About Me

LEONARD DEMAR DOZIER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 20, 1979 in Somers Point, NJ. However, he grew up just a few minutes away in a small town called Pleasantville. Whether as a basketball phenom, the grand marshall in a parade, delivering Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech at churches, or as a salutatorian and class president of his high school class, he is undoubtedly a fixture in Pleasantville’s history.

 After many years of notoriety as a basketball player, Leonard turned to acting during his sophomore year in high school after convincing the principal at his high school to pay for acting classes for him. A year later, he founded Cineplay Productions while also getting cast in Showmakers Theater's production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula as the maniacal Renfield  Later that year, he was cast in Showmakers Theater’s riveting production of “A Few Good Men.” His performance, according to director Helen Vaspoli, was “among the finest she had ever seen in her 40 years of theater.” Following high school, and upon being selected as an Edward J Bloustein scholar, he was accepted to The University of the Arts, Montclair State University, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and Fordham University for which he chose in honor of one of his childhood heroes, Denzel Washington

2011 has been a monster year for Leonard. He started the year starring as Boy Willie in the August Wilson classic "The Piano Lesson" at Open Stage Theater in Harrisburg, PA.   In February, Apostle of Freedom, for which he starred as African-American founding father and founder of the A.M.E. church Richard Allen, premiered to more than 3 million people worldwide courtesy of a sponsorship by New York Jets All-Pro tackle D'Brickashaw. In March, he began his stint as the new voice for Boomtown Casino in Louisiana. Summer 2011 would see Leonard star as private investigator Frank Dogsen in the new indie feature Hylo. This was followed up with Leonard landing a principal role as Nigerian-American hustler Dollar Rain in the Hollywood/Nollywood movie Turning Point with Ernie Hudson and Todd Bridges. Most recently, he wrapped staaring in an episode on the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 that will air on ABC in March.

If you watch VH1 or MTV you may have seen him as the spokesperson for the new CollisionMax commercials. Walk into the new museum of the Union League in Philadelphia and you will witness his cameo appearance in the film "Gentlemen in Crisis."  Additionally, he has become a friend of the world-premiere production having starred as Colonel John Mckee in “A Gift From John Mckee” about the wealthiest African-American in the country circa 1900, “Heartbreaker”at the Eugene O' Neill Theater in Waterford, Connecticut and “Battlecry,” in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania--directed by Tony-nominee and Broadway’s Gabe Barre with music composed by Hollywood’s Paul Bogaev. He is also set to star in a stage musical about the life of the legendary Luther Vandross, written by him, for which he will play Luther in 2013. He has starred off-Broadway and has toured in a couple of shows including "A Raisin in the Sun." ,

Leonard was the voice behind American Idol Ruben Studdard’s national television promo which was seen on BET, LIFETIME, and MTV. Also, his audiobook narration of Dr. Creflo Dollar’s “8 Steps to Create the Life You Want” is in major bookstores nationwide. An accomplished singer/songwriter as well, he currently has two singles on radio from his  "Vitamin L" CD released in March.

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