Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Sean Leonard, American actor

Find birthday twins Open interactive profile

Born: February 28, 1969
Age in 2026: 57
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1969

About Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Lawrence Leonard, known as Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Neil Perry in the drama film Dead Poets Society (1989) and Dr. James Wilson in the medical drama series House (2004–2012). A prolific stage actor, Leonard won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Invention of Love in 2001. Leonard is a three-time Tony Award nominee, and won Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2001 for his role as A. Leonard and Ethan Hawke, who have been friends since co-starring in Dead Poets Society, co-founded New York's Malaparte theater company alongside James Waterston, Steve Zahn, and Frank Whaley in 1991. Entertainment Weekly said that Leonard "does a first-rate job of juggling Danny's mixture of despair, neediness, and mordant jokiness." From 2004 to 2012, Leonard portrayed Dr.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Robert Sean Leonard timeline

1991Leonard and Ethan Hawke, who have been friends since co-starring in Dead Poets Society, co-founded New York's Malaparte theater company alongside James Waterston, Steve Zahn, and Frank Whaley in 1991.
2001A prolific stage actor, Leonard won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Invention of Love in 2001.
2001Leonard is a three-time Tony Award nominee, and won Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2001 for his role as A.
2004Entertainment Weekly said that Leonard "does a first-rate job of juggling Danny's mixture of despair, neediness, and mordant jokiness." From 2004 to 2012, Leonard portrayed Dr.

The world when Robert Sean Leonard was born

Robert Sean Leonard was born in 1969. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1969

#1 song"Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies
Top movieMidnight Cowboy
Top TV showRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Best-selling bookThe Godfather – Mario Puzo

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentNew York Mets "Miracle Mets" win the World Series
Top headlineNeil Armstrong walks on the Moon: "One small step for man"
Technology milestoneApollo 11 — first humans walk on the Moon
Defining fadWoodstock festival
Notable inventionARPANET (precursor to the internet)
World population3.63 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
Sports championNew York Mets (World Series)
Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
U.S. population202.7M

1969 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert Sean Leonard's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1969	2026
Gas	$0.35	$3.45/gal
Average home	$16,400	$435,000
Average income	$10,900	$67,500
Minimum wage	$1.60	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$1.42	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.06	$0.73
Population	202.7M	341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, IMDb. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.