
Leonard Roberts
Biography
Leonard Roberts (born November 17, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Sean Taylor in Drumline and its' sequel Drumline: A New Beat, Forrest Gates on the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, D. L. Hawkins on Heroes, and D'Andre Mackey in He Got Game.
He's also known for his roles as Ben Howard on the new 2023 Goosebumps series, Zeke Allen on The CW's All American: Homecoming, Alex on Peacock's The Girl in the Woods, Dennis Schatzman on FX's America Crime Story, Instructor Rolle in American Sniper, Hayes in Savages, Detective Monroe on The Client List, Tyrone in Hoodlum, and Eddie Coles in Love Jones.
He's had recurring roles as Ronnie Cooper on 9-1-1, King Idri of Loria on Syfy's The Magicians, Ray on CBS's Mom, and Jason Avery on ABC's Castle.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Ballard as Gerard Willis
2023Goosebumps as Ben Howard
2022Bosch: Legacy as Det. Gerard Willis
2022All American: Homecoming as Zeke Allen
2021The Girl in the Woods as Alex
2021The Upshaws as Mitch
2021Rebel as Randall Vokelberg
2018Charmed as Dexter Vaughn
2018All American as President Zeke Allen
2018The Neighborhood as Agent Ryder
2018Headgame as The Elder
2018Fixed as Phil
20189-1-1 as Ronnie Cooper
2016Mary + Jane as Nate
2016Love Is All You Need? as Coach Thompson
2016American Crime Story as Dennis Schatzman
2015The Magicians as King Idri of Loria
2015Any Day as Troy
2015Dancer and the Dame as Shepard
2015Marvel's Agent Carter as Sam Sawyer
2015My Favorite Five as Matthew (Intellect)
2014American Sniper as Instructor Rolle
2014Drumline: A New Beat as Dr. Sean Taylor
2013Mom as Ray
2012Savages as Hayes/"O" Security
2012The Client List as Detective Monroe
2011Pizza Man as Leo
2011Franklin & Bash as Dante
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Capt. Ingram
2010Blackstar Warrior as Lando Calrissian
2009The League as Tyree
2009Castle as Jason Avery
2009Red Sands as Marcus Howston
2008The Mentalist as Elon Bell
2007Private Practice as Ryan
2006Heroes as D.L. Hawkins
2006The Last Adam as Bobby Jackson
2005Bones as A.U.S.A. Andrew Levitt
2003Tru Calling as Blake
2003NCIS as Howard Carter
2003Threat Matrix as Tom Purdy / Ibrahim Kureshi
2002Drumline as Sean Taylor
2002CSI: Miami as Brad Foster
2002CSI: Miami as Matthew Stone
2002Joe and Max as Joe Louis
2002Live from E! as Self
200124 as Buchanan
2001Smallville as Nam-Ek
2000Masquerade as Otis
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Kyle Decker
2000FreakyLinks
1999The '60s as Emmet Taylor
1999The '60s as Emmet Taylor
1999Providence
1998He Got Game as D'Andre Mackey
1997Hoodlum as Tyrone
1997Love Jones as Eddie Coles
1997Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Forrest Gates
1995JAG as Lt. Crawford
1994Due South as Tyree Cameron
1994ER as Police Officer
—The Other V Word as Kyle
—Love Jones 2 as Eddie Coles








