Leonard Roberts

Leonard Roberts (born November 17, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Sean Taylor in Drumline and for playing Forrest Gates in the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and DL Hawkins in the first season of Heroes.

For the American folklorist, see Leonard W. Roberts.
Leonard Roberts
Leonard Roberts (left) with Heroes co-star Noah Gray-Cabey (right) in 2006
Born (1972-11-17) November 17, 1972
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
EducationDePaul University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present

Early life

Roberts was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from University City High School and in 1995, Roberts graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.[1]

Career

He portrayed roles as Sean Taylor in Drumline and starring as Forrest Gates in the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is also known among Smallville fans as playing the role of Nam-Ek, and D.L. Hawkins on the NBC science-fiction drama Heroes. Roberts is credited with the role of Leo in the 2011 film, Pizza Man. He plays a very small role in season 1 NCIS as a member of a navy base.

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1996 Due South Tyree Cameron
1996 Street Smarts Driver's Education Video Guardian Angel Gemma
1997 Love Jones Eddie Coles
Hoodlum Tyrone
1998 He Got Game D'Andre D.! Winder
1999 The '60's Emmet Taylor
2000 Masquerade Otis
2001 Scam Gordie 17 minute short
2002 Joe and Max Joe Louis
Drumline Sean Taylor
2004 Walking on Sunshine Al
2006 The Last Adam Bobby Jackson
2007 F*ck You Pay Me! Darian Drake
2009 Red Sands Ryan
2011 Pizza Man Leo
2012 Savages Frankie
2014 Drumline: A New Beat Sean Taylor
American Sniper SEAL Drill Instructor
2015 My Favorite Five Matthew
2016 Love Is All You Need? Coach Thompson

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Turks Officer Tom May
Any Day Now Wade Garver
1999–2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Forrest Gates
2001 FreakyLinks Boomer Truman
JAG Lieutenant Crawford
2002 Providence
2003 Tru Calling Blake
24 Guard Buchanan
2004 CSI: Miami Brad Foster
Threat Matrix Ibrahim Kureshi
NCIS P.O. Howard Carter
2005 Bones D.A. Andrew Levitt
2005–2006 Smallville Nam-Ek
2006–2007 Heroes D.L. Hawkins
2009 ER Police Officer
Private Practice Ryan
2010 Castle Special Agent Jason Avery
Criminal Minds Kaman Scott
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Kyle Decker
2011 Franklin & Bash Dante
2012 CSI: Miami Matthew Stone
2013 The Client List Detective Monroe
2014 The League Tyree
The Mentalist Elon Bell
2015 Agent Carter Happy Sam Sawyer "The Iron Ceiling"
2016 Second Chance Lenny
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Dennis Schatzman
2017 Major Crimes Commander / Assistant Chief Leo Mason
The Magicians King Idri of Loria
2017–present Mom Ray Stabler Recurring; 4 episodes
2019 9-1-1 Captain Ronnie Cooper
2020 Bob Hearts Abishola Guy Episode: "Don't Look Back in Anger"
2020 Charmed Dexter Vaughn Episodes 1
2020 Spider-Man Baron Mordo, Robber #1, Golem #1 (voices) Episode: "Amazing Friends"

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Hidden Agenda Tom Nelson (voice)
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gollark: The economy is an abstraction over production and consumption of whatever.
gollark: Further exploitation of space cool and good.
gollark: "Zero growth" bad, sustained economic growth necessary.
gollark: Globalisation good, complex global supply chains basically fine?

References
  1. "Leonard Roberts (1990-2010)". IMDb. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-03-19.


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