Leo Howard (born July 13, 1997) is an American actor and martial
artist. Howard is known for incorporating his karate skills into his
feature film and television roles; as "Young Snake-Eyes" in the 2009
action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, as "Young Conan" in the 2011
fantasy film, Conan the Barbarian, and as Jack on the Disney XD comedy
series, Kickin' It. Howard was certified as the youngest TV director
ever by the Guinness World Records for his work on the episode "Fight
at the Museum" in the fourth season of the Kickin' It TV series at age
16. He also played CeCe's rival Logan on Shake it Up in the third
season.Leo Howard was born on July 13, 1997 in Newport Beach,
California, the son of Randye and Todd "The Big Bulldog" Howard. His
parents are professional dog breeders and operate The Big Bulldog
Ranch, where they specialize in breeding English and French bulldogs.
His father is of English and Scotch-Irish descent, while his mother is
Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Russia and Austria). He attended
Tri-City Christian Schools in Vista, California. Howard spent much of
his childhood growing up in the small town of Fallbrook in Northern
San Diego County, before devoting himself to a full-time acting
career.Howard developed an interest in martial arts at the age of
four, and began studying at the age of four when his parents enrolled
him at a dojo in Oceanside, California. A year later, his parents
enrolled him at another dojo which specialized in the Okinawan
discipline of ShŠrin-ryū and at the age of seven, he began
developing his extreme martial arts skills by adding gymnastics to his
routine. Howard began training under martial arts world champion Matt
Mullins when Mullins made an exception allowing Howard to become the
youngest student in his class. By the age of eight, Howard had won
three world championships. His specialty is ShŠrin-ryū, in which he
holds two black belts.At the age of nine, Howard became the youngest
member to perform with Mullins' Sideswipe Performance Team, a
traveling martial arts-based group that entertains audiences across
the country with a combination of martial arts, dance and acrobatics.
In June 2011, Howard spoke of the experience performing with
Sideswipe: "I think that's what really got me addicted to performing.
My role changed as I've grown as a performer and just plain grown. I
was OK, I wasn't that great at the start, so they would do cool moves
and then poof! There'd be this cute kid running out there to do some
karate. But for the last couple of years I've been one of the main
performers."
artist. Howard is known for incorporating his karate skills into his
feature film and television roles; as "Young Snake-Eyes" in the 2009
action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, as "Young Conan" in the 2011
fantasy film, Conan the Barbarian, and as Jack on the Disney XD comedy
series, Kickin' It. Howard was certified as the youngest TV director
ever by the Guinness World Records for his work on the episode "Fight
at the Museum" in the fourth season of the Kickin' It TV series at age
16. He also played CeCe's rival Logan on Shake it Up in the third
season.Leo Howard was born on July 13, 1997 in Newport Beach,
California, the son of Randye and Todd "The Big Bulldog" Howard. His
parents are professional dog breeders and operate The Big Bulldog
Ranch, where they specialize in breeding English and French bulldogs.
His father is of English and Scotch-Irish descent, while his mother is
Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Russia and Austria). He attended
Tri-City Christian Schools in Vista, California. Howard spent much of
his childhood growing up in the small town of Fallbrook in Northern
San Diego County, before devoting himself to a full-time acting
career.Howard developed an interest in martial arts at the age of
four, and began studying at the age of four when his parents enrolled
him at a dojo in Oceanside, California. A year later, his parents
enrolled him at another dojo which specialized in the Okinawan
discipline of ShŠrin-ryū and at the age of seven, he began
developing his extreme martial arts skills by adding gymnastics to his
routine. Howard began training under martial arts world champion Matt
Mullins when Mullins made an exception allowing Howard to become the
youngest student in his class. By the age of eight, Howard had won
three world championships. His specialty is ShŠrin-ryū, in which he
holds two black belts.At the age of nine, Howard became the youngest
member to perform with Mullins' Sideswipe Performance Team, a
traveling martial arts-based group that entertains audiences across
the country with a combination of martial arts, dance and acrobatics.
In June 2011, Howard spoke of the experience performing with
Sideswipe: "I think that's what really got me addicted to performing.
My role changed as I've grown as a performer and just plain grown. I
was OK, I wasn't that great at the start, so they would do cool moves
and then poof! There'd be this cute kid running out there to do some
karate. But for the last couple of years I've been one of the main
performers."
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