David Leon

David Leon born 1980 is an English actor perhaps best known for portraying the character Othello in photographer Rankins directorial debut Lives of the Saints Guy Ritchies film RockNRolla and British television series Cutting It set in a Manchester hairdressing salon In 2007 Leon Played Billy the Kid in the acclaimed biopic for the BBC and starred in the Channel 4 drama Clapham Junction directed by Adrian Shergold In 2006 he had a main role in the film These Foolish Things which also starred Terence Stamp Lauren Bacall and Anjelica Huston The films lead actress was Zoe Tapper who gueststarred in an episode of Cutting It In 2007 David played Billy The Kid in the BBCs mini series The Wild West He is also known for his role as Nathan in Boy Eats Girl a zombie film In 2010 he played Jesus in Mark Haddons play Polar Bears at the Donmar Warehouse He currently resides in London In 2011 he played DS Joe Ashworth in the ITV detective show Vera along side Brenda Blethyn