Biography
Robert Sean Leonard is an American actor. Born Robert Lawrence Leonard on 28 February 1969 in Westwood, New Jersey, he trained at Fordham University, Columbia University and HB Studio in New York.
He began his career on stage in the 1980s and has appeared in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Leonard won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Invention of Love (2001).
On screen he is known for the role of Neil Perry in Dead Poets Society (1989) and Dr James Wilson in the series House (2004–2012). His other film credits include The Age of Innocence (1993) and Much Ado About Nothing (1993), in which he played Claudio.
