(Other notable alumni include actor Jason Isaacs and musician Guy Chambers).
Fellow theatre student David Morrissey and he were chosen by Yorkshire Television to play as two poverty-stricken kids in the drama miniseries One Summer in 1983.
[1] Leigh has since appeared in various TV and film roles, including in several films directed by Derek Jarman, and in the premiere episode of the TV detective drama Inspector Morse, wherein he played as a university student involved in a murder investigation.
[2] After appearing in the 1992 television series Between the Lines, it wouldn't be for another twenty years before he would partake in his next role, portraying Nunzio in the 2012 film Hitchcock.
He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, where he worked with music video producer Jake Scott, then directing TV commercials.