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 D. L. Hawkins in the first season of Heroes.[1]

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 in 1991 and in 1995, Roberts graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.[1]

Career

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

On December 17, 2020, Roberts wrote a piece for Variety discussing his tension with his co-star Ali Larter which resulted in his firing from Heroes.[2][3]

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 Mackey
1999 The '60's Emmet Taylor
2001 Scam Gordie Short
2002 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
2013 Man of Steel (film) Nam-Ek
2014 American Sniper Instructor Rolle
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 12 episodes
2000 Masquerade Otis Television film
2001 FreakyLinks Boomer Truman
JAG Lieutenant Crawford
2002 Joe and Max Joe Louis Television film
Providence 3 episodes
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 17 episodes
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
Drumline: A New Beat Sean Taylor Television film
The Mentalist Elon Bell
2015 Agent Carter Happy Sam Sawyer Episode: "The Iron Ceiling"
2016 Second Chance Lenny
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Dennis Schatzman
Mary + Jane Nate Episode: "Neighborhood Watch"
2017 Doubt ADA Vincent Todd Episode: "The Return"
2017–2018 Major Crimes Commander / Assistant Chief Leo Mason 16 episodes
The Magicians King Idri of Loria
Mom Ray Stabler Recurring; 4 episodes
2019 9-1-1 Captain Ronnie Cooper
2020 Hawaii Five-0 Capt. Ingram Episode: "A 'ohe ia e loa'a aku, he ulua kapapa no ka moana"
Bob Hearts Abishola Guy Episode: "Randy's a Wrangler"
Charmed Dexter Vaughn Episode: "Don't Look Back in Anger"
Spider-Man Baron Mordo, Robber #1, Golem #1 (voices) Episode: "Amazing Friends"

Web
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Liza on Demand Marc Episode "Valentine's Day"

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Hidden Agenda Tom Nelson (voice)

References
  1. "Leonard Roberts (1990-2010)". IMDb. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. "Heroes' Was Supposed to Be Leonard Roberts' Big Break. Instead, It Nearly Broke Him". Variety.
  3. "Ali Larter Responds to Leonard Roberts' Accusations: 'I Am Truly Sorry". Variety.
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