Leonard Roberts

American actor

Leonard Roberts
Leonard Roberts (left) with Heroes co-star Noah Gray-Cabey (right) in 2006
Born	(1972-11-17) November 17, 1972 (age 51) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Education	DePaul University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Leonard Roberts (born November 17, 1972) is an American actor. He portrayed Sean Taylor in Drumline, Forrest Gates on the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and D. L. Hawkins on Heroes.^[1]

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 played the roles of Sean Taylor in Drumline, Forrest Gates in the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, D. L. Hawkins on the NBC science-fiction drama Heroes. and Nam-Ek in Smallville. 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 that resulted in his firing from Heroes.^[2]^[3]

Filmography

Film and television films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Love Jones	Eddie Coles
1997	Hoodlum	Tyrone
1998	He Got Game	D'Andre Mackey
2000	Masquerade	Otis	TV movie
2001	Scam	Gordie	Short
2002	Joe and Max	Joe Louis	TV movie
2002	Drumline	Sean Taylor
2004	Walking on Sunshine	Al	Short
2006	The Last Adam	Bobby Jackson
2007	Fck You Pay Me!*	Darian Drake	Short
2009	ER	Police Officer	"A Long, Strange Trip"
2009	Red Sands	Ryan
2010	Blackstar Warrior	Lando Calrissian	TV Short
2011	Pizza Man	Leo
2012	Savages	Frankie
2012	California Winter	Larry Johnson
2014	Blackstar Warrior	Tyson Roderick	TV Short
	Drumline: A New Beat	Sean Taylor	TV movie
	American Sniper	Instructor Rolle
2015	My Favorite Five	Matthew
	Any Day	Troy
	Dancer and the Dame	Agent Shepherd
2016	Love Is All You Need?	Coach Thompson
2017	Fixed	Phil
2018	Headgame	The Elder
2018	Murder	ADA Malachi Sandel	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Due South	Tyree Cameron	Episode: "White Men Can't Jump to Conclusions"
1999	Turks	Officer Tom May	Episode: "Pilot" & "Hearts of Fire"
	The '60's	Emmet Taylor	TV Mini Series
	Any Day Now	Wade Garver	Episode: "It's Not You, It's Me"
1999–2000	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Forrest Gates	Recurring cast: Season 4
2001	FreakyLinks	Boomer Truman	Episode: "Subject: Still I Rise"
2001	JAG	Lieutenant Crawford	Episode: "Dog Robber: Part 1 & 2"
2002	Providence	-	Recurring cast: season 5
2003	Tru Calling	Blake	Episode: "Past Tense"
2003	24	Guard Buchanan	Episode: "Day 3: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m."
2004	CSI: Miami	Brad Foster	Episode: "Complications"
	Threat Matrix	Tom Purdy /Ibrahim Kureshi	Episode: "Extremist Makeover"
	NCIS	P.O. Howard Carter	Episode: "The Truth Is Out There"
2005	Bones	D.A. Andrew Levitt	Episode: "The Girl in the Fridge"
2005–06	Smallville	Nam-Ek	Episode: "Arrival" & "Zod"
2006–07	Heroes	D. L. Hawkins	Recurring cast: season 1, guest: season 2
2009	ER	Police Officer	Episode: "A Long, Strange Trip"
2009	Private Practice	Ryan	Episode: "Wait and See"
2010	Castle	Special Agent Jason Avery	Episode: "Tick, Tick, Tick..." & "Boom!"
	Criminal Minds	Kaman Scott	Episode: "Devil's Night"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kyle Decker	Episode: "Wild Life"
2011	Franklin & Bash	Dante	Episode: "The Bangover"
2012	CSI: Miami	Matthew Stone	Episode: "Friendly Fire"
2013	The Client List	Detective Monroe	Recurring cast: season 2
2014	The League	Tyree	Episode: "Breast Awareness Month"
2014	The Mentalist	Elon Bell	Episode: "Black Market"
2015	Agent Carter	Samuel "Happy Sam" Sawyer	Episode: "The Iron Ceiling"
2016	Second Chance	Lenny	Episode: "May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot"
	The People v. O. J. Simpson	Dennis Schatzman	Recurring cast
	Mary + Jane	Nate	Episode: "Neighborhood Watch"
2017	Doubt	ADA Vincent Todd	Episode: "The Return"
2017–18	Mom	Ray Stabler	Recurring cast: Season 4-5
	Major Crimes	Assistant Chief Leo Mason	Recurring cast: season 5, Main cast: season 6
	The Magicians	King Idri of Loria	Recurring cast: season 2, guest: season 3
2018	Liza on Demand	Mark	Episode: "Valentine's Day"
2019	9-1-1	Captain Ronnie Cooper	Recurring cast: season 3
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"
	Spider-Man	Baron Mordo	Voice, episode: "Amazing Friends"
2020-22	Charmed	Dexter Vaughn	Guest: season 2, recurring cast: season 4
2021	Rebel	Randall Vokelberg	Recurring cast
	All American	President Zeke Allen	Episode: "All American: Homecoming"
	The Girl in the Woods	Alex	Recurring cast
2022	All American: Homecoming	President Zeke Allen	Recurring cast
2023	Goosebumps	Ben Howard	Recurring cast

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Leonard Roberts (1990-2010)". IMDb. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
^ Roberts, Leonard (2020-12-16). "'Heroes' Was Supposed to Be Leonard Roberts' Big Break. Instead, It Nearly Broke Him". Variety. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
^ Vary, Kate Aurthur,Adam B.; Aurthur, Kate; Vary, Adam B. (2020-12-17). "Ali Larter Responds to Leonard Roberts' Accusations: 'I Am Truly Sorry'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)