---
name: "Gene Anthony Ray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gene-anthony-ray"
fi1m_id: "gene-anthony-ray"
imdb_id: "nm0712833"
tmdb_id: 213980
wikidata_id: "Q964468"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 May 1962"
died: "14 November 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:03:16.363987+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gene Anthony Ray

## Identity

Gene Anthony Ray

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gene-anthony-ray
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gene-anthony-ray
- **IMDb ID:** nm0712833
- **TMDB ID:** 213980
- **Wikidata ID:** Q964468
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Anthony_Ray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964468, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213980

Actor. Born 24 May 1962 in Q189074. Died 14 November 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 May 1962, Q189074
- **Died:** 14 November 2003
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Anthony_Ray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964468, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213980

## Biography

Gene Anthony Ray was an American actor, dancer and choreographer. Born in Harlem, New York City, on 24 May 1962, he attended Julia Richman High School and the High School of Performing Arts for a year before being expelled.

Ray was cast as the streetwise dancer Leroy Johnson in the 1980 film *Fame* after auditioning with little formal training. He reprised the role in the television series *Fame* (1982–1987) and toured Britain with the cast as The Kids from "Fame". Other credits include a self appearance in *Style Wars* (1984) and an uncredited dancer role in *Austin Powers in Goldmember* (2002).

Ray died in New York City on 14 November 2003, aged 41.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, as Leroy Johnson — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Austin Powers in Goldmember* (2002), as Dancer
- *Out-of-Sync* (1995), as Crash
- *Vendredi ou la vie sauvage* (1983), Actor
- *Fame* (1982), series, as Leroy Johnson
- *Fame* (1980), as Leroy Johnson — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)

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