Acting credits
32
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Leonard L. Thomas
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
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Movies: 28Series: 6Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 15537
IMDb ID: nm0859150
Known for: Acting
Born: August 31, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.57
Wikidata: Q22670446
Also known as
Leonard Thomas • Leonard Lee Thomas
Other jobs
Actor's Assistant (1)Driver (1)
Biography
Leonard Lee Thomas (born August 31, 1961) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Big Brother ADP General Patton in Spike Lee's film School Daze. Since the beginning of his acting career beginning with School Daze, Thomas has appeared in over twenty movies, often in a minor role alongside Samuel L. Jackson, and is frequently credited as his assistant. In particular, his most notable film roles are in Spike Lee movies including School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, and Malcolm X. He also starred other movies such as Bad Lieutenant and Black Snake Moan and TV shows like Gemini Division and Law & Order.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Leonard L. Thomas.
6.0
War Dawgz
as Virgil Sykes
2025 Movie
1.0
Consinsual
as Detective Edwards
2010 Movie
6.9
Black Snake Moan
as Deke Woods
2006 Movie
4.9
The Shaggy Dog
as Mercenary
2006 Movie
5.6
Twisted
as Mills' Aide
2004 Movie
6.5
Basic
Actor's Assistant
2003 Movie
6.0
xXx
as NSA Agent
2002 Movie
6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Roth-Del Masona - Arena Jedi (uncredited)
2002 Movie
6.3
Changing Lanes
as Newsroom Reporter
2002 Movie
7.1
The Negotiator
as Allen
1998 Movie
7.4
Jackie Brown
Driver
1997 Movie
6.4
Eve's Bayou
as Maynard
1997 Movie
6.7
One Eight Seven
as New York Assistant Principal
1997 Movie
7.4
A Time to Kill
as Man in Lumberyard
1996 Movie
5.0
Girl 6
as Co-Agent
1996 Movie
6.7
Clockers
as Onion, Bar Patron
1995 Movie
6.5
Major Payne
as Bleeding Soldier
1995 Movie
2.8
Drop Squad
as XB
1994 Movie
5.7
Dangerous Game
as Prop Guy
1993 Movie
7.0
Bad Lieutenant
as Cop #2
1992 Movie
7.5
Malcolm X
as Leon Davis
1992 Movie
5.4
The Return of Superfly
as Joey Maxwell
1990 Movie
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
as Rod
1990 Movie
6.8
King of New York
as Blood
1990 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Leonard L. Thomas.
