Leon also sung at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth games held in Manchester, live to over 500 million viewers worldwide. Lopez has also performed his single on daytime television shows such as Loose Women and performed at numerous concerts.
In 2007 Lopez appeared in the second series of the Reality TV programme Soapstar Superstar where he caught the attention of the music industry after being the seventh person to be voted off the series and was immediately signed to "Celebrity Records". Leon has been a contestant on both Celebrity Fear Factor and Soapstar Superchef. He has also worked as a television presenter.
On 13 August 2008, he appeared in a limited run of Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse opposite Elena Roger. He then went on to appear at The Royal Court Theatre, London in the role of "Deity" in Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Wig Out!" directed by Dominic Cooke which ran from November 2008 to January 2009.
May 2009 he took on the role of "Michael" in Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick... BOOM! at The Duchess Theatre, in London's West End.. Autumn 2009 he was a part of the grand relaunch of Derby Playhouse Theatre, appearing in the rock musical "The Pro's, Con's And A Screw" alongside "Kidulthood" star Adam Deacon
Since signing his record deal, Leon has teamed up with Take That star Gary Barlow and Producer Rod Gammons to co-write his debut album ‘Movin On’. His first single 'Love Got in the Way' was released in August 2007. His first studio album 'Moving On' was finally released 1 February 2010 after a long dispute with the record label.
Lopez is going to star as Brit in the second national tour of Ben Elton and Queen's smash hit rock musical We Will Rock You. He starred WWRY at Bristol Hippodrome on 29 October 2011 and played an excellent Britney Spears.
Lopez's television credits include appearances in episodes of Mersey Beat and Holby City for the BBC, The Court Room, Tut, The Bill, the lead role of Tanktop in Hollyoaks: In the City as well as starring for 4 years as Jerome Johnson in the Channel 4 hit soap opera Brookside. He has appeared in a number of short films, including Profanity[1] ( a Giant Leap Films[2] production) as well as appearing in the BBC's serial drama Doctors. In February 2012, Leon performed a cameo role in the independent British film The Quiet One set in Birmingham. In 2015 he starred alongside Sir Ben Kingsley in Spike TV's mini series Tut where he played the role of Sete. He also starred in hard hitting short film G O'Clock which premiered at BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival film festival in 2016. in 2016 he then went on to appear as a recurring character Linford Short in the UK soap opera EastEnders.
Lopez's directing film credits include his debut feature film Soft Lad (2015 Film). A micro budget self funded feature starring Daniel Brocklebank, Jonny Labey, Suzanne Collins, Craig Stein and Laura Ainsworth. It was released by Peccadillo Pictures on 9 November 2015 after a string of various UK cinema screenings. To date he has also directed several short films including his award winning short 'The Definition of Lonely' Starring Nick Hayes and Lucas Rush, which premiered at the OutWest Film Festival in 2015 and is featured on the "Soft Lad (2015 Film)" DVD extras.
Other short films include 'Ménage' Starring Adele Sliva, Suzanne Collins and Craig Stein, which premiered at the Kino Film Festival in 2016. And the documentary 'Let's Talk About Gay Sex And Drugs' which was part of the official selection for the 2016 BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival.
