Leland Blaine Chapman is one of the famous American bail bondsman and bounty hunter. He came into the spotlight for appearing in the reality television program named Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Leland Chapman's Early Life and Education
Leland Blaine Chapman was born on December 14, 1976, and is currently 42 years old as of early 2019. He was born in Groom, Texas, the United States of America. He was born to his father, Duane Chapman Sr., and his mother, La Fonda Sue Darnall, and grew up along with his sibling Duane Lee Chapman Jr. in Groom, Texas.
Leland had to spend a rough childhood as his father was sent to prison when he was just seven months old. Chapman graduated from high school in June 1995 and started boxing training and mixed martial arts at the age of seventeen. In 2003, he gave up competing in martial arts due to his left knee injury. He is of American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
Leland was bought up in Pampa, Texas at the beginning but later he was moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. During his childhood, Chapman ran away from home and skipped school before joining a gang. Due to this, his mother put him in foster care since he was thirteen.
Leland Chapman's Career
While in foster care, Leland Chapman was given a choice to go back to foster care or live with his father, he chose to live with his father. During his seventeenth year, Chapman trained in boxing and MMA with the help of his friend, Sonny Westbrook.
Leland Chapman has acted in movies like Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003), Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (2013), and Dog: The Family Speaks (2006). He is well-known for his roles on The Bill Zucker TP Tales (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2013), Dog the Bunty Hunter (2003-12), and Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (2013-). He has also featured in Dog: The Family Speaks (2006), Celebrity Family Feud (2008), and E! True Hollywood Story (2010), and many others.
Leland Chapman's Net Worth
As per the sources, Leland from his famous show, Dog the Bounty Hunter earned a total salary of $75000 per year. The famous real-life bounty hunter and action hero of America Blaine currently has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
In the early days he worked with his father and family's bail bonds company, Da Kine Bail Bonds. On September 14, 2006, Leland Chapman was arrested along with Duane "Dog" Chapman and Tim Chapman on charges of "deprivation of liberty." They were released on bail at $100,000 each, while Dog's was set at $300,000. Leland Champman is also the owner of Kama'aina Bail Bonds Company.
Leland Chapman's Personal Life
While talking about Leland Blaine Chapman's personal life, he had affairs with his longtime girlfriend, Maui Chapman. After months of dating, the (boyfriend and girlfriend) couple eventually became official-husband and wife.
Maui Chapman divorced Leland on 21 April 2005 after giving birth to three children: all three are sons, and their names are Dakota Chapman, Cobie Blaine Chapman, and Leiah Breanna Chapman.
After divorcing his first wife, he was in a relationship with Dian. He was also seen dating Lynette Yi after he broke up with Maui. The couple has been together ever since but, still has no plans of getting married to each other.
Leland Blaine Chapman has a perfect weight of 150 pounds matching his height of 1.66 m. He has several tattoos on his body and one on his hand.