Antonio
Jovani
Leon

Antonio Jovani Leon was born "Ali Tehrani" in Tehran, Iran where he lived until the age of 10. During the revolution, he fled the country with his mother and sister searching for a better life in America.

On a whim, he took an acting class in college as an elective and after performing in Laurence Fishburne's, Riff Raff, he fell in love with the craft. He continued studying with the likes of Harry Mastrogeorge, Ivanna Chubbuck, Julie Ariola, and Stuart Rogers. He is also a level 2 graduate of UCB.

In addition to acting, Antonio is also a writer whose work has been optioned. He has worked with the likes of Ed Harris, Elodie Yung, Nathan Fillion, Kathy Bates, Ryan Phillippe and many others. He is also fluent in Farsi.