Robert Sean Leonard Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert Lawrence Leonard, better known by his stage name Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. Leonard won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Invention of Love in 2001. He was also nominated for his leading role in Candida in 1993 a...
Fordham University, Ridgewood High School, Columbia University School of General Studies
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Gabriella Salick (m. 2008)
Children
Eleanor Leonard, Claudia Leonard
Parents
Joyce P.,Robert Howard Leonard
Siblings
Sean Leonard
Nicknames
Robert Lawrence Leonard , Robert Leonard , Bobby
Awards
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (2001)
Nominations
People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Doctor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies
“The Boys Next Door” (1996), “I Love You, I Love You Not” (1996), “In the Gloaming” (1997), “The Last Days of Disco” (1998), “Ground Control” (1998)
TV Shows
“House” (2004–2012), “The Blacklist” (2013), “Falling Skies” (2013-2014), “The Good Wife” (2014), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2015-2016)
Star Sign
Pisces
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Trademark
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Frequently played youths trying to break away from older ideals
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Quote
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When I was 16 I was cast by [Stephen] Sondheim for a six-week workshop of Into the Woods. One day Sondheim came in with [the just-written song] 'Giants in the Sky.' He pointed to me and said, 'This is for Bobby.' I pretty much could have died.
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I didn't want to be the lead guy. That's too much work. But I thought that it might be fun to be the lead guy's friend. I'd have days off and still get a paycheck every week. Hugh Laurie, who plays House, is remarkable. I lean in the door and say, 'Hey, what do you think about egg salad [for lunch]?' Then I have two days in a row off. It's a great gig. [on his experience acting on House M.D. (2004)]
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Fact
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He was considered for the role of Norman Bates in Psycho (1998) before Vince Vaughn was cast.
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His firstborn daughter has the same first name as Mr & Mrs Bridge Co Stars Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward's born nearly 50 years earlier though spelled differently the elder Eleanor's name is spelled Elinor first name for her maternal grandmother Elinor Trimmier Woodward Carter and middle name after her paternal grandmother Theresa Festko Newman.
In Dead Poets' Society, his character's father (Kurtwood Smith) wanted him to be a doctor. He then later played a doctor in House, apparently fulfilling his "father's" wishes.
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Co-starring as "Dr. James Wilson" in the popular medical drama House M.D. (2004). [December 2004]
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In "Long Day's Journey Into Night" on Broadway portraying the role of Edmund. [April 2003]
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In "The Violet Hour" on Broadway portraying the role of John Pace Seavering. [November 2003]
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Daughter, Eleanor, born January 2009.
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Is married to Gabriella Salick, a professional horse racer who is executive director of the West Coast Active Riders. Salick had their first child in 2009 and their second child in mid-2012.
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Says that, when House M.D. (2004) ends, he hopes to move back to New York to start doing more plays and hopefully start a family.
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Was the first actor to be cast in House M.D. (2004).
Received the 2001 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for his portrayal as A.E. Housman in Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love." Nominated in the same category two other times: in 1993, for a revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," and in 2003 for a revival of "Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill.
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Grew up on the same block as actor Casper Van Dien. They raced each other in go-carts.