1. Joshua Granville Leonard was born on June 17,1975 and is an American actor, producer, writer, and director, known for his role in The Blair Witch Project.
15 Facts About Joshua Leonard
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Joshua Leonard has since starred in films such as Madhouse, The Shaggy Dog, Higher Ground, The Motel Life, Snake and Mongoose, If I Stay, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, 6 Years, and Unsane.
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Joshua Leonard obtained his GED and at age 16 travelled to Chiapas, Mexico, where he taught at an elementary school and volunteered at an anthropological institute.
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Joshua Leonard then spent time in Seattle and London, where he developed an interest in photography, before settling in New York City at age 19.
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In 1997, Joshua Leonard auditioned for and landed one of the three principal roles in the found footage horror film The Blair Witch Project.
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Joshua Leonard has since appeared in numerous films and television shows as an actor, including HBO's television film Live from Baghdad, the drama film Things Behind the Sun directed by Allison Anders, the comedy film The Shaggy Dog with Tim Allen, the drama film Men of Honor with Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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Joshua Leonard has appeared on the acclaimed HBO series Hung and the Showtime series United States of Tara.
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Joshua Leonard directed the short film The Youth in Us, which was shown at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
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Joshua Leonard has directed music videos for many popular acts, such as Morcheeba, Harper Simon, and Fitz and the Tantrums, as well as teaching directing and acting at The New York Film Academy, UC Irvine, and Academia Internacional De Cinema in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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In 2011, Joshua Leonard starred in Vera Farmiga's directorial debut drama film Higher Ground, playing a religious man at odds with his wife.
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Joshua Leonard co-wrote, directed and starred in The Lie, a devilish morality tale adapted from the story by acclaimed author T C Boyle.
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Joshua Leonard next appeared alongside Dakota Fanning in The Motel Life.
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In 2014, Leonard co-starred in the drama film If I Stay, directed by R J Cutler and based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman.
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In December 2015, it was reported that Marisa Tomei and Timothy Olyphant would star in the Joshua Leonard-directed drama film Behold My Heart.
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In January 2015, Joshua Leonard announced his engagement to actress Alison Pill.