Leon Thomas III

Leon G. Thomas (born August 1, 1993) is an American actor, 
record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer, who is 
currently signed to Columbia and Rostrum Records. He is best known for portraying Andre Harris on the Nickelodeon series Victorious (2011) and the singing voice of Tyrone from seasons 2-3 of The Backyardigans. After the show's cancellation, he sought success as a member of the production duo The Rascals.
== Contents ==
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
** 2.1 2003–06: Broadway and career beginning
** 2.2 2007–09: August Rush and television appearances
** 2.3 2010–12: Victorious and musical career
** 2.4 2012–present: Mixtapes and production work
* 3 Filmography
* 4 Discography
** 4.1 Mixtapes
** 4.2 EPs
** 4.3 Singles
*** 4.3.1 Promotional singles
** 4.4 Album appearances
** 4.5 Music videos
* 5 Broadway appearances
* 6 Concert Tours
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 References
* 9 External links
== Early life ==
	This was edited by Shannia O'Keefo in January 2011.
Leon G.Thomas III was born on August 1, 1993 in Brooklyn, to Jayon Anthony and Leon Thomas II.[1][4]
== Career ==
=== 2003–06: Broadway and career beginning ===
He made his Broadway debut at age 10[1] in 2003 as Young Simba in the Broadway production of The Lion King.
In 2004, he appeared as Jackie Thibodeaux in the original Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change.
 and toured with the company during its five-month run in Los Angeles 
and San Francisco. Thomas also performed in the Broadway production of The Color Purple.
=== 2007–09: August Rush and television appearances ===
In 2007, Thomas appeared in the film August Rush as Arthur, performing the song "La Bamba", and was the singing voice for Tyrone in The Backyardigans. Thomas has also guest starred on Jack's Big Music Show and Just Jordan. He also appeared as Harper in the iCarly episode "iCarly Saves TV" and was featured on The Naked Brothers Band Christmas Special.
=== 2010–12: Victorious and musical career ===
He played a main character on Victorious, portraying Andre Harris, which premiered on Nickelodeon on March 27, 2010. Thomas also appeared as Andre Harris in the crossover episode between Victorious and iCarly, "iParty with Victorious". He also appeared as himself in an episode of True Jackson, VP.
 On August 2, 2011, the album "Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show" 
was launched, with Thomas featured in the songs "Song 2 You" (written by
 him) and "Tell Me That You Love Me". On June 5, 2012, "Victorious 2.0: 
More Music from the Hit TV Show" was released, with Thomas featured in 
the songs "Countdown" and "Don't You (Forget About Me)". The Victorious television series ended production in July 2012 and the show's final episode aired on February 2, 2013. During the seasons of Victorious , where episodes such as The Bird Scene, Tori the Zombie and Survival of the Hottest
 predominated, he had the opportunity to share a recording set with 
different young artists like him they were in search of artistic 
possibilities, some of them were Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, Matt Bennett, JC Gonzalez, Elizabeth Gillies, among others.
=== 2012–present: Mixtapes and production work ===
In 2012, Thomas started to record his first mixtape called Metro Hearts;[5] it was released on August 1, 2012.[6] Songs on the mixtape Metro Hearts
 include "Forever", "Bad", "Moving On", "Vibe", "Like Clay", and "Never 
Look Back". The mixtape also included a cover of "Take Care" by Drake. 
The cover is by Leon Thomas featuring Ariana Grande.[7]
Leon Thomas co-wrote the song "Ain't No Other Me" for the British group Stooshe, which features as a deluxe edition track on their debut album, London with the Lights On. Thomas co-wrote four songs on Ariana Grande's 2013 album "Yours Truly". He also co-produced five songs on Yours Truly, in addition to the song "Last Christmas" from Grande's Christmas Kisses EP, as a member of production duo The Rascals.[8] Additionally, his work in production as a part of "The Rascals" was included on the Grammy award-winning album Love, Marriage & Divorce. His contribution is as a writer on the song entitled "I'd Rather Be Broke" performed by Toni Braxton.
On September 24, 2013, Leon Thomas released a new single, "Hello How Are You", featuring Wiz Khalifa. A second single, "Chill," is to be released soon.[9]
On January 1, 2014, Thomas released a new mixtape, V1bes, under the name Leon Thomas, via Datpiff.[10] He also announced that a music video for his single, Hello How Are You, was in the works.
In 2016, he served as a co-producer for Post Malone's album Stoney.
In 2017, he appeared in the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film Detroit.
== Filmography ==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes	2003	Robin and Roger	Boy	"The Plan" (Season 1, Episode 3), 9-episode-series
2007	August Rush 	Arthur 	[11] 	 	 	 	
2010	Rising Stars 	JR 	 	 	 	 	
2014	Bad Asses 	Tucson 	 	 	 	 	
2015	Runaway Island	Evan Holloway	 	 	 	 	
2017	Detroit 	Jerry 	 	 	 	 	
Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes 	2006	Just for Kicks	Ty	2 episodes
The Backyardigans	Tyrone 	Singing voice (seasons 2–3)	 	2006	 	 	
2007 	Just Jordan 	Ronnie 	Episode: "Revenge of the Riff" 	 	 	 	
2007 	Jack's Big Music Show 	Leon 	Episode: "Laurie's Big Song" 	 	 	 	
2008, 2011 	iCarly 	Harper
Andre Harris 	Episode: "iCarly Saves TV"
Crossover movie: "iParty With Victorious"	 	 	 	
2008 	The Naked Brothers Band 	Leon Williams 	Episode: "Christmas Special" 	 	 	 	
2010 	2010 Kids' Choice Awards	Himself 	With the cast of Victorious 	 	 	 	
2010–13 	Victorious 	Andre Harris 	Main role, 57 episodes 	 	 	 	
2011 	True Jackson, VP 	Himself 	Episode: "True Fame" 	 	 	 	
2011 	2011 Kids' Choice Awards	Himself 	With the cast of Victorious 	 	 	 	
2012 	Figure It Out 	Himself 	Panelist (Episodes 20, 23, 31, 38)	 	 	 	
2014 	Satisfaction 	Mateo 	Recurring role, 6 episodes 	 	 	 	
2014 	Robot and Monster 	Monster's Singing Voice 	 	 	 	 	
2015 	Fear the Walking Dead 	Russell 	Episode: Pilot 	 	 	 	
2017 	Insecure 	Eddie 	Recurring role 	 	 	 	
== Discography ==
=== Mixtapes ===
Title 	Mixtape details 	Peak chart positions 	 	 	 	
Title 	Mixtape details 	US 	 	 	 	
Metro Hearts 	
* Released: August 1, 2012
* Formats: Compact Disc and Digital download
* Label: Rostrum Records	— 	 	 	 	
V1bes 	
* Released: January 1, 2014
* Format: Compact Disc and Digital download.
* Label: Rostrum Records	— 	 	 	 	
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=== EPs ===
Title 	EP details 	Peak chart positions 	 	 	 	
Title 	EP details 	US 	 	 	 	
Genesis 	
* Released: August 24, 2018
* Formats: Digital download
* Label: Rostrum Records	— 	 	 	 	
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=== Singles ===
Title 	Year 	Album 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
"Hello How Are You" (feat. Wiz Khalifa) 	2013 	TBA 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==== Promotional singles ====
Title
Year
Peak
Album
US
"Countdown"[12]
(with Victoria Justice)
2012
—
Victorious 2.0
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.