Leo Pap

, born Ray Vernon, is a character on Kaleidoscope. He is portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito.

Biography
Leo is the leader of the heist crew. He has a bone to pick with Roger Salas, his long-time rival. Leo's daughter, Hannah Kim, is a major complication in Leo's heist, because she also works for Roger as the head of digital security at his firm.

Leo became a thief at a young age. He had a chance to leave the criminal life, but he couldn’t stay away from it, and his relapse cost him both his family and his freedom.

Throughout Kaleidoscope
Ray Vernon and Graham Davies are two partners in crime. They go on heists together. After each heist, Ray goes home to his wife Lily and their young daughter, Hannah, while Graham lives a carefree bachelor lifestyle. When a job goes awry and Ray almost dies while locked inside a safe, he decides to end his criminal ways. With a young family, he can't afford to endanger his life anymore.

One day, Hannah goes to work with her mother Lily at a posh country club. Hannah wanders around and gets into some trouble. Lily's boss tells her off, fires her, and makes some racist comments. To get back at Lily's employer, Ray decides to team up with Graham one last time, to steal jewelry from the club.

However, the heist goes wrong when Ray is caught by a member of staff, and Graham attempts to create a distraction by setting fire to the building. Lily, who was working inside the club, did not hear the fire alarm, and ended up being trapped in the fire. Ray runs back to try to save her, but can't. He begs Graham, who is nearby, to go in and save his wife from the fire, but upon hearing police sirens, Graham decides to bolt instead. Lily dies in the fire, and Ray is arrested and sent to prison.

After Lily's death, Ray sends Hannah to live with his friend Ava Mercer. As Ray sits in prison, he vows to punish Graham for his betrayal.

While in prison, Ray is diagnosed with Parkinson's. This encourages him to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Hannah, and explain his life decisions. With the help of his cellmate, Stan Loomis, the two plan an escape. Together, they drugged all the other inmates to create a distraction. Unfortunately, the escape doesn't go to plan, and Stan turns himself in to let Ray escape discreetly.

Ray's friend, Ava Mercer, handles the FBI agent assigned to the case, Nazan Abbasi and also helps fake Ray's death. She gives Ray the identity of Leo Pap.

When Ray learns that his daughter, Hannah, is working for his nemesis Graham, who now goes by Roger Salas, Ray is disappointed. Roger is now wealthy and the CEO of SLS, the largest security firm on the East Coast.

Leo approaches Hannah to tell her the truth about her mom's death and Roger. However, Hannah is upset as she once tried to visit him in jail, but he turned her away.

Out for revenge, Leo plans his biggest heist yet to get back at Roger, his former friend.

Hannah Kim is working at SLS and thriving. She helps her boss Roger Salas bring in three major clients called the Triplets, who control half a trillion dollars, including a collective $7 billion in untraceable bonds stored in SLS vaults.

With his daughter helping him as a mole on the inside, Leo assembles a crew of thieves to help steal the bonds.

The team includes Leo's long-time friend Ava Mercer as a forger and arms dealer, Leo's former cellmate Stan Loomis to source materials, RJ Acosta Jr. as the getaway driver, Judy Goodwin as a chemist and Bob Goodwin to help with safecracking. To fund the heist, the group pulls off a smash-and-grab heist on Diamond Way.

Personality
Leo is smart, intense and driven. He has a meticulous eye for detail.

Appearances

 * Kaleidoscope