Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbine : Role - Leon Cooley
Birthday : 13 April 1973
Birth Place : Harlem, New York
Height : 6′
Gender : Male
Recent Work : Leon Cooley on Saving Grace
Bokeem Woodbine was born on 13 April 1973 in Harlem, New York. His mother was an actress. He studied at the famous Dalton School in New York City and then at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. He is an Instrumental Music Major and is also a fantastic blues- rock singer and musician. He is also a martial art expert and studied Kung Fu in Asia.
Bokeem is equally talented in acting and has acted in many films like ‘Panther‘, ‘Dead Presidents’, ‘Jason’s Lyric’, ‘ Crooklyn‘, ‘Life‘, ‘Caught Up’, ‘Ray‘, ‘The Rock’, ‘The Big Hit’, ‘Gridlock’d‘ and ‘The Runner’. He has also appeared in TV shows like ‘The X Files’, ‘The Sopranos’, ‘CSI: Miami’, ‘Blade: The Series’ and ‘Saving Grace‘. He has also done many videos like ‘Gravel Pit’, ‘Protect Ya Neck’, and ‘Chi Kung’ etc.
Role in Saving Grace
Bokeem Woodbine is playing the role of “Leon Cooley” in ‘Saving Grace’. He is a prisoner under the charge of “Earl“. He is on the death row for killing a prison guard. He is connected to “Grace” in a strange way because of “Earl“.