producers pay less tax when they use Canadian actors. He left after the fourth season to return for the series finale in season 5. After Earth: Final Conflict, he appeared in other soap operas (As the World Turns and One Life to Live). His first work as a producer was with the short film Godmachine. The head writer who came up with the idea is Richard Cranor. They have a mutual friend who suggested that Leeshock read the first draft of the script. He and his friend Scott Gunderson (actor and writer) worked over the script. Then he gathered other members for his team. They produced a short version of the film and want to make a movie from it. With Richard Cranor, he founded Titan Sky Entertainment in March 2012. Leeshock (executive producer and writer), Richard Cranor (writer, producer and director) and Kiki Yeung (actress and producer) attended The American Film Market (AFM) in November 2013. They presented GodMachine and other projects. Besides being an actor, a writer and a producer, Leeshock works as a professional photographer from his studio (Robert Leeshock Photography, established in June 2009) in New York and New Jersey creating projects for film and television. He specializes in family portraits, weddings, events, actors' headshots and commercial print. He's also an excellent athlete (he played lacrosse for Cornell), salsa dancer and singer. He currently lives in New York, has one brother and three sisters. His girlfriend is Jacquelyn Mavrookas. They met in 2010. Associations Leeshock joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society. Filmography References External links Robert Leeshock Photography SciFiPulse SciFiPulse radio interview 1961 births Living people Male actors from New Jersey Cornell University alumni