Leon Isaac Kennedy (born January 1, 1949[3][2][1]) is a retired American actor, disc jockey, film producer and playwright.

Leon Isaac Kennedy was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 1, 1949, he first began his career as a disc jockey and nightclub promoter.

The film featured Kennedy in the lead role as Leon Johnson, an up-and-coming boxer, and was written by him as well.

[11] In 1988, Kennedy appeared with Ernest Borgnine, Herbert Lom, Oliver Reed, Robert Vaughn and Arnold Vosloo in Skeleton Coast.

In June 1971, Kennedy, then 22, married Jayne Harrison, a 19-year-old beauty pageant contestant who was from Wickliffe, Ohio; they divorced in 1982.