
Leon Who?

Leon Acord is an award-winning actor & writer who has appeared in over 35 films you've never seen and 30 plays you've never heard of. Possible exceptions include the streaming TV series Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011-2016) on Amazon Prime Video (which he also created, wrote & co-produced), the stage hit Carved in Stone (in which he played Quentin Crisp in both SF and LA productions), and the feature films Open, Final Remains, Hot Guys with Guns, and Some Prefer Cake (to name a few). He's appeared in dozens of short films, including film-fest favs Deer Season, Foucault WHO?, and aWake. His 2020 memoir, SUB-LEBRITY: The Queer Life of a Show-Biz Footnote, is available in paperback & e-book on Amazon. He wrote his one-man show Last Sunday in June (1996) and co-authored the 2014 play Setting the Record Gay. He was a "Take Five" columnist for Back Stage throughout 2009, and a former contributor to Huffington Post. He's also written for San Francisco Examiner, WeHo News, and the journal Human Prospect. He currently lives in West LA with husband Laurence Whiting & their cat Toby. His next book, Expletives Not Deleted, will be available this spring.
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