Leon Isaac Kennedy

Leon Isaac Kennedy

76 · Born: Jan 1, 1949

Personal Details

BornJan 1, 1949 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Spouse
  • Lolita Armbrister

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to May 11, 2025 )
  • Jayne Kennedy

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )

Biography

Leon Isaac Kennedy, a gifted and accomplished individual, was born on January 1, 1949, in the vibrant and eclectic city of Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. This multifaceted personality, blessed with an extraordinary range of talents, has made a profound impact in the world of entertainment, excelling not only as a talented actor, but also as a skilled producer, with a diverse and extensive filmography that serves as a testament to his remarkable versatility and adaptability.

Noted for his impressive range and versatility, Chuck Norris's extensive filmography boasts a diverse array of memorable performances, including the cult classic Penitentiary III, released in 1987, the adrenaline-fueled action spectacle Lone Wolf McQuade, which premiered in 1983, and the contemplative drama Body and Soul, which debuted in 1981.

Throughout his illustrious career, Norris has consistently demonstrated his remarkable capacity to effortlessly transition between disparate genres and personas, thereby solidifying his reputation as a highly respected and accomplished figure within the entertainment industry.

Kennedy's personal life has been filled with joy and affection, marked by a long-standing and loving relationship with Lolita Armbrister, whom he has had the privilege of calling his wife since 1995.

Leon Isaac Kennedy's remarkable career in the world of cinema has left an indelible mark, as he continues to enthrall audiences with his captivating on-screen presence and unwavering commitment to his craft.

Career

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2021
New York Ninja
New York Ninja as Det. Jimmy Williams (voice)
{"id":13668,"title":"Skeleton Coast","year":"1988","character":"Chuck","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/skeleton-coast","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_13668.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_13668.jpg"},"released":1}
1988
{"id":8344,"title":"Penitentiary III","year":"1987","character":"Too Sweet","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/penitentiary-iii","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_8344.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_8344.jpg"},"released":1}
1987
Penitentiary III
Penitentiary III as Too Sweet
{"id":61853,"title":"Knights of the City","year":"1986","character":"Troy","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/knights-of-the-city","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_61853.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_61853.jpg"},"released":1}
1986
{"id":80474,"title":"Hollywood Vice Squad","year":"1986","character":"Hawkins","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/hollywood-vice-squad","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_80474.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_80474.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":24148,"title":"Too Scared to Scream","year":"1984","character":"Frank","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/too-scared-to-scream","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_24148.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_24148.jpg"},"released":1}
1984
{"id":6905,"title":"Lone Wolf McQuade","year":"1983","character":"Jackson","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/lone-wolf-mcquade","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/56d1j8pd93f0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/56d1j8pd93f0.jpg"},"released":1}
1983
{"id":9978,"title":"The Hitchhiker","year":1983,"character":"The Duke","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/show\/the-hitchhiker","type":"show","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/show_9978.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/show_9978.jpg"},"released":1}
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker as The Duke
{"id":13211,"title":"Penitentiary II","year":"1982","character":"Too Sweet","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/penitentiary-ii","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_13211.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_13211.jpg"},"released":1}
1982
Penitentiary II
Penitentiary II as Too Sweet
{"id":63591,"title":"Body and Soul","year":"1981","character":"Leon Johnson","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/body-and-soul-1981","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_63591.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_63591.jpg"},"released":1}
1981
Body and Soul
Body and Soul as Leon Johnson
{"id":64032,"title":"Off the Minnesota Strip","year":"1980","character":"Louis Knox Jr","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/off-the-minnesota-strip","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_64032.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_64032.jpg"},"released":1}
1980
{"id":64099,"title":"Penitentiary","year":"1979","character":"Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/penitentiary","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_64099.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_64099.jpg"},"released":1}
1979
Penitentiary
Penitentiary as Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
{"id":80941,"title":"The Great American Girl Robbery","year":"1979","character":"Joyful Jerome","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-great-american-girl-robbery","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_80941.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_80941.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":63481,"title":"Death Force","year":"1978","character":"McGee","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/death-force","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_63481.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_63481.jpg"},"released":1}
1978
{"id":195961,"title":"To Kill a Cop","year":"1978","character":"Det. Abernathy","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/to-kill-a-cop","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_195961.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_195961.jpg"},"released":1}
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop as Det. Abernathy
{"id":63753,"title":"Mean Johnny Barrows","year":"1975","character":"Pvt. Pickens","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/mean-johnny-barrows","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_63753.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_63753.jpg"},"released":1}
1975
Mean Johnny Barrows
Mean Johnny Barrows as Pvt. Pickens
{"id":34139,"title":"Hammer","year":"1972","character":"Bobby Williams (as Leon Issac)","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/hammer","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_34139.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_34139.jpg"},"released":1}
1972
Hammer
Hammer as Bobby Williams (as Leon Issac)
{"id":279897,"title":"Masters of the Grind","year":"2023","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/masters-of-the-grind","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_279897.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_279897.jpg"},"released":1}
2023
{"id":103838404,"title":"Secrets of Playboy","year":2022,"character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/show\/secrets-of-playboy","type":"show","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/shows\/poster\/7s64rar9sa70.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/shows\/poster\/7s64rar9sa70.jpg"},"released":1}
2022
{"id":143894,"title":"The Cosmic Secret","year":"2019","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-cosmic-secret","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_143894.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_143894.jpg"},"released":1}
2019
{"id":169712,"title":"A Taboo Identity","year":"2017","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/a-taboo-identity","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_169712.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_169712.jpg"},"released":1}
2017
{"id":43403,"title":"Machete Maidens Unleashed!","year":"2010","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/machete-maidens-unleashed","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_43403.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_43403.jpg"},"released":1}
2010
{"id":153915,"title":"Jim Brown: All American","year":"2002","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/jim-brown-all-american","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_153915.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_153915.jpg"},"released":1}
2002
{"id":61853,"title":"Knights of the City","year":"1986","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/knights-of-the-city","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_61853.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_61853.jpg"},"released":1}
1986
{"id":63591,"title":"Body and Soul","year":"1981","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/body-and-soul-1981","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_63591.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_63591.jpg"},"released":1}
1981
{"id":64322,"title":"Big Time","year":"1977","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/big-time-1977","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_64322.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_64322.jpg"},"released":1}
1977
Big Time
Big Time as Writer