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"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Leonidas Lolis was raised in Athens until he emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 00s. Leo completed a degree in Acting and Directing at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, and was first seen on screen playing stable boy JP in the 6 part BBC drama Rough Diamond (2006). He then took on a regular role in the soap Hollyoaks (1995), playing Aleksander Malota, followed by another regular role in the ITV soap The Royal Today (2008), playing Kristaps, a hospital porter with a mysterious background. His following roles included real life character and Nazi-killer pilot Josef Frantisek in WW2 drama The Untold Battle of Britain (2010), followed by loose cannon "Bluto" in Casualty (1986), and Jewish translator "Stepanovs" in Casualty 1909 (2009). He recently played Jaris in the BBC2 adaptation of the award winning The City and the City (2018), playing a strong and rebellious character against David Morrissey and directed by Tom Shankland. Leo has also taken part in a string of Radio 4 dramas, more recently playing "Rron" in Finn Kennedy's "On Kosovo Field", which won Best Drama at the National Radio Awards. Throughout his career Leo has also written and produced short films, most notably he won Best Script at the Clapperboard Awards for his feature film Northern Symphony. In 2017, Leo studied Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

Studied acting at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

His parents initially named him Edmond after watching The Count of Monte Christo.

He won Best Script at the Clapperboard UK awards (sponsored by BFI) for his film Northern Symphony.

Besides English he also speaks Greek and can understand the Romanian dialect spoken by shepherds in Eastern Europe.

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