
Leif Tilden on the left with Michelan Sisti on the right.
Leif Tilden (born March 20, 1964) is an American actor, puppeteer, director and writer, who played Robbie Sinclair in the sitcom Dinosaurs, and gorillas in various films including 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.
He also wrote and directed the 2001 short bigLove and co-directed the 2001 Dogme film Reunion. Leif also Directed the film ‘One Mile to you’ in 2017.
Trivia[]
- Not all the actors who played the Turtles have cameos in the first movie without their turtle suits on. Leif Tilden “Donatello” — had a cameo in the 2nd film, ‘Secret of the Ooze’.