Leigh is an actor and writer based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been working professionally as an actor for over 15 years, and has trained with leading acting teachers and coaches from Australia and around the world. He has performed on some of Australia’s best known stages, from independent theatre powerhouses La Mama and Downstairs Belvoir, to the iconic Sydney Opera House.

Leigh made his professional theatre debut in Stella by Starlight (dir. Andrew Doyle) at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney in 2007, picking up a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Sydney Theatre awards. Also at Ensemble, he played the title role in the premier production of David Williamson’s Managing Carmen (dir. Mark Kilmurray).

Since moving to Melbourne in 2017, his notable stage credit include transforming into a paranoid Albert in the Green Room-nominated production of Traps by Carol Churchill (dir. Laurence Strangio); terrorising the stage as the violent Captain in Brodie Murray’s Soul of Possum (dir. Beng Oh); breaking audience’s hearts at La Mama in When the Light Leaves (dir. Jayde Kirchert). He has also toured as John Proctor in Complete Works’ touring production of The Crucible (dir. Andrew Blackman).

In 2022, Leigh (along with Bronte Charlotte) co-wrote and starred in Pieces of Shit, receiving Green Room nominations for Best New Writing, Best Ensemble, and Best Production (independent theatre category). Other writing credits include the short film Harm, which he also starred in, winning Best Actor at Melbourne Underground Film Festival in 2018. In 2020, in the middle of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown period, Leigh filmed and released an entirely improvised comedy web series, King of the Crossing. Leigh continues to develop new pieces of writing for both stage and screen.

On camera, Leigh starred as Brad in the indie horror feature Living Space (or: Nazi Undead) (dir. Steven Spiel), and in 2018 he picked up a Best Supporting Actor nomination for indie feature Zelos (dir. Jo-Anne Brechin) in a US film festival. He’s had turns in La Brea (NBC) and All Her Fault (Universal/NBC), appeared alongside some of Australia’s best known actors in numerous Australian TV shows, including A Place to Call Home, Deep Water, and Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries.