Leighton Samuels
Biography
Leighton is a New York City based actor most recently featured in Netflix's Mindhunter. He's living that freelance hustle life, but has been consistently acting either in every medium from theater to film and even motion capture. University of North Carolina School of the Arts - BFA Acting Dean Gerald Freedman and Dean Carl Forsman He's also a sports-loving artist, particularly for his hometown Houston Astros, Texans, and Rockets. So if you ever want to talk sports... He is Repped by Kate Dunn Kennedy of Merging Artists Management and Mickey Shera of Innovative Artists (Commercial).
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Grant Attorney #2
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Trainee Steve
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Rhinebeck Waiter
Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Jake (segment "LifeQuest")
In four thought-provoking sci-fi stories, people confront altered memories, forbidden love, artificial lifetimes and extraordinary powers. As time, identity and reality begin to shift, each must decide what truly makes a life worth living.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Jake
Johnny, the loyal number two of a powerful sociopathic crime boss, leads other members of a small town mob scrambling to keep their business alive while trying to find the leak to the police.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Sam
An aspiring entrepreneur hires two interns to help him start his online business, if only they could figure out what the company does. “Good Idea,” directed by Marissa Losoya, is a deadpan satire on start-up culture, and a slow-burn character study of a delusional, wannabe boss. The one-man business is Dixon’s attempt to prove his worth to the world, but it’s not clear what the business even is, or what it requires of its two new interns, Diane and Rob.