- Source of Wealth: Film, Theater and Television
- Age: 50
- Birth Place: Westwood, New Jersey, U.S.
- Height: 1.83 m (6′ 0″)
- Marital Status: Married (Gabriella Salick)
- Full Name: Robert Lawrence Leonard
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: February 28, 1969
- Ethnicity: English, German, Welsh and possibly other
- Occupation: Actor
- Education: Ridgewood High School, Fordham University and Columbia University School of General Studies
- Children: 2 (Claudia and Eleanor)
Robert Sean Leonard, also known as Robert Lawrence Leonard, is an actor from the US. He was born on February 28th, 1969 in Westwood, New Jersey. His net worth is estimated to be at $15 million.
He is best known for playing Dr. James Wilson on the television series House, M.D. and Neil Perry in 1989 on the movie “Dead Poets Society”. He frequently plays different parts in Broadway as well as in off-Broadway productions. He began his professional acting career onstage, replacing Matthew Broderick in the Broadway production of “Brighton Beach Memoirs”.
He has over the years appeared in a number of notable Broadway productions. He launched a successful film and television career. The movies where he can be seen performing include “Dead Poets Society”, “Mr. & Mrs. Bridge”, “Swing Kids”, “Much Ado about Nothing”, “The Age of Innocence”, and “A Painted House” among others. his performances have been widely appreciated too, and thus, he has been nominated a number of times. Robert has won one Tony award in 2001 for his role as A.E Housman in Tom Stoppard’s “The Invention of Love”. His career has spanned a number of classic films with some major stars such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Christian Bale, Paul Newman, and Denzel Washington.
Leonard’s mother was a nurse and his father as a teacher. His sister and brother are an English teacher and a cop. All are back in New Jersey. He has two daughters – Eleanor and Claudia, with his wife Gabriella. He graduated from Columbia University.