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Raw Leiba
Born1975
Occupation(s)Actor and model
Years active1999–present

Raw Leiba (born 1975) is an American actor, stunt coordinator, former athlete and model.

Biography

Leiba was born in New Jersey to a Brazilian mother and African American-Native American father.[1]

Career

Leiba first role was in 1999, in an uncredited role in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday. He found work as a sports and fitness model and landed an uncredited role in American Movie Classics' Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men, which included Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.[2]

Leiba signed to play an uncredited role on the Peabody Award-winning show The Wire, as a character originally named "Cave", Stringer Bell's bodyguard. He appeared in three episodes: "Reformation", "Middle Ground" and "Mission Accomplished". He was named Gym Magazine's "Fittest Human" for 2007.[3]

In 2015, Leiba featured in a minor role in an independent film called The Mint, which also featured Jenni "JWoww" Farley and Kristinia DeBarge.

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