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Khaleed Leon "Khleo" Thomas (born January 30, 1989) is an American actor, singer, and rapper best known for his role as Zero in Holes.

Early life

Thomas was born in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Raquel and Leon Thomas, the latter of whom is an army officer who at the time was stationed in Alaska.^[1] Khleo's mother is a Jewish immigrant from Morocco and his father is African-American.^[2][1] After living in Germany, the family returned to the United States when he was four.^[1] He has three younger siblings, Khadeem (1992), Khameel (1999), and Khaleea (2003). When he was four years old, he saw a television commercial and decided to pursue an acting career, which was encouraged by his mother.

Career

Film and television

Thomas' first television appearance was on an episode of Bill Cosby's Kids Say the Darndest Things, and he has since starred in such films as Holes, Friday After Next, Walking Tall and Roll Bounce. During production, his fellow actors sometimes call him "Li'l Khlee Khlee." On set of the movie Roll Bounce, he and the rapper Bow Wow began working together and now do so more frequently because of Khleo's deal with LBW Entertainment.

He guest-starred in Poppin' Tags, an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2006. He also co-starred in the first episode of the television series Teachers, which was canceled after six episodes.

Music

Khleo starred in the 2003 Disney film Holes, adapted from Louis Sachar's novel of the same name. One of the movie's songs, "Dig It," earned him some popularity in the music world. He appeared in Bow Wow's Fresh Azimiz music video, and performed alongside him on the Scream IV Tour, the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards in 2006, the The Tyra Banks Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, 106th and Park, the 25th Annual BET Anniversary pre-show and the 2009 Kids' inaugural. He also appeared on two tracks of Bow Wow's Price of Fame album, "How You Move It" and "Bet That." Prince of the West, Khleo's debut album, was due for release in the summer of 2007 via his MySpace page. He's rumored, along with other various artists, to be collabrating on Young Rome's second album, True to my Word. He supposedly appears on a track called "West Coast."

On the artist Miss Nana's album I Got the Hood, Volume 1, she wrote a song called "The Shakim Khleo Drop/Let it Rain," which references the LB Dub crew.

He is releasing a mixtape in January 2010 called "The World Is A Cartoon" the mixtape was pushed back several times, but confirmed for January 2010.

Television appearances

• "Kids' Inaugural" (2009)
• House M.D. (2007)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006)
• Teachers (2006)
• The Bernie Mac Show (2005)
• ER (2004)
• City Guys (2000)
• Family Law (1999)

Filmography

• "Boogie Town*" (2009)
• "Hurricane Season* (2008)
• Bob Funk (2008)
• Krews (2007)
• Remember the Daze (2007)
• Dirty (2005)
• Roll Bounce (2005)
• Baadasssss! (2004)
• Going to the Mat (2004)
• Walking Tall (2004)
• Holes (2003)
• Friday After Next (2002)

References

External links

• Khleo Thomas at the Internet Movie Database
• Khleo's page at MySpace