Robert Leeshock

American actor (born 1961)

Robert Leeshock (born December 13, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the sci fi drama series Earth: Final Conflict.

Leeshock was born in Clifton, New Jersey. He attended Cornell University as an arts and science major, then graduated with a degree in materials science engineering. After earning his degree, he moved to New York City to pursue his acting career.

Leeshock is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the sci fi drama series Earth: Final Conflict from 1998 to 2001. In 2005, he joined the cast of the long running ABC daytime drama One Life to Live as Bruce Bartlett, the business partner of Nash Brennan (played by Forbes March). He trained as an actor with Wynn Handman, director of The American Place Theater. He has penned the screenplay Yo Yo Boy as well as characters for stand up venues in New York and Los Angeles. In addition to acting, he works as a professional photographer from his studio in New York City and produces projects for both film and television. In 2010, Leeshock appeared on United States television in commercials for Zegerid OTC. In early 2012, he both executive produced and starred in the short film GodMachine, which also features his former Earth: Final Conflict co star Von Flores.

A native from New Jersey, Leeshock's ethnic background is a mix of Polish, Czech, English, Irish and Italian. He moved to New York in the early 1980s

He first enrolled as an Arts and Science major at Cornell University. He transferred to engineering before the second semester of Junior year, even though his adviser urged him not to do so. But it didn't take long for him to find himself struggling in that field. electronics and the electrical properties of materials in silicon wafers) but decided not to work as an engineer. Leeshock was left undecided about what profession to choose. His other activities included waiting tables, doing commercials and performing in theater productions. He performed with several theater companies, including The Complex, West Bank Cafe (where he also created original characters), SoHo Repertory, The (Samuel) Beckett Theatre and The Actors Factory. in the prime time drama series Beverly Hills 90210, in soap operas (including All My Children, Guiding Light, and Another World), in Empire and in the independent film Elysian Fields. He auditioned in Los Angeles for Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict with Lisa Howard replacing Kevin Kilner as the lead actor. He left after the fourth season to return for the series finale in season 5. They have a mutual friend who suggested that Leeshock read the first draft of the script. Then he gathered other members for his team. They produced a short version of the film and want to make a movie from it. Leeshock (executive producer and writer), Richard Cranor (writer, producer and director) and Kiki Yeung (actress and producer) attended The American Film Market (AFM) in November 2013. They presented GodMachine and other projects. Besides being an actor, a writer and a producer, Leeshock works as a professional photographer from his studio creating projects for film and television. They met in 2010.

Leeshock joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.