Leon Ford is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television and theatre productions. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''

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'', ''

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'' and the telemovie ''Stepfather of the Bride''.

Early life

Ford attended

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and

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in Canberra, Australia.

Career

Film & television

Ford portrayed 1st Lieutenant Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones in the Emmy award-winning

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miniseries ''The Pacific'', which follows the story of World War II Marines through different battles of the Pacific theater of war. He has also appeared in many other television series and films including '' All Saints'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', the 2005 movie ''

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'' and voiced a character in the 2008

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animated movie '' $9.99''. He recently appeared in the joint

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production ''

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'' and Baz Luhrmann's feature film

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Stage

Stage roles include playing pious charlatan Tartuffe in the 2014

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version of ''Tartuffe'', based on the French play originally written by Molière.

Directing/writing

In addition to acting, Ford is both a director and screenwriter. In 2010, Ford notably wrote and directed the movie ''

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'', starring

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as a man who is bullied by his coworkers during the day, but a superhero by night. The film premiered at the 2010

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(TIFF), where it was well received by audiences and critics. Ford attended

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in 2008, where he developed short film ''The Mechanicals''.

Author

Ford is also an accomplished author. In 2009, penned "What Doesn't Kill You", the story of a man waking up to find that, instead of the ideal life he'd been living, everything has gone horribly wrong overnight. He wakes up in the wrong house, his wife doesn't love him anymore, he no longer has a job, one of his friends betrayed him in the worst possible way and his car exploded.

Filmography

Television

Film

Writing/directing

Television

Film

Stage

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Ford first met his wife

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at the Old Fitzroy Hotel in 2006 while appearing in Josh Lawson’s play ''Shakespearealism''. Alice wrote a part for him in ''

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''. Ford moved from Sydney to Los Angeles in 2018 with his wife and their three children, in order for Alice to work on ''

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'', a U.S. series she was the writer and creator of (produced by Nicole Kidman’s

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Leon Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Australian male voice actors Living people People educated at Narrabundah College 1974 births