Joshua Leonard

Acting

Joshua Leonard

Born 1975-06-17 · Houston, Texas, USA

Joshua Leonard is an American film and television writer, director and actor, best known for his debut role in the feature indie film "The Blair Witch Project" and many other supporting roles in film and television.

Acting credits

The Blair Witch Project poster
6.4

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

The Blair Witch Project

1999

Men of Honor poster
7.5

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.

Men of Honor

2000

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 poster
4.3

A group of college students decide to take part in a witch hunt tour inspired by a horror movie. As the adventure goes awry, the students realise that an evil being has followed them home.

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

2000

Shark Night 3D poster
5.1

A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to fresh-water shark attacks.

Shark Night 3D

2011

Two Days poster
5.6

Paul Miller has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood style, he's hired a film crew to chronicle his last moments and the events leading up to them; it's the role of a lifetime. Often ironic and darkly comical, this is the story of a man searching for meaning and hope. This is the story of two days in the life of Paul Miller. The only question is, will they be his last?

Two Days

2003

The Shaggy Dog poster
4.9

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

The Shaggy Dog

2006

If I Stay poster
7.3

Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

If I Stay

2014

Prom Night poster
5.1

Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.

Prom Night

2008

Unsane poster
6.2

A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.

Unsane

2018

Bliss poster
5.5

A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

Bliss

2021

Hatchet poster
5.8

When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.

Hatchet

2006

Torn Hearts poster
5.7

A promising up-and-coming country duo seek out the secluded mansion of their idol Harper Dutch, a former country music star and Nashville royalty turned recluse. What starts out as a friendly visit devolves into a twisted series of horrors forcing the friends to confront the lengths they will go to in pursuit of their dreams.

Torn Hearts

2022

The Town that Dreaded Sundown poster
5.8

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

2014

Deuces Wild poster
5.5

In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers.

Deuces Wild

2002

Four Good Days poster
6.8

A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.

Four Good Days

2021

Quid Pro Quo poster
5.3

A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.

Quid Pro Quo

2008

Madhouse poster
5.7

A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.

Madhouse

2004

Scorched poster
5.5

Three mischievous employees of a bank in a small deserted town all make plans to rob it at the same time, however none of them knows about the others.

Scorched

2003

Higher Ground poster
5.9

Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.

Higher Ground

2011

Live from Baghdad poster
6.7

A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.

Live from Baghdad

2002

Wildlike poster
6.2

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

Wildlike

2015

6 Years poster
5.4

A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.

6 Years

2015

The Motel Life poster
5.6

A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

The Motel Life

2013

The Same Storm poster
8.0

Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Same Storm

2022

Behind the camera

Dark Was the Night poster
5.6

In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives.

Dark Was the Night

2018

Dark Was the Night poster
5.6

In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives.

Dark Was the Night

2018

The Drop poster
4.2

A seemingly happy married couple confronts a test of their marriage when one of them drops a baby while at a destination wedding at a tropical island.

The Drop

2022

The Drop poster
4.2

A seemingly happy married couple confronts a test of their marriage when one of them drops a baby while at a destination wedding at a tropical island.

The Drop

2022

Fully Realized Humans poster
5.2

Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children.

Fully Realized Humans

2020

Fully Realized Humans poster
5.2

Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children.

Fully Realized Humans

2020

Fully Realized Humans poster
5.2

Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children.

Fully Realized Humans

2020

The Youth In Us poster
6.3

A young couple confronts a painful future by looking to the past.

The Youth In Us

2005

Beautiful Losers poster
6.5

This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.

Beautiful Losers

2008

The Lie poster
5.4

A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.

The Lie

2011

The Lie poster
5.4

A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.

The Lie

2011