Robert Sean Leonard (born February 28, 1969) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. James Wilson on the TV series House and for his role as Neil Perry in the 1989 movie Dead Poets Society.

Life and career

Leonard was born Robert Lawrence Leonard in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Joyce P. (née Peterson), a nurse, and Robert Howard Leonard, a teacher of Spanish.www.filmreference.com/film/25/Robert-Sean-Leonard.htmlwww.playbill.com/features/article/118192-STAGE_TO_SCREENS_Robert_Sean_Leonard_David_Javerbaum_Plus_a_Look_at_Fall_TV He grew up in Ridgewood, where he attended Ridgewood High School before moving on to Fordham University and later Columbia University School of General Studies and Continuing Education. Because he shares his birth name with another actor, he uses the name of his brother Sean for his Screen Actors Guild membership.