Robert Michael Leeshock (born December 13, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the sci-fi drama series Earth: Final Conflict. Early life Leeshock was born in Clifton, New Jersey. He attended Cornell University as an arts and science major, then graduated with a degree in materials science engineering. After earning his degree, he moved to New York City to pursue his acting career. Career Leeshock is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the sci-fi drama series Earth: Final Conflict from 1998 to 2001. In 2005, he joined the cast of the long-running ABC daytime drama One Life to Live as Bruce Bartlett, the business partner of Nash Brennan (played by Forbes March). He trained as an actor with Wynn Handman, director of The American Place Theater. He has penned the screenplay Yo Yo Boy as well as characters for stand up venues in New York and Los Angeles. In addition to acting, he works as a professional photographer from his studio in New York City and produces projects for both film and television. In 2010, Leeshock appeared on United States television in commercials for Zegerid OTC. In early 2012, he both executive produced and starred in the short film GodMachine, which also features his former Earth: Final Conflict co-star Von Flores. Biography A native from New Jersey, Leeshock's ethnic background is a mix of Polish, Czech, English, Irish and Italian. He moved to New York in the early 1980s after his high school studies. He first enrolled as an Arts and Science major at Cornell University. He transferred to engineering before the second semester of Junior year, even though his adviser urged him not to do so. But it didn't take long for him to find himself struggling in that field. Yet he managed to complete his degree in materials science engineering and electrical engineering (in semiconductor electronics and the electrical properties of materials in silicon wafers) but decided not to work as an engineer. Leeshock was left undecided about what profession to choose. He didn't know yet that acting was a profession. One of his friend from college was a liberal arts major and taking acting class. That fascinated him. Theater was unknown to him and becoming a movie star wasn't his goal. To learn more about acting as a profession,