Frederick Nnaemeka Leonard (born May 1, 1980) is a Nigerian actor who won various awards, Leonard was born in Anambra state, He is the firstborn child of his parents in a family of four consisting of two children, a mother and a father. Leonard is an orphan and has spoken publicly about the devastating impact of losing both parents especially the death of his mother which he described as an unfortunate incident that has created a void in his life. Leonard in an interview with This Day, described himself as introvert and not the party type and also revealed that he doesn’t drink nor smoke and maintains a very small circle of few friends and family.

He received primary education in St Peter’s Anglican Primary School, Alausa, Ikeja In lagos state and attended Oregun High School in Oregun, ikeja In lagos state also for secondary education, In bid to obtain a degree he relocated to kaduna state and applied to kaduna polytechnic where he was accepted and eventually graduated with a degree in Biochemistry

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Leonard debuted his career into the Nigerian movie industry in 2001 where he played brief one scene roles and took a break from acting almost immediately as he debuted in order to complete his university education and obtain a degree. Upon completion of his university education, Leonard returned to the Nigerian movie industry referred to commonly as Nollywood in 2008 and obtained his first ever lead role character in a movie titled Indian Doctor, in 2009, he ventured into the Nigerian TV soap opera series and featured in a TV series titled Disclosure which aired predominantly on Africa amgic on DSTV. Leonard debuted his career with a movie titled Grey and subsequently in 2019 produced a movie titled Void.

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Leonard credited Bimbo Akintola, a Nollywood actress as one of the people who have influenced his acting style