Mini-Biography
Khleo Thomas was born on the 30th January 1989, in Anchorage, Alaska, he shot to fame when he played Zero in the movie Holes, and then appeared in several commercials that can be seen daily on the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and the WB Network. Khleo made his debut as a child-guest on Bill Cosby's Kids Say the Darndest Things.
Thomas, whose full name is Khaleed Leon (Khleo is a stage moniker combining the two), was born in Anchorage, Alaska, where his father was stationed with the Army. After relocating to Southern California, he began working in commercials at age 6. Though "Holes" is based on a popular book, neither Thomas nor LaBeouf had read it before they were cast.
"After I read it," Thomas says, "I expected to be in the desert, but you just can't be ready for that until you're right there." To prepare for the 100-plus-degree heat they would endure while filming outside Ridgecrest, they underwent a two-week physical training camp.
Besides Holes, Khleo also had a small role in Friday after Next and he plays "Mario" in the Mario Van Peebles film Baadasssss!. He appeared as "Pete" in the remake of Walking Tall the remake of the 1973 hit. He also starred in 2005 along with Bow Wow in Roll Bounce. He also has a role in the 2006 release of Dirty and did the voice of "Jason/Sure Shot" in the direct to video The Golden Blaze. Khleo will play "Dylan" in the 2007 release of The Beautiful Ordinary, the film also stars Alexa Vega and Brie Larson of Hoot. Khleo is also listed to play 'Tom Tom' in Krews which is set for 2008.
On TV he has guest starred on City Guys, Super Short Show and recently on the long running ER as "Brian" a 13 year old with a hard lesson to learn in the episode "Forgive and Forget" early in 2004. Other TV guest roles included The Bernie Mac Show, Teachers CSI: Crime Scene Investifation and in November of 2007 an episode of House M.D. He also appeared in the made for television movie Going to the Mat from Disney Original Movies. Other TV guest roles included Kids Say the Darndest Things. He has also moved into the singing business as a Rap/R&B singer.
