Leo Harlem
{{Short description|Spanish comedian and late-blooming actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Leo Harlem en Valladolid.jpg
| caption = (2009)
| birth_place = Matarrosa del Sil, Spain
| birth_name = Leonardo González Feliz
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|16|df=yes}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|stand-up comedian}}
}}
Leonardo González Feliz (born 16 November 1962), better known as Leo Harlem, is a Spanish comedian and late-blooming actor.
Biography
Leonardo González Feliz (his real name) was born in {{ill|Matarrosa del Sil|es}} (province of León) on 16 November 1962, and moved to Valladolid with his family when he was a child.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/castilla-y-leon/sociedad/20210924/leo-harlem-humor-salud-reirse-vivir-feliz/613439184_0.html|website=El Español|date=24 September 2021|title=Leo Harlem: “El humor es salud, hay que reírse mucho para vivir feliz”|first=Ángel|last=Pisano}} Following a participation in a {{ill|El Club de la Comedia|es}}{{'s}} monologue contest in 2001, he moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a comedian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.divinity.es/cooltura/cine/actores/leo-harlem-pareja-mujer-hijos-pasado_18_3166023983.html|website=Divinity|title=La vida personal de Leo Harlem: de sus treinta años con su pareja a su pasado como camarero|date=8 July 2021}} He has since featured in comedy shows such as {{ill|La hora de José Mota|es}}, Cómicos, algo más que los mejores monólogos, Antena3's {{ill|El club del chiste|es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.granadahoy.com/ocio/Leo-Harlem-comico-descubrio-rentable_0_551345257.html|website=Granada Hoy|date=13 January 2012|title=Leo Harlem, cómico desde que descubrió que era rentable eso de hacer reír}} and Zapeando.{{Cite web|url=https://www.levante-emv.com/ocio/tv/2014/11/18/zapeando-cumple-1-ano-momentazos-12707681.html|website=Levante-EMV|date= 18 November 2014|title='Zapeando' cumple 1 año: Los momentazos}}
He made his feature film debut as an actor at age 52, featuring in a cameo performance in Santiago Segura's Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a33343961/leo-harlem-superagente-makey-entrevista/|website=Fotogramas|date=17 July 2020|first=Sonia|last=Guijarro|title=Leo Harlem: "Soy un arma letal pasado por la túrmix"}} After featuring in A Stroke of Luck in a supporting role playing the Mayor of the village where the fiction takes place in, Harlem landed his first lead role in 2018 comedy The Best Summer of My Life, playing Curro, a sleazy salesman who promises his son an unforgettable vacation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/cine/abci-mejor-verano-vida-pelicula-para-toda-familia-201807121710_video.html|website=ABC|date=16 July 2018|title=Vacaciones de carretera y manta en familia}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/programacion-tv/a30373076/el-mejor-verano-de-mi-vida-pelicula-leo-harlem-toni-acosta-maggie-civantos-jordi-sanchez-ricardo-castella/|website=Diez Minutos|date=1 October 2020|title='El mejor verano de mi vida', las vacaciones prometidas de Leo Harlem}}
Filmography
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Category:Spanish stand-up comedians
Category:21st-century Spanish male actors
Category:Male actors from Castile and León