Leland Blane Chapman (born December 14, 1976 in Groom, Texas) is an American bail bondsman and bounty hunter, known as one of the stars of the A&E Network reality television program Dog the Bounty Hunter. He also starred in the Country Music Television television documentary Dog and Beth: On the Hunt.
Leland Blane Chapman was born the second son of Duane Chapman Sr. and his first wife, La Fonda Sue Darnall (née Honeycutt). When Chapman was 7 months old, his father was sent to prison. During Duane Chapman's incarceration, Chapman's parents divorced. He was unable to see his father again until he was eight years old, when the elder Chapman gained visitation rights to see him and his brother, Duane Lee. Until then, Chapman had believed that his stepfather was his biological father.
Chapman spent his early years in Pampa, Texas, but during his teen years, moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. As a teenager Chapman ran away from home, began skipping school and joined a gang. Unable to handle him any longer, his mother put him in foster care and he was placed in a boys care home at 13. He was given the choice go back into foster care or go live with his father and he chose to live with his father. Chapman graduated high school in June 1995, the only one among his brothers and sisters, before Beth's children, to have graduated from high school. He carried his oldest son Dakota as he walked in the graduation line.