

Above the Rim

1994-03-23

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug

Band of the Hand
3.1

Band of the Hand

1986-04-11

An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.

The Cheaters Club
5

The Cheaters Club

2014-12-31

Samantha, Trina and Rain are three sexy friends who form "The Cheater's Club", an agency designed to

Friends and Lovers
4.8

Friends and Lovers

2005-03-01

Based on the best-selling novel by author Eric Jerome Dickey, this funny and insightful drama follow

Buffalo Soldiers
3.1

Buffalo Soldiers

2002-10-31

A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1.8

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

1996-01-26

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the d

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
0

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

1989-12-03

The story of Mary Thomas, the mother of basketball star Isiah Thomas, and how she fought to keep her

The Women of Brewster Place
3.3

The Women of Brewster Place

1989-03-19

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Streetwalkin'
2.4

Streetwalkin'

1985-09-20

Cookie is a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple with her you

I Really Hate My Ex
4.3

I Really Hate My Ex

2015-04-14

How far would you go to get over your ex? After recent bad relationships with men, best friends Brea

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
0

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story

They have raged on for forty years, cutting a swath across continents and lighting the fuse of revol

All the Right Moves
2.9

All the Right Moves

1983-10-21

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Wes

The Rhythm and the Blues
0

The Rhythm and the Blues

2024-02-06

Blues legend Eddie Taylor struggles against financial hardship and music industry exploitation to ma

Cover
2.5

Cover

2007-05-08

When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-m

From This Day Forward
5

From This Day Forward

2012-05-12

Patrice and Corrine are two sexy, confident women with great relationships, but they've got it all w

Her Only Choice
2.6

Her Only Choice

2018-10-06

A woman is faced with a choice to fight for her life or sacrifice it for another. After years of inf

Waiting to Exhale
3.1

Waiting to Exhale

1995-12-22

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "

Flying Blind
0

Flying Blind

1990-07-30

Melodrama set in Philadelphia, PA in 1965. Eddie Panvini (Panebianco), a teenage photographer from S

Soul Ties
0

Soul Ties

2015-09-21

When a young woman's faith in her beloved collides head on with her faith in people, what begins as

Diary of a Single Mom
2

Diary of a Single Mom

2009-01-27

Ocean a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartme

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
3.4

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005-11-09

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

The Glorias
3.2

The Glorias

2020-12-18

An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her

Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas
3.5

Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas

2020-12-05

Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. With the help of the owner Be

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
4.3

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

1990-11-13

The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer M

Runaway Car
2.6

Runaway Car

1997-01-27

A nurse apprentice, who had a bad day at work, meets a computer programmer at a car garage. The man

Where Children Play
3.4

Where Children Play

2015-01-01

A young woman is forced to nurse the father who abused her after her mother's death.

Bad Attitude
0

Bad Attitude

1993-12-01

Eddie Johnson is looking for a new line of work. He's a battle-scarred undercover cop, working in a

Wildcards
0

Wildcards

A jury deliberating the case of Theodore Sterling, a privileged young man accused of sexual assault

The Brooklyn Heist
2.2

The Brooklyn Heist

2009-11-27

Three teams of criminals share the same Brooklyn block, but each exists in a separate genre of film.