Introduction
Dimitri Leonidas (born 14 November 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles in The Monuments Men, Rosewater and Riviera.
Early life
Leonidas was born in Brent, London, the son of a Greek Cypriot father and an English mother.He also has Welsh ancestry through his mother. He has three sisters: Stephanie and Georgina, both actresses, and Helena, a teacher.
Career
Leonidas first appeared in a film in 1997, as an extra in Charles Sturridge’s FairyTale: A True Story.His first speaking part came in 2001 in the BBC series Grange Hill, in which he stayed for four seasons. Until 2008 he was credited mostly as Shane Leonidas.
In 2009 he co-starred in the horror/slasher Tormented, and in 2010 he appeared in Centurion, which starred Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko. In 2010 he also had his first professional theatre rolein Through a Glass Darkly, starring Ruth Wilson. In the following years, his works included the TV series Sinbad and the Spanish film Animals.
Leonidas had a breakthrough year in 2013: he was cast by George Clooney in his Second World War drama The Monuments Men and landed a role in Jon Stewart’s Rosewater. This led him to be named as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow.
In 2015 he played a supporting role in the Emmy-nominatedtelevision film Killing Jesus. In 2017 Leonidas joined the cast of the series Riviera, which starred Julia Stiles. He also appeared in the action thriller film Renegades and in 2018 he had a role in the comedy-horror Kill Ben Lyk. That same year he guest-starred in Genius, which was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series.