Leon Acord isn't a household name — but he’s an award-winning actor/writer who's carved out a career on his own terms. He’s balanced theater, indie film, writing & personal authenticity — and he’s written candidly about his journey. He created, wrote & starred as "Nathan Adler" in the streaming TV series Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011-2016) on Tubi & Amazon Prime. Leon has appeared in numerous film and theatrical productions, including portraying Quentin Crisp in Los Angeles and San Francisco productions of Jeffrey Hartgraves' stage hit Carved in Stone, and in West Coast premieres of Message to Michael, Last Sunday in June, Dreamboy, and Thief River at New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco. In LA, he's appeared in world premieres of the plays Scheme of Things and Salsa Saved the Girls, and twice played the Ghost of Jacob Marley in gay apparel: A Christmas Carol. He's appeared in feature films Open, Final Remains, Hot Guys with Guns, and Some Prefer Cake (to name a few), and in dozens of short films, including film-fest favs Deer Season, Foucault WHO?, and aWake. His 2023 book, Expletives Not Deleted, is available in paperback & e-book on Amazon. His memoir SUB-LEBRITY: The Queer Life of a Show-Biz Footnote (2020) was a five-star Amazon bestseller. He wrote his one-man show Last Sunday in June (1997) and co-authored the 2014 play Setting the Record Gay. He was a Back Stage "Take Five" columnist throughout 2009, and a former contributor to Huffington Post. He's written for San Francisco Examiner, WeHo News, the journal Human Prospect, and an upcoming essay collection Patricia Nell Warren and 'The Front Runner': 50 Years Later. He currently lives in West LA with husband Laurence Whiting & their cat Toby.