
Robert Leeshock
Leeshock's
network television credits include recurring roles on Beverly Hills, 90210
and the popular daytime soap operas Loving and All My Children. He
also appeared in the telenovella Crystal Empire and the comedy series Life's
Work. His film credits include the independent features Me and Veronica,
Trash, Elysian Fields and Murder.
Before
devoting himself to a full-time acting career, Leeshock completed an engineering
degree at New York's Cornell University in 1989. A native of New Jersey, he
moved to New York in the early 1980s, where he undertook selective scene study
training with Wyn Handmann, as well as training in the Meisner Technique, comedy
improvisation and voice. He went on to perform with several theater companies,
including Complex, West Bank Cafe, SoHo Repertory, Samuel Beckett and Actor's
Factory.
Leeshock
lived in Los Angeles from 1993 to 1996, where he pursued his acting career and
wrote a one-man show he says provided a good foundation for his role as Liam
Kincaid.
When not working on location, Leeshock continues to live in New York, from where he makes regular visits to his parents and four brothers and sisters in New Jersey, who keep his feet "firmly planted on Earth."