Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.'s early acting career consisted of parts on a wide variety of programs such as "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999-), "Gilmore Girls" (2000-07) and "CSI: Miami" (CBS, 2002-2012). He also appeared in "The Big House" (2003-04), "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC, 2004-) and "Close to Home" (CBS, 2005-07). Several more television roles followed in the early 2000s, including stints on "Threshold" (2005-06), "Big Day" (ABC, 2006-07) and "The Bill Engvall Show" (TBS, 2006-09). He also appeared in "Vanished" (2006-07), "Zeke & Luther" (Disney XD, 2008-2011) and "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS, 2009-). In his more recent career, he tackled roles on "House of Lies" (2011-), "Person of Interest" (CBS, 2011-16) and "Smash" (NBC, 2011-13). He also appeared in the action movie "Red Tails" (2012) with Terrence Howard. Odom's distinctive voice could be heard on "Stories From the Road to Freedom" (History, 2012-13). While maintaining a steady career as a guest actor on television, Odom made his Broadway breakthrough in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, in which he played the key role of Aaron Burr, for which he won the Best Actor Tony Award in 2016. That same year, he released his self-titled debut album.
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Leslie Odom Jr.
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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100% |
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Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas | Self | - | 2023 |
22% |
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The Exorcist: Believer | Victor Fielding (Character) | $65.5M | 2023 |
91% |
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Lionel (Character) | - | 2022 |
38% |
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Needle in a Timestack | Nick (Character) | - | 2021 |
72% |
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The Many Saints of Newark | Harold McBrayer (Character) | $8.2M | 2021 |
7% |
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Music | Ebo (Character) | - | 2021 |
98% |
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One Night in Miami | Sam Cooke (Character) | - | 2020 |
98% |
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Hamilton | Aaron Burr (Character) | - | 2020 |
37% |
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Only | Will (Character) | - | 2019 |
74% |
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Harriet | William Still (Character) | $43.0M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stucco | Throne - Crowning Arm (Character) | - | 2019 |
60% |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Dr. Arbuthnot (Character) | $101.5M | 2017 |
40% |
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Red Tails | Walter "Winky" Hall (Character) | $49.9M | 2012 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances |
Purlie Victorious Judson (Character), Music Performer |
2020 2024 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show |
Music Performer, Guest |
2020-2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
Music Performer, Guest |
2016 2023 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View |
Music Performer, Guest |
2016 2021 2023 |
97% | 79% | Central Park | Owen (Voice) | 2020-2022 |
99% | 86% | Abbott Elementary | Draemond (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2022 |
94% | 80% | Lincoln's Dilemma | Frederick Douglass (Voice) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blue's Clues & You! | Mo Snow (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
81% | 88% | The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo | Music Performer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden |
Music Performer, Guest |
2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soul of a Nation | Host | 2021 |
45% | No Score Yet | The Academy Awards | Music Performer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert |
Music Performer, Guest |
2016 2018 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Music Performer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Music Performer | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Greatest #AtHome Videos | Guest | 2020 |
58% | No Score Yet | Love in the Time of Corona |
James (Character), Executive Producer |
2020 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016-2017 2019 |
80% | 96% | One Dollar | Abatsy (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live From Lincoln Center | Music Performer | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Music Performer | 2017 |
93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Barry Pert (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Reverend Curtis Scott (Guest Star) | 2013-2015 |
77% | 68% | Gotham | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
92% | 78% | Person of Interest | Peter Collier (Guest Star) | 2013-2014 |
68% | 80% | Smash |
Sam Strickland (Character), Sam Stickland (Guest Star) |
2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
50% | No Score Yet | Big Day | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
65% | No Score Yet | Close to Home | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
62% | No Score Yet | Vanished | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2006 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Gilmore Girls | Quentin Walsh (Guest Star) | 2006 |
44% | No Score Yet | Threshold | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |