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''.

Biography

Ford portrayed 1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones in the Emmy award-winning HBO 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 including '' All Saints'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', the 2005 movie ''

The Great Raid ''The Great Raid'' is a 2005 war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan on the island of Luzon, Philippines during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Marton Csokas, Joseph Fiennes with Motok ...

'' and voiced a character in the 2008

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''. 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. In addition to acting, he is also both a director and screenwriter. In 2010, Ford both wrote and directed the movie '' Griff the Invisible'', starring Ryan Kwanten 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 feature film ''The Mechanicals''. Ford is also an accomplished author. In 2009, penned the story "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 doesn't have a job anymore, and one of his friends betrayed him in the worst possible way. Plus his car exploded.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Australian male voice actors Living people People educated at Narrabundah College {{Australia-actor-stub