Leo Howard (born July 13, 1997) is an American actor, director, musician and martial artist. Known for incorporating his karate skills into his roles across film and television, his accolades include a Young Artist Award.
Howard started acting as a child… Leo Howard (born July 13, 1997) is an American actor, director, musician and martial artist. Known for incorporating his karate skills into his roles across film and television, his accolades include a Young Artist Award.
Howard started acting as a child and gained early attention with his film debut as young Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and his titular leading role in Leo Little's Big Show (2009–2010), his first of many projects with Disney. His breakthrough came with the role of Jack Brewer in Disney XD's Kickin' It (2011–2015), which he followed with a recurring role in the third season of Disney Channel's Shake It Up (2013). For Kickin' It, he directed the fourth season episode "Fight at the Museum" at age 16, garnering recognition as the youngest director in television history. Howard also directed two episodes of Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2016–2017).
Howard took on roles in a number of television series of the horror genre, with Freakish (2016–2017) and Santa Clarita Diet (2018–2019), followed by the crime drama Why Women Kill (2019), and fantasy Legacies (2019–2022). From 2024, he has portrayed Tate Black in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.
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