Acting · Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA · Born August 31, 1961
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard L. Thomas, licensed under CC BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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as Stanley
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as Bleeding Soldier
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as Prop Guy
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1992
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as Leon Davis
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1990
as Joey Maxwell
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as Lucas
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as Rod
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1990
as Blood
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1989
as Punchy
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1988
as Sgt. Williams
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1988
as General George Patton
