Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett

actor, soundtrack

Leif Garrett was born on Nov 08, 1961 in USA. Leif Garrett's big-screen debut came with Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice directed by Paul Mazursky in 1969, strarring Jimmy Henderson (uncredited). Leif Garrett is known for Monsters directed by Ernest Farino, John Bolger stars as Charles Poole and Pamela Dean Kelly as Bird. Leif Garrett has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Leif Garrett achieved is Western Heritage Awards. The upcoming new movie Leif Garrett plays is My Dinner with Hervé which will be released on Oct 20, 2018.

Born on November 8, 1961 in Hollywood, California, Leif grew up in a world of showbiz and got his first taste of acting in the blockbuster film, Bob et Carole et Ted et Alice (1969) playing the son of Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon, though he was uncredited. Then he was a frequent guest in TV shows such as Nanny et le professeur (1970), Cher oncle Bill (1966), Cannon (1971), Gunsmoke (1955) and The Odd Couple (1970) as well as receiving brief exposure in Justice sauvage (1973) and Cinq fois la mort (1974), both films also starring his sister, Dawn Lyn. He then played Endy Karras in the TV series Three for the Road (1975), also starring Alex Rocco and Vincent Van Patten, and by then he started getting exposure on teen magazines and fan mail, despite the show's short run. He still pursued his acting career by starring in some westerns like Les impitoyables (1976), Kid Vengeance (1977) and Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977).Garrett was offered a recording contract by Atlantic Records. He released two oldie cover singles "Surfin' USA" and "Runaround Sue" on his self-titled debut album, but wasn't really happy with this style of music. After switching to the Scotti Brothers he recorded another album called "Feel the Need" which had a top 10 disco-flavoured hit called, "I Was Made for Dancin'". He released three more albums but mostly stopped recording music in the early 1980s.He continued in films and is well remembered for his small supporting role in the blockbuster film Outsiders (1983), which starred Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez and Tom Cruise, but his films after that were less successful. However, he did return to music by playing in a band called "Godspeed" in the late 1990s, this time playing his own music.

  • Birthday

    Nov 08, 1961
  • Place of Birth

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

1 wins & 1 nominations

Western Heritage Awards
1978
Fictional Television Drama
Winner - Bronze Wrangler
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977)

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