Leo Abelo Perry: 5 Things About The 9-Year-Old Playing Chip In ‘Beauty & The Beast’ Special

• Leo is playing the adorable Chip successful the Beauty and the Beast special.
• Leo is conscionable 9 years old.
• Leo precocious made his movie debut.

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration is going to instrumentality enchant america each with unthinkable performances. The formed of the ABC special, airing December 15, includes 1 adorable rising star: Leo Abelo Perry.

Leo joins stars similar H.E.R. and Josh Groban arsenic they travel unneurotic to observe 1 of the champion Disney animated movies of each time. So, who is Leo Abelo Perry? He’s a standout young histrion and a dedicated activist. Learn much astir Leo below:

Leo Abelo Perry arsenic Chip. (ABC)

1. Leo plays Chip successful the Beauty and the Beast special.

Leo stars arsenic the cute Chip, Mrs. Potts’ son, successful Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration. Throughout the special, Leo rocks a regal outfit to play Chip and a airy purple wig. At 1 constituent successful the philharmonic information of the special, the young histrion wears a teacup costume. His onscreen mom, a.k.a. Mrs. Potts, is played by Shania Twain.

2. Leo starred successful the Cheaper by the Dozen remake.

Leo played Luca Baker successful the 2022 Disney+ remake of Cheaper by the Dozen starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff. This marked Leo’s movie debut. Prior to Cheaper by the Dozen, Leo appeared successful episodes of black-ish and The Big Leap.

3. Leo loves to dance.

The kid histrion is perpetually posting adorable videos of himself dancing. He shared a behind-the-scenes video from the acceptable of the Beauty and the Beast special. “Always dancing,” helium captioned the Instagram video.

4. Leo is simply a societal activist.

Leo is simply a unit for alteration astatine a young age. He started his ain Dance for Justice movement. He has raised implicit $20,000 for Black Lives Matter and organizations that “inspire and enactment kids done the arts, music, and sport,” according to Sustainable Brands.

Leo Abelo Perry astatine the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ screening. (ABC)

5. Leo hosts a podcast.

Leo is staying busy! In summation to his acting career, Leo hosts The Activators! podcast! Through his podcast, Leo “celebrates and amplifies kids who are activating societal alteration by doing what they love.”

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