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LeLand Gantt

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LeLand Gantt
EMAIL: lelandgantt2@gmail.com
WEBSITE: https://rhapsodyinblack.org
HEIGHT: 5'7"
HAIR COLOR: dark brown

VIDEO LINKS (IF ANY): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hFrS9E-N2OalRmkXTewJqhX88RRvESwq/view?usp=drive_web

BIOGRAPHY:
LeLand Gantt has spent the last decade touring the country with his autobiographical solo show RHAPSODY IN BLACK (Estelle Parsons, Directorial Consultant). A stage veteran, Mr. Gantt highlights playing both Iago and Othello; creating the roles of Benny the Jet in Keith Glovers’s IN WALKS ED, and Tempest Landry in Walter Mosley’s THE FALL OF HEAVEN; and embodying Pontius Pilot in The LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT. Regional credits include: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, RADIO GOLF, GEM OF THE OCEAN, JITNEY and SEVEN GUITARS. Off-B’way/Broadway: RHAPSODY IN BLACK (The WorkShop Theater), Marion McClinton’s POLICE BOYS (Playwright’s Horizons); Oyamo's LET ME LIVE (Drama Desk and Audelco award nominee - Featured Actor), and the revival of MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (u/s Rock Dutton). Film and Television credits include: Another Year Together, Miracle at St. Anna, Requiem for a Dream, Malcolm X, Presumed Innocent, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, and HBO's The Affair.

EDUCATION / TRAINING:
Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio

SPECIAL SKILLS:
Pocket billiards Licensed Massage Therapist

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