Leon Ford is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television and theatre productions. He is best known for his roles in the television series The Cooks, Changi and the telemovie Stepfather of the Bride. Ford portrayed 1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones in the Emmy award winning HBO miniseries The Pacific, which follows the story of World War II Marines through different battles of the Pacific theater of war. Stage roles include playing pious charlatan Tartuffe in the 2014 Bell Shakespeare version of Tartuffe, based on the French play originally written by Molière.