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Years active
  
1990–present

Name
  
Leif Tilden

Role
  
Actor


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Full Name
  
David Leif Tilden

Born
  
March 20, 1964 (age 60) (
1964-03-20
)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Occupation
  
Director, actor, writer

Movies
  
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turt, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turt, Life at These Speeds, BigLove, Buddy

Similar People
  
Michelan Sisti, David Forman, Michael Pressman, Steve Barron, Kevin Eastman

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David Leif Tilden (born March 20, 1964), known as Leif Tilden, is an American actor and director, known for playing Robbie Sinclair in the sitcom Dinosaurs, and gorillas in various films including "Born to be Wild," George of the Jungle, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Buddy. He is probably most famous for playing Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel, being the costume actor for both.

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He also wrote and directed the 2001 short bigLove, and co-directed the 2001 Dogme film Reunion. Leif was the director of 2017 1 Mile to You.

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Leif Tilden Interview (Fanboy Expo, 2016)


Filmography

Location Management
2022
The Staircase (TV Mini Series) (location manager - 8 episodes)
- America's Sweetheart or: Time Over Time (2022) - (location manager)
- Seek and Ye Shall (2022) - (location manager)
- Red in Tooth and Claw (2022) - (location manager)
- The Beating Heart (2022) - (location manager)
- Common Sense (2022) - (location manager)
- Chiroptera (2022) - (location manager)
- The Great Dissembler (2022) - (location manager)
- 911 (2022) - (location manager)
2021
Colin in Black & White (TV Mini Series) (location manager - 6 episodes)
- Dear Colin (2021) - (location manager)
- Crystal (2021) - (location manager)
- The Decision (2021) - (location manager)
- Road Trip (2021) - (location manager)
- Quarterbackin' (2021) - (location manager)
- Cornrows (2021) - (location manager)
2020
Cherish the Day (TV Series) (location manager - 8 episodes)
- Catharsis (2020) - (location manager)
- Synopsis (2020) - (location manager)
- Nemesis (2020) - (location manager)
- Analysis (2020) - (location manager)
- Basis (2020) - (location manager)
- Oasis (2020) - (location manager)
- Synthesis (2020) - (location manager)
- Genesis (2020) - (location manager)
2019
Unbelievable (TV Mini Series) (location scout - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.7 (2019) - (location scout)
2019
I'm Sorry (TV Series) (location manager - 8 episodes)
- New York vs. LA (2019) - (location manager)
- Miss Diana Ross (2019) - (location manager)
- Little Louse on the Prairie (2019) - (location manager)
- The Small of My Back (2019) - (location manager)
- Extra Boobs (2019) - (location manager)
- Couple's Massage (2019) - (location manager)
- Barbara T. Warren (2019) - (location manager)
- These Are My Fingers (2019) - (location manager)
2017
New Warriors (TV Series) (location manager - 1 episode)
- Marvel's New Warriors (2017) - (location manager)
2017
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie (location manager)
2016
Term Life (locations scout)
2015
Project Almanac (location scout: additional photography)
2014
Selma (location manager: Alabama)
2014
Million Dollar Arm (locations scout)
2014
Farmed and Dangerous (TV Mini Series) (location manager - 1 episode)
- Oiling the Food Chain (2014) - (location manager)
2013
Cinnamon Girl (TV Movie) (locations scout)
2013
The Goodwin Games (TV Series) (location manager - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2013) - (location manager)
2010
Law & Order: LA (TV Series) (location manager - 10 episodes)
- Plummer Park (2011) - (location manager)
- Big Rock Mesa (2011) - (location manager)
- Runyon Canyon (2011) - (location manager)
- East Pasadena (2011) - (location manager)
- Silver Lake (2011) - (location manager)
- Playa Vista (2010) - (location manager)
- Hondo Field (2010) - (location manager)
- Sylmar (2010) - (location manager)
- Harbor City (2010) - (location manager)
- Hollywood (2010) - (location manager)
2010
Hung (TV Series) (location manager - 5 episodes)
- A Man, a Plan or Thank You, Jimmy Carter (2010) - (location manager)
- Sing It Again, Ray or Home Plate (2010) - (location manager)
- Mind Bullets or Bang Bang Bang Bang Motherfucker (2010) - (location manager)
- Tucson Is the Gateway to Dick or This Is Not Sexy (2010) - (location manager)
- Just the Tip (2010) - (location manager)
2010
Justified (TV Series) (location manager - 10 episodes)
- Veterans (2010) - (location manager)
- The Hammer (2010) - (location manager)
- Hatless (2010) - (location manager)
- Blowback (2010) - (location manager)
- Blind Spot (2010) - (location manager)
- The Collection (2010) - (location manager)
- The Lord of War and Thunder (2010) - (location manager)
- Long in the Tooth (2010) - (location manager)
- Fixer (2010) - (location manager)
- Riverbrook (2010) - (location manager)
2009
Dark Blue (TV Series) (location manager - 8 episodes)
- Betsy (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Venice Kings (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- O.I.S. (2009) - (location manager)
- Ice (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- August (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- K-Town (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Purity (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Guns, Strippers and Wives (2009) - (location manager)
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series) (location manager - 21 episodes)
- Adam Raised a Cain (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- To the Lighthouse (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Today Is the Day: Part 2 (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Today Is the Day: Part 1 (2009) - (location manager)
- Ourselves Alone (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Desert Cantos (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- The Good Wound (2009) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Earthlings Welcome Here (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Alpine Fields (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Self Made Man (2008) - (location manager)
- Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Complications (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Mr. Ferguson Is Ill Today (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Brothers of Nablus (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short (2008) - (location manager)
- Goodbye to All That (2008) - (location manager)
- Allison from Palmdale (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- The Mousetrap (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Automatic for the People (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
- Samson & Delilah (2008) - (location manager - uncredited)
2009
Fired Up! (locations scout)
2008
Eagle Eye (key assistant location manager)
2008
Pathology (key assistant location manager)
2007
Viva Laughlin (TV Series) (location manager - 4 episodes)
- Magic Carpet Ride (2007) - (location manager)
- What a Whale Wants (2007) - (location manager)
- Pilot (2007) - (location manager)
- Taking Care of Business - (location manager)
2004
Without a Trace (TV Series) (location manager - 23 episodes)
- End Game (2005) - (location manager)
- John Michaels (2005) - (location manager)
- Off the Tracks (2005) - (location manager)
- The Bogie Man (2005) - (location manager)
- Second Sight (2005) - (location manager)
- Transitions (2005) - (location manager)
- Lone Star (2005) - (location manager)
- Manhunt (2005) - (location manager)
- Party Girl (2005) - (location manager)
- Neither Rain Nor Sleet (2005) - (location manager)
- Volcano (2005) - (location manager)
- Penitence (2005) - (location manager)
- 4.0 (2005) - (location manager)
- Malone v. Malone (2004) - (location manager)
- Trials (2004) - (location manager)
- Doppelgänger: Part 2 (2004) - (location manager)
- Nickel and Dimed: Part 2 (2004) - (location manager)
- Nickel and Dimed (2004) - (location manager)
- American Goddess (2004) - (location manager)
- Upstairs Downstairs (2004) - (location manager)
- Light Years (2004) - (location manager)
- Thou Shalt Not- (2004) - (location manager)
- In the Dark (2004) - (location manager)
2004
Ugly (Short) (location manager)
2004
Never Die Alone (assistant location manager)
2003
House of Sand and Fog (assistant location manager)
2003
I Love Your Work (location manager)
2003
Prey for Rock & Roll (location manager)
2002
A Midsummer Night's Rave (location manager)
Director
2017
1 Mile to You
2001
Reunion
2001
BigLove (Short)
Actor
2018
The Goldbergs (TV Series) as
Freddy Hands #1
- Mister Knifey-Hands (2018) - Freddy Hands #1
2001
D.C. Smalls (Short) as
Cowboy
2001
Monkeybone as
Cyclops
1997
Buddy as
Buddy
1996
Lifeform as
The Invader
1996
Muppets Tonight (TV Series) as
Additional Muppets
- Garth Brooks (1996) - Additional Muppets
1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as
Gorilla Performer
1995
Born to Be Wild as
Katie the gorilla (uncredited)
1991
Dinosaurs (TV Series) as
Robbie Sinclair / Robbie Sinclair (body) / Mr. Myman / ...
- Georgie Must Die! (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Into the Woods (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Working Girl (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Variations on a Theme Park (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Life in the Faust Lane (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Earl and Pearl (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Scent of a Reptile (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Changing Nature (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Terrible Twos (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Earl's Big Jackpot (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Driving Miss Ethyl (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Greatest Story Ever Sold (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Earl, Don't Be a Hero (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- Monster Under the Bed (1994) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Clip Show II (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Charlene and Her Amazing Humans (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- We Are Not Alone (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- If I Were a Tree (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Dirty Dancin' (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Swamp Music (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Honey, I Miss the Kids (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Steroids to Heaven (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Out of the Frying Pan (1993) - Robbie Sinclair / Mr. Myman
- Green Card (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Getting to Know You (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Son Also Rises (1993) - Robbie Sinclair
- Wilderness Weekend (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Charlene's Flat World (1992) - Robbie Sinclair / Muse
- License to Parent (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Hungry for Love (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Germ Warfare (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Little Boy Boo (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Discovery (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Network Genius (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Baby Talk (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Nature Calls (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Wesayso Knows Best (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Leader of the Pack (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Slave to Fashion (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- And the Winner Is- (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Nuts to War: Part 2 (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Nuts to War: Part 1 (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Last Temptation of Ethyl (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- A New Leaf (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Clip Show (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Power Erupts (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- Fran Live (1992) - Robbie Sinclair
- What 'Sexual Harris' Meant (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Refrigerator Day (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Switched at Birth (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- How to Pick Up Girls (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Unmarried- with Children (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Career Opportunities (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- When Food Goes Bad (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Employee of the Month (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Endangered Species (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Charlene's Tale (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- I Never Ate for My Father (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- Family Challenge (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Golden Child (1991) - Robbie Sinclair
- The Howling (1991) - Robbie Sinclair (body)
- High Noon (1991) - Robbie Sinclair (body)
- Hurling Day (1991) - Robbie Sinclair (body)
- The Mating Dance (1991) - Robbie Sinclair (body)
- The Mighty Megalosaurus (1991) - Robbie Sinclair (body)
1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze as
Donatello / Foot #3
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as
Donatello / Foot Messenger
Producer
2007
Saving Sam (Short) (co-producer)
Writer
2001
BigLove (Short) (written by)
Special Effects
1999
Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose (Short) (puppeteer)
Visual Effects
1999
The Nuttiest Nutcracker (Video) (motion capture performer)
Music Department
1995
Born to Be Wild (special vocal effects)
Miscellaneous
1997
George of the Jungle (gorilla suit performer)
Thanks
2017
Take Me (thanks)
Self
2023
The Unknown Masterpiece (Documentary) as
Self
2020
InHouse-CON (TV Series) as
Self
- Turtle Power (2020) - Self
2011
Law & Order Goes West (Video short) as
Self
1991
The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Behind the Shells (Video short) as
Self / Donatello
Archive Footage
1997
Muppets Tonight (TV Series) as
Additional Muppets
- The Best of Muppets Tonight! (1997) - Additional Muppets
1990
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Donatello
- Episode dated 18 May 1990 (1990) - Donatello (uncredited)
- Episode dated 16 May 1990 (1990) - Donatello (uncredited)

References

Leif Tilden Wikipedia