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Leon Preston Robinson IV (born March 8, 1962) is an American actor and singer. Leon first made an impression on movie audiences as Derice Bannock, the exuberant captain of a Jamaican bobsled team in Cool Runnings in 1993. Image File history File links Leon-as-jt-matthews. ...
The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 feature film directed by Robert Townsend, who also stars in the film with Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers, and Diahann Carroll. ...
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Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1965 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ...
Cool Runnings is a 1993 comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub. ...
Biography
Personal life Leon was born in Manhattan, New York and raised in the middle class suburb of Mount Vernon. The only son of a transit authority executive and a teacher, Leon migrated to Los Angeles to play basketball for Loyola Marymount University before moving into acting. Also he was the best in The Five Heartbeats. Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ...
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Motto: The city of homes Coordinates: Counties Westchester County Government - Mayor Ernest D. Davis (Dem) Area - City 11. ...
Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government - Type Mayor-Council - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo - Governing body City Council Area - City 498. ...
Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles, California, USA. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education. ...
Career Robinson, usually credited as simply Leon, made his professional debut on the CBS Afternoon Playhouse production "Journey to Survival" in 1981. Before striking it on the big screen, Leon amassed numerous small screen credits, notably in a 1989 episode of the NBC series Midnight Caller in which he played an athlete who falls victim to crack cocaine. He also co-starred in the 1989 ABC miniseries The Women of Brewster Place, as the boyfriend of a suburbanite (played by Robin Givens). He became a part of popular music history when he was cast as a Christ-like character in Madonna's controversial 1989 music video "Like a Prayer". The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
Midnight Caller was a dramatic NBC television series which ran from 1988 until 1991. ...
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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
Robin Givens (born November 27, 1964 in New York, New York) is an American actress. ...
Christ is the English term for the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ...
Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ...
Like a Prayer track listing Like a Prayer (1) Express Yourself (2) The Immaculate Collection track listing La Isla Bonita (11) Like a Prayer (12) Express Yourself (13) This article is about the 1989 single by Madonna. ...
Leon's early film roles included a football teammate of Tom Cruise in All the Right Moves (1983) and as Fortune Smith, the Notre Dame-bound basketball playing co-worker of Matt Dillon, in The Flamingo Kid (1984). It was only after his exposure in the Madonna video that Leon's roles became more substantial. He was a member of a singing group trying to give up his womanizing ways while his brother becomes distant in Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats (1991). In 1993, he co-starred as John Lithgow's British henchman out to get Sylvester Stallone in Renny Harlin's Cliffhanger and followed with a turn as a disillusioned ex-jock in Above the Rim (1994). Leon also appeared as Lela Rochon's married lover in Waiting to Exhale (1996) and co-produced as well as co-starred in the romantic drama The Price of Kissing (1997). Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ...
All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama/romance film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham. ...
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Matthew Raymond Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...
The Flamingo Kid was the first movie to receive a PG-13 rating, although it was released after Red Dawn. ...
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American film director, writer, and actor. ...
The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 feature film directed by Robert Townsend, who also stars in the film with Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers, and Diahann Carroll. ...
John Arthur Lithgow (IPA: [ˈʤɔn ˈlɪθɡaʊ]) (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. ...
Sylvester Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ...
Renny Harlin (born Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a film director and producer mostly known for action movies. ...
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Above the Rim is a 1994 basketball-drama film, written by Jeff Pollack and Benny Medina, and directed by Jeff Pollack. ...
Lela Rochon (born on 17 April 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actress best known for her role as Robin Stokes in the movie Waiting to Exhale. ...
Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 movie directed by Forest Whitaker. ...
Leon has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of two legendary singers in made-for-TV movies: David Ruffin in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations and Little Richard in the self-titled 2000 NBC movie based on the life of the rock-and-roll pioneer. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Little Richard. Leon has also had recurring roles on television series such as Oz and Resurrection Blvd. and briefly hosted his own late-night talk show, The L-Bow Room, on BET. Image File history File links Leon_ruffin. ...
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David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin) (January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968. ...
The Temptations was a four-hour television miniseries broadcast in two-hour halves on NBC, based upon the history of one of Motown’s longest-lived acts, The Temptations. ...
David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin) (January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968. ...
The Temptations was a four-hour television miniseries broadcast in two-hour halves on NBC, based upon the history of one of Motown’s longest-lived acts, The Temptations. ...
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an African-American singer, songwriter, and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and recording from 1951. ...
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Leon, who is also a professional singer, is the lead vocalist of his own band, Leon and the Peoples. He recently performed at The Canal Room in New York City with The Peoples and also recorded a radio PSA for Deejay Ra's 'Hip-Hop Literacy' campaign, encouraging people to read books about Tupac Shakur. Leon & The Peoples is New York City’s hottest up-and-coming ‘reggae-soul’ band. ...
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ...
Leon has been twice nominated for an Image Award, and has won a Young Artist Award. The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ...
The Young Artist Award is an award which is presented yearly by the Young Artist Foundation. ...
Filmography Get Rich or Die Tryin can refer to: The debut album of rap artist 50 Cent, released in 2003. ...
Buffalo Soldiers was the name given by the Plains Indians to the United States Army regiments composed of African-American soldiers that served on the American frontier after the Civil War. ...
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an African-American singer, songwriter, and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and recording from 1951. ...
The Temptations was a four-hour television miniseries broadcast in two-hour halves on NBC, based upon the history of one of Motown’s longest-lived acts, The Temptations. ...
Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 movie directed by Forest Whitaker. ...
Above the Rim is a 1994 basketball-drama film, written by Jeff Pollack and Benny Medina, and directed by Jeff Pollack. ...
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Cool Runnings is a 1993 comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub. ...
The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 feature film directed by Robert Townsend, who also stars in the film with Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers, and Diahann Carroll. ...
Colors is a 1988 film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall and directed by Dennis Hopper. ...
The Flamingo Kid was the first movie to receive a PG-13 rating, although it was released after Red Dawn. ...
All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama/romance film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham. ...
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