Robert Sean Leonard Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2001, he won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for playing A․E․ Housman in Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love․"
• Founded the nonprofit Malaparte theater company with his friend and two-time co-star Ethan Hawke, as well as James Waterston, Steve Zahn and Frank Whaley
• Quote: "I like being on the side, I like kind of being the friend who pokes his head in and says, 'How ya doin'? Okay,' and then goes home․"
• Two of his most recognizable roles are as aspiring actor Neil Perry in "Dead Poets Society" and as Dr․ James Wilson, the best friend of the title character on "House, M․D․"
• Played a number of young men trying to break away from the ideals of past generations
• Joked that the post-Super Bowl episode of "House, M․D․," would be broadcast backwards and in black and white when asked what it would be about in an interview
• Used to race actor Casper Van Dien in go-carts while the two were growing up together on the same block