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Justice Adam Leak portrays Malcolm in the seventh season of The Vampire Diaries.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Leak was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, by parents George, a police officer, and Doris, a middle school teacher. He attended Montgomery's Jefferson Davis High School and says he was very shy until he was chosen to lead the school's marching band as a drum major, which he cites as being "the beginning point for [him] coming out of [his] shell". He studied at a Texas university, but later transferred to Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama to study mass communication; when the communications program became low on funding, he changed his major to theatre arts. At Auburn's drama department, he was helping a student practicing her lines for an audition for The Crucible when the stage director approached Leak and told him that he should audition himself as he would suit one of the lead roles. He won the university's "Best Actor" award and was nominated for two Irene Ryan Awards for his numerous performances.

Career[]

After obtaining his degree from Auburn University, Leak relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. He was signed to an agency which landed him a number of roles in commercials (such as for Verizon Wireless), television shows and independent films. He appeared in films such as Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, The Cure, and Watermelon Honey, and television shows such as K-Ville, Moonlight, and Women's Murder Club, which he described as his "training ground" for becoming a professional actor. His agent sent Leak's résumé to the producers of The Great Debaters. When he met Denzel Washington, the director and also an actor in The Great Debaters, in a follow-up callback audition, Leak says "It was one of those moments. I knew my life was about to change". He was given the role of Harland Osbourne, the Harvard University liaison who receives the Wiley College debate team. When he accepted the role in May 2007, he ended his acting stint on Atlanta's longest-running play, Peachtree Battle.

Leak appears in the 2008 film Balancing the Books, and stars in the 2012 film Implanted, which he completed before The Great Debaters, and which he is most proud of.

Personal life[]

Leak and his older sister Liberty were named for their father's love of the criminal justice system. He is trained in ballet, jazz dance, videography and drum-playing.

Filmography[]

Year Title Role
2016 Preacher Preacher
2015-2016 Powers Kutter
2015 Anne & Jake Grayson
2015 Supergirl Hellgrammite
2015 The Vampire Diaries Malcolm
2015 TURN: Washington's Spies Cager
2015 Insurgent Amity Divergent Husband
2015 Officer Wanker: Huge Mistake Officer Wanker
2014 Gallery A Charlie
2014 Me Justice
2014 Officer Wanker: Worst Responder Officer Wanker
2014 The Walking Dead Knife Smock Man
2014 Halt and Catch Fire Neil
2014 The Breakup Diaries
2014 Dark Secrets Jeremy Tazman
2013 Officer Wanker Officer Wanker
2013 Implanted Ethan Galloway
2013 The Food Ditty Just-[Ice]
2013 Gracious Cafe Guitarist
2011 Motherf*ckers Sonny
2011 The Gatorade Rap Just-[Ice]
2010 The Etiquette Ninjas
2009 Drop Dead Diva Marcus
2009 I Am the Bluebird Ethan Galloway
2009 Jessica and Hunter Acting Assistant
2009 Fatal Secrets Coleman
2008 Cold Case Robby Boreki '73
2008 Women's Murder Club Billy Harris
2008 Moonlight Ray Fordham
2007 The Great Debaters Harland Osbourne
2007 K-Ville Scott Leib
2007 Soup Tom
2006 Death of Seasons Aaron
2006 Watermelon Honey Chris
2005 Song of the Lesbian Pirates Wilbur
2005 The Cure Dr. Rudolph Von Edelstein
2004 Chosen Carl
2004 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Guy on Street
2004 Jack O'Lantern Billy Willis

Appearances[]

Season Seven

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