Early life

Born and raised in Liverpool, Leigh attended the King David High School, Childwall, a Jewish secondary school which also accepted non-Jewish pupils. (Other notable alumni include actor Jason Isaacs and musician Guy Chambers).

Career

He became interested in the theatre and joined the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre soon after it opened in Liverpool. 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. In the 1980s, he was considered one of the "Brit Pack".^[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.

Personal life

He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, where he worked with music video producer Jake Scott, then directing TV commercials.^[3]

Leigh also worked with Criterion on documentary material for the Merchant Ivory Collection.^[3]