- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 24, 1980
- Place of Birth
- Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside, England, UK
David Leon
David Leon (born 1980) is an English actor perhaps best known for portraying the character Othello in photographer Rankin's directorial debut "Lives of the Saints", Guy Ritchie's film "Rock'N'Rolla" and British television series Cutting It, set in a Manchester hair-dressing salon. In 2007 Leon Played Billy the Kid in the acclaimed biopic for the BBC and starred in the Channel 4 drama Clapham Junction directed by Adrian Shergold. In 2006, he had a main role in the film 'These Foolish Things', which also starred Terence Stamp, Lauren Bacall and Anjelica Huston. The film's lead actress was Zoe Tapper, who guest-starred in an episode of Cutting It. In 2007, David played Billy The Kid in the BBC's mini series 'The Wild West'. He is also known for his role as Nathan in Boy Eats Girl, a zombie film. In 2010 he played Jesus in Mark Haddon's play Polar Bears at the Donmar Warehouse. He currentl…
Filmography
tvPlatoon 24/7
2026 · Narrator (voice)
tvCaptivated
2024 · Co-Writer, Creator
tvKilling Eve
2018 · Second Unit Director
tvIn the Dark
2017 · DI Adam Perrin
movieBliss!
2016 · Charlie Henderson
movieOrthodox
2015 · Producer, Director, Writer
tvThe Refugees
2015 · Alex
movieWalking with the Enemy
2014 · Lajos
movieBoys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia
2012 · Dan (segment "I Don't Care"), Director, Writer, Producer
movieOrthodox
2012 · Writer, Director
tvVera
2011 · DS Joe Ashworth, DI Joe Ashworth
movieI Don't Care
2010 · Dan
movieMan and Boy
2010 · Director, Writer, Producer
Father
movieFather
2009 · Director, Co-Producer
movieRocknRolla
2008 · Malcolm
movieClapham Junction
2007 · Alfie Cartwright
movieLives of the Saints
2007 · Othello
movieThese Foolish Things
2006 · Robin Gardner
movieBoy Eats Girl
2005 · Nathan
movieAlexander
2004 · Hermolaous (uncredited)
tvCutting It
2002 · Troy Gillespie
Stable
movieStable
— · Director, Writer