Robert Sean Leonard
Actor
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Robert Sean Leonard (born February 28, 1969) is an award-winning American actor, who has regularly starred in Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Since 2004 he has played the role of Dr. James Wilson on the TV series House. He played Neil Perry in the 1989 movie Dead Poets Society.
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The I Inside (2004)
As: Peter
Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Roland Suso Richter
Stars: Ryan Phillippe | Stephen Rea | Sarah Polley | Piper Perabo | Robert Sean Leonard
A Painted House (2003)
As: Jesse Chandler
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Alfonso Aráu
Stars: Logan Lerman | Scott Glenn | Robert Sean Leonard | Arija Bareikis | Melinda Dillon
Chelsea Walls (2002)
As: Terry Olsen
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Ethan Hawke
Stars: Guillermo Díaz | Rosario Dawson | Uma Thurman | Kris Kristofferson | Vincent D'Onofrio
Driven (2001)
As: Demille Bly
Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's romance with his arch rival's girlfriend Sophia. With much riding on Bly, car owner Carl Henry brings former racing star Joe Tanto on board to help Bly. To drive Bly back to ...
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Stars: Estella Warren | Sylvester Stallone | Robert Sean Leonard | Til Schweiger | Kip Pardue
A Glimpse of Hell (2001)
As: LT(JG) Dan Meyer
A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Stars: John Doman | Daniel Roebuck | James Caan | Jamie Harrold | Robert Sean Leonard
Tape (2001)
As: Jon Salter
A three-character ensemble piece set within the confines of a tawdry motor lodge in Lansing, Michigan. After 10 years apart, three disparate people come together to play out the unresolved drama of their final days in high school. Intrigued, we watch as layers of denial are slowly peeled away. Suspense builds as each character is provoked into revealing his or her true nature and motivation. Mesmerized, we ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Stars: Uma Thurman | Ethan Hawke | Robert Sean Leonard
Ground Control (1998)
As: Cruise
An air-traffic controller quits after a plane crash but, years later, goes to help an airport that is in the path of a terrible storm.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Richard Howard
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | Kelly McGillis | Kristy Swanson | Margaret Cho | Robert Sean Leonard
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
As: Tom
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Whit Stillman
Stars: Chloë Sevigny | Matt Keeslar | Chris Eigeman | Mackenzie Astin | Kate Beckinsale
Standoff (1998)
As: Agent Jamie Doolin
The FBI and Texas police make ready to storm the headquarters of a heavily armed sect of religious fanatics. But the operation goes horribly wrong and a couple of agents seek protection at an abandoned farm. But they are not the only ones there.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Andrew Chapman
Stars: Paul Ben-Victor | Natasha Henstridge | Dennis Haysbert | Robert Sean Leonard | Tricia Vessey
In the Gloaming (1997)
As: Danny
Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
Runtime: 67 min.
Directed by: Christopher Reeve
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | David Strathairn | Bridget Fonda | Robert Sean Leonard | Glenn Close
Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
As: Henry Lesser
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Tim Metcalfe
Stars: Ellen Greene | Robert John Burke | James Woods | Robert Sean Leonard | Cara Buono
The Boys Next Door (1996)
As: Barry Klemper
Jack Palmer is a social worker whose job has taken precedence over his personal life. Mainly, his job is to help four mentally challenged men live regular lives in a home. They consist of: Norman, who works at a donut shop and has a thing for keys; Barry, who thinks he is a golf pro and doesn't communicate well with his father; Arnold, who is into all things Russian and has a habit of spending money; and ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: John Erman
Stars: Nathan Lane | Michael Jeter | Courtney B. Vance | Robert Sean Leonard | Tony Goldwyn
Safe Passage (1994)
As: Alfred Singer
A mother with seven sons feels like she's losing control of her life and her family. But personal...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
Stars: Nick Stahl | Susan Sarandon | Sam Shepard | Marcia Gay Harden | Robert Sean Leonard
The Age of Innocence (1993)
As: Ted Archer
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Geraldine Chaplin | Michelle Pfeiffer | Winona Ryder | Daniel Day-Lewis | Alexis Smith
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
As: Claudio
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Keanu Reeves | Michael Keaton | Kenneth Branagh | Richard Briers | Robert Sean Leonard
Married to It (1993)
As: Chuck Bishop
Tale of three different couples (Yuppies, Hippies, and Society Folk) who find some common ground and become friends after being assigned to the same school project. Their lives are turned upside down by divorce, indictment, and sex but their friendship remains strong.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Stars: Beau Bridges | Stockard Channing | Mary Stuart Masterson | Robert Sean Leonard | Cybill Shepherd
Swing Kids (1993)
As: Peter Müller
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Thomas Carter
Stars: Christian Bale | Barbara Hershey | Tushka Bergen | Frank Whaley | Robert Sean Leonard
Mr & Mrs Bridge (1990)
As: Douglas Bridge (Older)
It's about a five member family. The father is a conservative and traditional person who directs the family. The mother is at home, she tries to hold together the family, while Mr. Bridge works as a lawyer. The children have just grown up, and the complications are derived from that they have a more modern view of life.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: James Ivory
Stars: Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Margaret Welsh | Saundra McClain | John Bell
Dead Poets Society (1989)
As: Neil Perry
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Peter Weir
Stars: Josh Charles | Ethan Hawke | Robin Williams | Robert Sean Leonard | Gale Hansen
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)
As: Jeremy Capello
Young student finds himself being transformed to a vampire after a night with a quite attractive female vampire. First, he does not quite believe it himself, but with the help of a 300 year old teacher and the handbook "vampirism - a guide to an alternative lifestyle", he finds out that blood does not taste as bad as he expected.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Jimmy Huston
Stars: Robert Sean Leonard | Cecilia Peck | Cheryl Pollak | Fannie Flagg | Leeanne Locken
The Manhattan Project (1986)
As: Max
Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Marshall Brickman
Stars: Cynthia Nixon | John Lithgow | John Mahoney | Christopher Collet | Jill Eikenberry