In a depressing case of art imitating life, Leo Fitzpatrick was a morally corrupt, deliquent teenage skateboarder when he was picked by writer/director Larry Clark to play the conniving and recklessly disinterested star of his disturbing 1995 film "Kids." A native of Orange, New Jersey (population: 29,000), Fitzpatrick was a regular skateboarder in Manhattan by the age of 14. He hung around with other skateboard kids, mostly semi-vagrants who came from unhappy homes and looked to each other for a sense of family and belonging. In the early 90's, Larry Clark began hanging around this scene,
Made feature acting debut in "Kids", playing Telly, the street tough whose idea of safe sex is to sleep with virgins; first screen collaboration with director Larry Clark
1998
Had small role in the Clark-directed drama "Another Day in Paradise"
2000
Had memorable guest appearance on "The Practice"
2001
Starred with Selma Blair in the controversial "Storytelling", director Todd Solondz's follow-up to "Happiness"; featured in the section called "Fiction", playing a college student with cerebral palsy
2001
Reteamed with Larry Clark for a pivotal role as 'The Hitman' in "Bully", inspired by a true life incident
