Leon started acting at the tender age of 13. He opted to fill in for the lead actor just a couple of months before the 3 performances were due to be played-having never acted before. This was a full on play called A change Of Heart. He then got the bug and done other musicals such as Dracula Spectacular, Grease, where he played the role of Johnny Casino and various other more smaller parts.The year after Grease, with the same production company, he was offered a role in West Side Story, but couldn't commit to the project as he chose to attend Solihull college.

At college, he studied A level drama, Media studies and Sociology. However, he was not settled enough to finish these courses, but gained some great experience, particularly with the Drama course, however, he wanted to go back to the drawing board to discover what he wanted to do. After some serious thought, he decided to attend Sandwell college and finished a 2 year Sound Engineering course.

Since, moving to London in 2004, he has restarted his acting and has worked on Eastenders, Man Down, Skyfall, Fast and furious 6, The Harbinger, White Collar Hooligan (1+2), The Fall Of The Essex boys and The Dead Inside.