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About

Polyglot American actor with dual French citizenship

 

  • BASSC Certified Advanced Actor Combatant
     

  • Skipped high school and began university studies at age 13
     

  • Wirework and aerial artist

Profile

Height: 5'11"
Eyes: Blue-green
Hair: Dark Blonde

Locations

Paris, Rome, London

Languages

English (mother tongue)

French (fluent)

Italian (fluent)

Japanese (fluent)

Accents

Standard American (Native)

Southern American (Native)

Mid-Atlantic (Native)

British RP (Fluent)

Various EU (Fluent)

Nationalities 

USA, France

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TV & Film

Moriarty Rising: A Sherlock Holmes Tale (Feature)
Director: Alessio Liguori

2026 | Turin

Role: Sherlock Holmes

Confidential Netflix Series (TV)

2026 | Paris & Monaco
Supporting Role​

Confidential Series (TV)

Director: Matti Lesham

2026 | Lionsgate | Rome
Supporting Role​

In the Hand of Dante (Feature)

Director: Julian Schnabel

2025 | Indiana Productions | Venice
Supporting Role​

Queer (Feature)

Director: Luca Guadagnino

2024 | The Apartment Pictures | Rome

Supporting Role

Angel (Short)

Director: Lella Heins

2025 | Milan
Lead Role

Stage

Robert Krane

Director: Mimmi Bauer

2025 | Sidestep Festival | London
Lead Role​

Richard the II

Director: Michelle Chadwick

2025 | RADA Gielgud Theatre | London
Lead Role

Antigone

2007 | SCGSAH | South Carolina

Supporting role

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2007 | SCGSAH | South Carolina

Supporting role

Macbeth

2006 | Shakespeare in the Park | South Carolina

Supporting role

The Merry Wives of Windsor

2006 | The Warehouse Theater | South Carolina

Supporting role

Android Love Poem

2005 | GTC Theater | South Carolina

Lead role

Hollywood Arms

2003 | Centre Stage | South Carolina

Supporting role

Messiah on the Frigidaire

2002 | Centre Stage | South Carolina

Supporting role

Waiting for Godot

2001 | Lander Theatre | South Carolina

Supporting role

The Snake Handler

2000 | Lander Theatre | South Carolina

Supporting role

Commercials

Sanofi Enterogermina

2023-2024 

Trainings

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (2024-2025)

Advanced Meisner into Text

Advanced Acting for Camera

Advanced Meisner Intensive

Advanced Improvisation

Alexander Technique

Various Shakespeare Studies

Voice Acting for Audiobook Narration

British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat Certifications

Unarmed Combat for Camera - Distinction
Rapier & Dagger - Distinction

Swashbuckling - Distinction

Unarmed Combat - Distinction

Broadsword - Distinction

Others

2026 – GFCA Advanced Acting Intensive, London

2025 – Voice Acting for Video Games and Animation, London

2024 – Circus Training, Various, London & Milan

2024 – Meisner Refresh Short Course, LAMDA, London UK

2023 – Standard English Diction, City Lit, London UK

2023 – Method Coaching, From a Member of the Actors Studio

2022/3 – Camera Acting, Improvisamente Teatro, Milan, IT

2005/6 – Intensive Acting Studies SCGSAH, South Carolina, USA

Special Skills

Accents

Mid-Atlantic (native)

Standard American (native)

South Carolina

British RP  

Movement  

Wirework

Physicality for Unique/Non-Human Characters 

Aerial Hoop

Modern Dance

 

Other

Driving  |  Cycling  |  Public Speaking

© 2026 Ford Leland.

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