---
name: "Leon Robinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leon"
fi1m_id: "leon"
imdb_id: "nm0502442"
tmdb_id: 12974
wikidata_id: "Q1818918"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-23T04:07:47.851275+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."
---

# Leon Robinson

## Identity

Leon Robinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0502442
- **TMDB ID:** 12974
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1818918
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Robinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1818918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12974

Actor. Born 8 March 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 March 1962, New York City, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Leon, Leon Preston Robinson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Robinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1818918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12974

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cliffhanger*](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Cool Runnings*](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leon Robinson, usually credited as Leon, is an American actor and singer. Born on 8 March 1962 in New York City, he began his professional acting career in the early 1980s with roles in television and film.

He is known for his performances in *All the Right Moves* (1983), *Colors* (1988), *The Five Heartbeats* (1991), *Cliffhanger* (1993) as Kynette, *Cool Runnings* (1993) as Derice Bannock, *Above the Rim* (1994) as Shep, the miniseries *The Temptations* (1998) as David Ruffin, and *Little Richard* (2000). He also appeared in Madonna's 1989 music video for "Like a Prayer".

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cliffhanger* (1993), Fi1m 74, as Kynette — [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Fi1m 73, as Derice Bannock — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *Wildcards* (2026), Actor
- *The Rhythm and the Blues* (2024), as Eddie Taylor Sr.
- *First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story* (2023), as Emerson
- *Swarm* (2023), series, as Harris
- *A Day to Die* (2022), as Tyron Pettis
- *Madonna: Madame X* (2021), as Innocent Man/Saint (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Glorias* (2020), as Frank
- *Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas* (2020), as Jasper
- *City on a Hill* (2019), series, as Reverend Isaiah Hughes
- *Her Only Choice* (2018), as Melvin
- *The Chi* (2018), series, as Alonzo
- *Recovery Road* (2016), series, as Alan
- *Soul Ties* (2015), as Dale Sr.
- *I Really Hate My Ex* (2015), as Sean
- *Where Children Play* (2015), as David McCain
- *The Cheaters Club* (2014), as James
- *37* (2014), as Dr. Koehm
- *And Then There Was You* (2013), as Joshua Gilbert
- *From This Day Forward* (2012), as Deon
- *The Brooklyn Heist* (2009), as Ronald
- *Diary of a Single Mom* (2009), as Mike
- *Cover* (2007), as Ryan Chambers
- *Get Rich or Die Tryin'* (2005), as Slim
- *Friends and Lovers* (2005), as Tyrel
- *Buffalo Soldiers* (2002), as Stoney
- *Hack* (2002), series, as Ulysses Sims
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Vicellous Owens
- *Little Richard* (2000), as Little Richard
- *Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story* (1999), as Jackie Wilson
- *Bats* (1999), as Jimmy Sands
- *Mean Streak* (1999), as Altman Rogers
- *Friends & Lovers* (1999), as Manny
- *The Temptations* (1998), series, as David Ruffin
- *Side Streets* (1998), as Errol Boyce
- *Oz* (1997), series, as Jefferson Keane — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *The Price of Kissing* (1997), as Larry · Producer
- *B.A.P.S* (1997), as Leon
- *Spirit Lost* (1997), as John
- *Runaway Car* (1997), as Officer Isaiah 'Beau' Beaufort
- *Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored* (1996), as Uncle Melvin
- *Waiting to Exhale* (1995), as Russell
- *Central Park West* (1995), series, Actor
- *Above the Rim* (1994), as Shep
- *Bad Attitude* (1993), as Eddie Johnson · Associate Producer
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), as Derice Bannock — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)
- *Cliffhanger* (1993), as Kynette — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)
- *The Five Heartbeats* (1991), as J.T.
- *Madonna: The Immaculate Collection* (1990), as Innocent Man / Saint (segment "Like a Prayer")
- *Flying Blind* (1990), as Larry Brown
- *A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story* (1989), as Michael Thomas
- *The Women of Brewster Place* (1989), as Abshu
- *The Women of Brewster Place* (1989), series, as Abshu
- *Colors* (1988), as Killer-Bee
- *The Lawless Land* (1988), as Roadkill
- *The Father Clements Story* (1987), Actor
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Ronald "Pinto" Sewell
- *Band of the Hand* (1986), as Moss
- *Streetwalkin'* (1985), as Jason
- *The Flamingo Kid* (1984), as Fortune Smith
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Iceman
- *Sole Survivor* (1984), as Gang Leader
- *All the Right Moves* (1983), as Shadow
- *Jingle Hellz*, as Khan

## Gallery

- ![From A Photoshoot I did Last Year](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-47a85607c815.jpg) From A Photoshoot I did Last Year — Peter Massas, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Actors_Dean_Winters_And_Leon_Robinson.jpg/1280px-Actors_Dean_Winters_And_Leon_Robinson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Celebrity Journalist and Television Host Remi Jones interviews Leon of "The Five Heart Beats" (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-c90fb6171d66.jpg) Celebrity Journalist and Television Host Remi Jones interviews Leon of "The Five Heart Beats" (2023) — TamikaWest, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Celebrity_Journalist_and_Television_Host_Remi_Jones_interviews_Leon_of_%22The_Five_Heart_Beats%22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Leon Robinson in Manhattan in October 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-943d9a9404b3.jpg) Leon Robinson in Manhattan in October 2010. — Peter Massas at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23505652@N03/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/LeonRobinsonOct10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Star of Oz, The Five Heartbeats, Cool Runnings, and Above the Rim. NYC April '19. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-c653d0bd12a4.jpg) Star of Oz, The Five Heartbeats, Cool Runnings, and Above the Rim. NYC April '19. (2019) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Leon_Robinson_%2833829442168%29.jpg/1280px-Leon_Robinson_%2833829442168%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Leon Robinson](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-269afcc6da12.jpg) Leon Robinson — Image via TMDB
- ![Leon Robinson](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-b4569adf4c1a.jpg) Leon Robinson — Image via TMDB
- ![Leon Robinson](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-6c3d9801da8d.jpg) Leon Robinson — Image via TMDB
- ![Star of Oz, The Five Heartbeats, Cool Runnings, and Above the Rim. NYC April '19. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-abf595bad981.jpg) Star of Oz, The Five Heartbeats, Cool Runnings, and Above the Rim. NYC April '19. (2019) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Leon_Robinson_%2833829442168%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Leon_Robinson_%2833829442168%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![From A Recent Photo Shoot At O'Nieals Tavern In Lower Manhattan. You Might Recall Seeing Dean And Leon In The HBO Series OZ And More Recently Have Seen Dean As ](https://film.one/media/person/92857/gallery-1addfa15de17.jpg) From A Recent Photo Shoot At O'Nieals Tavern In Lower Manhattan. You Might Recall Seeing Dean And Leon In The HBO Series OZ And More Recently Have Seen Dean As  — Peter Massas, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ryan_Paul_Simmons_%28_Artist_%29%2C_Dean_Winters_%28_Actor_%29%2C_Leon_Robinson_%28_Actor_%29.jpg/1280px-Ryan_Paul_Simmons_%28_Artist_%29%2C_Dean_Winters_%28_Actor_%29%2C_Leon_Robinson_%28_Actor_%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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