Leslie Odom Jr.
b. 1981 (age 45)
Queens - New York City - New York - USA
Actor
Director
Leslie Odom Jr. (born August 6, 1981) is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway and in television and film, and has released two solo jazz albums. He is known for originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical Hamilton, a performance for which he won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a principal vocalist. His television roles included Sam Strickland in the musical series Smash (2012–2013). He is also the author of the 2018 book Failing Up.
Known For
Filmography
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Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
2025 Self
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★ 8.1
2024 World Series
2024 Self
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★ 4.8
The Exorcist: Believer
2023 Actor
Victor Fielding
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★ 8.0
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
2023 Self
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★ 5.6
The 97th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2023 Self
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★ 7.1
Glass Onion
2022 Actor
Lionel Toussaint
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★ 7.2
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022 Actor
Frederick Douglass
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★ 5.5
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards
2022 Self
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★ 3.2
Music
2021 Actor
Ebo
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★ 5.4
Needle in a Timestack
2021 Actor
Nick Mikkelsen
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★ 7.1
Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
2021 Self
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★ 5.6
2021 Billboard Music Awards
2021 Self
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★ 4.5
2021 EE BAFTA Film Awards
2021 Self
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★ 8.3
Hamilton
2020 Actor
Aaron Burr
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★ 6.2
The Many Saints of Newark
2020 Actor
Harold McBrayer
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★ 7.1
One Night in Miami...
2020 Actor
Sam Cooke
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★ 6.9
Central Park
2020 Actor
Owen Tillerman
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★ 5.8
Love in the Time of Corona
2020 Actor
James
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★ 7.9
Martha Knows Best
2020 Self
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★ 5.4
51st NAACP Image Awards
2020 Self
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The 22nd Annual 'A Home for the Holidays'
2020 Self
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★ 6.8
Harriet
2019 Actor
William Still
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★ 5.1
Only
2019 Actor
Will
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★ 5.6
Stucco
2019 Actor
Throne
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A Christmas & Hanukkah Special
2019 Self
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Untitled Leslie Odom Jr./Kerry Washington Project
2019 Actor
Omari
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★ 7.5
Super Bowl LII
2018 Self
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★ 7.6
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 Actor
Narrator
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Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
2017 Self
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★ 8.4
American Valor: A Salute to Our Heroes
2016 Self
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Billboard Charts Center
2016 Self
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The Tony Beat
2016 Self
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★ 4.8
Luna Goes Cruising
2015 Actor
Oscar
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Got Hamilton?
2015 Actor
Contestant
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Michael Feinstein New Year's Eve at the Rainbow Room
2014 Self
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★ 8.1
Broadway or Bust
2012 Self
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★ 7.3
Poe
2011 Actor
Julian 'Jupiter' Noble
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★ 7.5
Scarecrow Joe
2007 Actor
Joe
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★ 6.9
Vanished
2006 Actor
Malik Christo
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★ 6.7
Big Day
2006 Actor
Freddy
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★ 6.0
The Big House
2004 Actor
Lamont
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Untitled Sammy Davis Jr. Horror Project
Actor