Movies by Leon
As part of the cast:
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Diary of a Single Mom (2011)
Cast: Monica Calhoun, Valery Ortiz, Janice Lynde …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Single mother Ocean juggles a new job managing an apartment building, a new home furnished with only cardboard boxes, a niece who hates everything, her own two children and the needs of all…
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The Brooklyn Heist (2009)
Cast: Danny Masterson, Leon, Dominique Swain …
Directed by: Julian M. Kheel
Desperate to improve his life, New Yorker Fitz (Danny Masterson) concocts a scheme to rob a wealthy and hated pawnshop owner. Unknown to Fitz, his gang of cheerful incompetents faces…
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Three Ways to Get a Husband (2009)
Cast: Shannon Dade, Leon, Javon Johnson …
Directed by: Je'Caryous Johnson
In this musical drama, Chastity Moore (Shannon Dade) can't find the winning combination: Devon (Leon) was a loyal man, but the war took him away. New boyfriend Jemarcus (Javon Johnson)…
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Rebel Salute 2006: Part 1 (2006)
Cast: Luciano, Gyptian, Warrior King …
From the tranquil hillside of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, Rebel Salute 2006 marks the 13th anniversary of the mammoth reggae festival. Reggae legend Tony Rebel hosts this celebration of peace and…
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Friends & Lovers (2005)
Cast: Monica Calhoun, Leon, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. …
Directed by: Je'Caryous Johnson
Based on the best-selling novel by author Eric Jerome Dickey, this funny and insightful drama follows four African-Americans, detailing the relationship trials and tribulations they face.…
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Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Sgt. Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix), a clerk in a U.S. Army battalion stationed in West Germany, spices up his humdrum existence by running a black market that supplies drug dealers with…
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Little Richard (2000)
Cast: Leon, Jenifer Lewis, Carl Lumbly …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
He rocked, he rolled … he changed the world of music. This is the story of Little Richard -- from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a…
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Bats (1999)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton …
Directed by: Louis Morneau
A government experiment goes awry, spawning a new generation of bats that are vicious, ravenous … and intelligent! Sheriff Emmett Kimsey (Lou Diamond Phillips) and ace researcher Sheila…
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Friends & Lovers (1999)
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Danny Nucci, George Newbern …
Directed by: George Haas
A holiday ski trip turns into a weekend of screaming matches and bed-hopping when a father (David Rasche) looking to mend fences invites his estranged son (George Newbern) -- who's…
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Mr. Rock 'n Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999)
Cast: Judd Nelson, Mädchen Amick, Paula Abdul …
Directed by: Andy Wolk
Judd Nelson stars as Alan Freed -- the controversial Cleveland DJ widely credited with unleashing rock 'n' roll on the American landscape -- in this TV movie that chronicles his…
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The Temptations (1998)
Cast: Charles Malik Whitfield, DB Woodside, Terron Brooks …
Directed by: Allan Arkush
Told chiefly through the viewpoint of founding member Otis Williams (Charles Malik Whitfield), this biographical miniseries -- based on the book by Williams and Shelly Berger -- chronicles…
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Side Streets (1998)
Cast: Valeria Golino, Rosario Dawson, Shabana Azmi …
Directed by: Tony Gerber
On the hottest day of the year, five vignettes -- which address fear, relationships, careers, dreams and more -- unfold in each of New York City's boroughs and reveal the struggles and…
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Spirit Lost (1997)
Cast: Leon, Regina Taylor, Juanita Jennings …
Directed by: Neema Barnette
Get ready to be spooked! A young couple buys an old home on an intoxicatingly beautiful island; unbeknownst to them, however, the house is haunted by a seductive ghost who's lonely and…
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Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (1995)
Cast: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon …
Directed by: Tim Reid
Based on Clifton L. Taulbert's autobiography, Tim Reid's heartfelt directorial debut profiles an African American boy coming of age in the segregated South. Growing up in…
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Above the Rim (1994)
Cast: Tupac Shakur, Duane Martin, Leon …
Directed by: Jeff Pollack
While high schooler Kyle (Duane Martin) awaits word from Georgetown University about his basketball scholarship, he balances relationships with neighborhood gangster Birdie (Tupac Shakur), a…
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Cool Runnings (1993)
Cast: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug …
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
A fictionalized account of the unlikely story of Jamaica's first bobsled team, Cool Runnings follows their journey to the 1988 Olympics. When Derice Bannock's (Leon) chances of…
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The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Cast: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Rhythm-and-blues artists such as the Temptations and Sam Cooke served as the inspiration for filmmaker Robert Townsend's ambitious movie about five urban friends who climb the stairway…
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Bad Attitude (1991)
Cast: Leon, Gina Lim, Demene …
Directed by: Bill Cummings
In the wake of an assignment gone awry, undercover narcotics cop Eddie Johnson (Leon) finds himself without his longtime partner, who was killed in the line of duty, and under the watchful of…
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The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Cast: Donna Deitch, Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice …
Booted out of her parents' house after refusing to identify her unborn baby's father, Mattie Michael (Oprah Winfrey) moves to a tumbledown housing project on Brewster Place, where…
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Band of the Hand (1986)
Cast: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly …
Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser
Five troubled teens are plucked out of prison and sent to the Florida Everglades for rugged survival training under the command of Vietnam vet Joe Tiger (Stephen Lang). Once Joe's…
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Streetwalkin' (1985)
Cast: Melissa Leo, Dale Midkiff, Leon …
Directed by: Joan Freeman
This gritty drama follows the downward spiral of Cookie, a runaway who ends up as a hooker in New York City. When things get violent, Cookie tries to flee again, but her enraged pimp will…