Leo Francis Grillo Jr. (born 1948) is an American film actor, producer, and animal welfare activist.
Grillo studied under the tutelage of Charles E. Conrad, an acting coach credited with launching the film careers of Dee Wallace and Diana Ross, both Academy Award nominees.
[2][3][better source needed] Grillo was the lead actor in Dierdre's Party, a feature film he produced in 1998.
Grillo played lead actor, opposite Katherine Heigl, in the 2006 independent film Zyzzyx Road.
In 2009, Grillo co-wrote, produced and starred in Magic, opposite Sammi Hanratty, Lori Heuring, Christopher Lloyd and Robert Davi, who directed the movie.