Joshua Leonard
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Joshua Leonard is an American film and television writer, director and actor, best known for his debut role in the feature indie film "The Blair Witch Project" and many other supporting roles in film and television.
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Four Good Days (2021)
As: Sean
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Stars: Mila Kunis | Stephen Root | Joshua Leonard | Glenn Close | Rebecca Field
Bliss (2021)
As: Cameron
A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Mike Cahill
Stars: Owen Wilson | Madeline Zima | Joshua Leonard | Salma Hayek | Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music (2020)
As: Self
A music driven tribute to the late indie filmmaker Lynn Shelton.
Runtime: 69 min.
Directed by: Megan Griffiths
Stars: Rosemarie DeWitt | Emily Blunt | Reese Witherspoon | Lynn Shelton | Kaitlyn Dever
Fully Realized Humans (2020)
As: Elliot
Parents-to-be Elliott and Jackie embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Joshua Leonard
Stars: Beth Grant | Joshua Leonard | Tom Bower | Jess Weixler | Michael Chieffo
Depraved (2019)
As: Polidori
A field surgeon who suffers from PTSD after combat in the Middle East, and creates a living human out of body parts in his Gowanus, Brooklyn lab.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Larry Fessenden
Stars: Joshua Leonard | David Call | Owen Campbell | Ana Kayne | Alex Breaux
Unsane (2018)
As: David Strine
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Juno Temple | Aimee Mullins | Jay Pharoah | Claire Foy
Woman in Deep (2016)
As: Martin
A woman calls a suicide prevention hotline and is put on hold.
Runtime: 15 min.
Directed by: Janicza Bravo
Stars: Alison Pill | Joshua Leonard | Anthony Carrigan | Nana Ghana | Marla Garlin
Teenage Cocktail (2016)
As: Tom Fenton
Feeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. The only issue is, they need the money to get there. Jules suggests the couple try webcam modeling. Although she’s nervous at first, Annie can’t argue when the money starts rolling in. But as the girls soon find out, consequences can blindside you. Sometimes violently.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: John Carchietta
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Pat Healy | Michelle Borth | Fabianne Therese | Nichole Bloom
6 Years (2015)
As: Mark
A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.
Runtime: 79 min.
Directed by: Hannah Fidell
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Lindsay Burdge | Taissa Farmiga | Ben Rosenfield | Jennifer Lafleur
Wedding Dress (2015)
As: Michael
Michael has been estranged from his family for a long time. When he shows up at his brother John's house unexpectedly, Rayanne, his new sister-in-law, decides to let him in. But things are not always as they seem, and people may not be who they say there are.
Runtime: 13 min.
Directed by: Haroula Rose
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Abby Wathen | Dominic Bogart
The Ever After (2015)
As: Christian
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion photographer puts him in dangerously tempting situations. When trauma strikes, they must confront their innermost vulnerabilities to recover their disintegrating marriage.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Mark Webber
Stars: Rosario Dawson | Melissa Leo | Mark Webber | Teresa Palmer | Phoebe Tonkin
Down Dog (2015)
As: Young Jimmy Wood
A handsome, carefree yoga instructor has breezed through life, women, and jobs, but when he breaks up with his girlfriend -- who's also his partner at their successful yoga studio -- he's forced to face reality for the first time. A satirical look at LA's yoga culture that stars Josh Casaubon (I Just Want My Pants Back), Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds), and Kris Kristofferson (Lone Star).
Runtime: 32 min.
Directed by: Brad Silberling
Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca | Will Greenberg | Paget Brewster | Amir Talai | Josh Casaubon
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
As: Deputy Foster
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Stars: Spencer Treat Clark | Joshua Leonard | Gary Cole | Veronica Cartwright | Addison Timlin
Wildlike (2014)
As: Ted
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Frank Hall Green
Stars: Bruce Greenwood | Ella Purnell | Brian Geraghty | Nolan Gerard Funk | Ann Dowd
Black Eyed Dog (2014)
When their mom goes into a coma after being attacked by a ferocious dog, Daisy and Malick must face the troubles that come afterward.
Directed by: Erica Dunton
Stars: Chandler Canterbury | Bryce Hurless | Paul Schneider | Hilarie Burton | Mackenzie Foy
If I Stay (2014)
As: Denny Hall
Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: R.J. Cutler
Stars: Jamie Blackley | Joshua Leonard | Liana Liberato | Chloë Grace Moretz | Mireille Enos
Among Ravens (2014)
As: Ellis Conifer
The story of a group of friends who reunite for their annual 4th of July weekend only to be confronted by Chad, a strange and beautiful nature photographer who begins to change their lives one by one.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Randy Redroad | Russell Friedenberg
Stars: Russell Friedenberg | Joshua Leonard | Christian Campbell | Amy Smart | Victoria Smurfit
Clutter (2013)
As: Charlie Bradford
Charlie Bradford, an aspiring filmmaker in his 30s, is doing the best he can to distance himself from the chaos of his childhood home. But his eccentric mother Linda, a compulsive hoarder who suffers from depression punctuated by spells of manic consumption, has a tendency to keep the people and things she loves close at hand. Charlie's younger sisters still live at home with Linda: Lisa, the older ...
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Diane Crespo
Stars: Carol Kane | Dan Hedaya | Joshua Leonard | Halley Feiffer | Natasha Lyonne
The Motel Life (2012)
As: Tommy
A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Alan Polsky | Gabe Polsky
Stars: Stephen Dorff | Joshua Leonard | Kris Kristofferson | Dakota Fanning | Emile Hirsch
Sunset Stories (2012)
As: Chaz
A dark comedy about two people's chase around Los Angeles to find a missing cooler.
Runtime: 87 min.
Stars: Monique Gabriela Curnen | Joshua Leonard | Zosia Mamet | Justin Vivian Bond | Sung Kang
The Lie (2011)
As: Lonnie
A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Joshua Leonard
Stars: Mark Webber | James Ransone | Alia Shawkat | Jane Adams | Kelli Garner
Shark Night (2011)
As: Red
A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to fresh-water shark attacks.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: David R. Ellis
Stars: Dustin Milligan | Joel David Moore | Chris Carmack | Sara Paxton | Chris Zylka
Higher Ground (2011)
As: Ethan Miller
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Vera Farmiga
Stars: John Hawkes | Donna Murphy | Joshua Leonard | Vera Farmiga | Dagmara Domińczyk
Treatment (2011)
As: Leonard
All his life, Leonard has dreamed of being a famous filmmaker, but he's better at making excuses than making art. A chance encounter with a wasted A-list movie star could be his lucky break. All he has to do is come up with $15,000 to join the actor at a luxury rehab facility, where their friendship can blossom into wealth and glory. Leonard checks into treatment under false pretences, but soon discovers ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Steven Schardt | Sean Nelson
Stars: Katie Aselton | Joshua Leonard | Sean Nelson | Ross Partridge | Jessica Makinson
Bold Native (2010)
As: Wyatt
Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Denis Hennelly
Stars: Joaquin Pastor | Randolph Mantooth | Sheila Vand | Matt Shea | Kristine Louise
Bitter Feast (2010)
As: JT Franks
A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Joe Maggio
Stars: Amy Seimetz | Joshua Leonard | Mario Batali | Megan Hilty | James Le Gros
Humpday (2009)
As: Andrew
Imagine your life is somewhat complete with a house, job, and wife but then your best friend from college comes knocking at your door at 2 AM. During a pot-induced hedonistic party, a plan is hatched between the two friends to create an Art Film of “two really straight men having sex.” If they only knew how much this would affect all of their lives.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Lynn Shelton
Stars: Mark Duplass | Joshua Leonard | Lynn Shelton | Alycia Delmore | Trina Willard
Prom Night (2008)
As: Bellhop
Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Nelson McCormick
Stars: Idris Elba | James Ransone | Jessica Stroup | Brittany Snow | Shawn Driscoll
Expecting Love (2008)
As: Ian
A successful Los Angeles lawyer discovers that a short-term affair could have long-term consequences when a woman he had a brief affair with claims that she's currently pregnant with his unborn child.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Lukasz Karwowski
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Agnieszka Grochowska | Agnieszka Pilaszewska | Mikolaj Grabowski | Michael Dunn
20 Years After (2008)
As: Michael
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Jim Torres
Stars: Reg E. Cathey | Diane Salinger | Joshua Leonard | Nathan Baesel | Azura Skye
Quid Pro Quo (2008)
As: Isaac's Dad
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Carlos Brooks
Stars: Nick Stahl | Jessica Hecht | Vera Farmiga | Jacob Pitts | Rachel Black
Simple Things (2007)
As: Darryl
In order to secure the position of Head of Pediatrics at a top Chicago hospital, a young, highly accomplished, pediatrician agrees to spend a summer setting up a clinic in a small town in the North Carolina mountains. Clashing against the ways of the small community he is forced to deal with the recent loss of his wife while reconnecting with his 9 year old son, and learning a different pace of life.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Andrew C. Erin
Stars: Bellamy Young | Aidan Mitchell | Joshua Leonard | Amber Benson | Cameron Bancroft
Hatchet (2006)
As: Ainsley
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Adam Green
Stars: Kane Hodder | Joel David Moore | Mercedes McNab | Tamara Feldman | Deon Richmond
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
As: Justin Forrester
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Brian Robbins
Stars: Danny Glover | Spencer Breslin | Kristin Davis | Tim Allen | Robert Downey Jr.
Madhouse (2005)
As: Clark Stevens
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: William Butler
Stars: Dendrie Taylor | Joshua Leonard | Lance Henriksen | Natasha Lyonne | Jordan Ladd
Shooting Livien (2005)
As: Robby Love
A dark psychological drama, Shooting Livien explores the inner psyche of John Livien, a disillusioned New York musician who deals with a childhood trauma by claiming an alter ego. His band on the brink of success, fantasy becomes dangerously blurred with reality as Livien struggles with his identity crisis. At the peak of his insanity Livien decides to take his dementia to the furthest reaches...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Rebecca Cook
Stars: Dominic Monaghan | Joshua Leonard | Jason Behr | Sarah Wynter
Larceny (2004)
As: Nick
A young man from New Jersey comes to Los Angeles to visit his slightly crazy cousin and gets mistaken for a successful New York artist.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Irving Schwartz
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Andy Dick | Heavy D | Kate Jackson | Roselyn Sánchez
$corched (2003)
As: Rick
Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs, plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Gavin Grazer
Stars: John Cleese | Woody Harrelson | Rachael Leigh Cook | David Krumholtz | Alicia Silverstone
Two Days (2003)
As: Bill Buehl
Paul Miller (Paul Rudd - Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood style, he's hired a film crew to chronicle his last moments and the events leading up to them; it's the role of a lifetime. Often ironic and darkly comical, this is the story ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Sean McGinly
Stars: Donal Logue | Adam Scott | Joshua Leonard | Stacey Travis | Mackenzie Astin
Live from Baghdad (2002)
As: Mark Biello
A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Joshua Leonard | Michael Keaton | Lili Taylor | David Suchet
Deuces Wild (2002)
As: Punchy
1950s New York City. A bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn. The Deuces at war with the vicious Vipers. Scott Kalvert directs this tale of lust, drugs, mayhem and madness during one hot summer on the streets of New York.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Scott Kalvert
Stars: Norman Reedus | Fairuza Balk | Stephen Dorff | Max Perlich | Brad Renfro
Cubbyhouse (2001)
As: Danny Graham
Following a messy divorce, Lynn Graham moves back home to Australia with her three American-born children in tow. Buying an old house on the same street as her sister seems like a good idea, but its low price reflects a unpleasant history of murder and satanic ritual. Before long, her two youngest kids have fallen under the spell of an evil force emanating from a sinister cubbyhouse in the back garden, and ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Murray Fahey
Stars: Belinda McClory | Joshua Leonard | Lauren Hewett | Jerome Ehlers | Craig McLachlan
Things Behind the Sun (2001)
As: Todd
A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Allison Anders
Stars: Gabriel Mann | Don Cheadle | Rosanna Arquette | Eric Stoltz | Kim Dickens
Men of Honor (2000)
As: PO2 Timothy Douglas Isert
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: George Tillman, Jr.
Stars: Robert De Niro | Aunjanue Ellis | Charlize Theron | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Hal Holbrook
The Burkittsville 7 (2000)
As: Joshua Leonard
A film archivist revisits the story of Rustin Parr, a hermit thought to have murdered seven children while under the possession of the Blair Witch.
Runtime: 30 min.
Directed by: Ben Rock
Stars: Monty Bane | Lucy Butler | Frank Pastor | Bill Dreggors | David Grammer
Sacrifice (2000)
As: Jason
A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is being transported to prison after learning that his daughter has been killed by a serial killer. Determined to find her killer, he joins with a female cop who is working the case. He quickly discovers that his daughter had recently had an abortion, an action common to all of the murdered women. Meanwhile the FBI agent that he escaped from is hot on his trail.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine | Michael Madsen | Deborah Shelton | Jamie Luner | Diane Farr
In the Weeds (2000)
As: Adam
It's Martha's first night as a waitress in an upscale New York restaurant. Veteran Chloe shows her the ropes and introduces her to the lives of the restaurant staff. Adam, a hopeful playwright, suffers for his art while dealing with a very indecisive (ex-?)girlfriend. Marlon is a cocky young actor, certain that his big break is just around the corner. When the restaurant's obnoxious owner, Simon, ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Molly Ringwald | Michael B. Silver | Eric Bogosian | Ellen Pompeo
Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch (1999)
As: Self
Delving deeper into the mystery of the legendary Blair Witch and the disappearance of the three student filmmakers in The Blair Witch Project, Sticks and Stones closely examines the evidence of the case. Josh's car, the backpack with the film canisters found under a house in the woods on an archeological dig, and the actual student film footage are all investigated in an effort to illuminate what ...
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: Daniel Myrick | Eduardo Sánchez
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Heather Donahue | Michael C. Williams | Joe Nagy | Minette Marcial
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
As: Josh
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Eduardo Sánchez | Daniel Myrick
Stars: Joshua Leonard | Heather Donahue | Michael C. Williams | Jim King | Ed Swanson