Actor
Damien Leake
Born August 12, 1952 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA25 films
Damien Leake (born August 12, 1952) is an American actor and record-holding masters track and field athlete.
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Starting with a role in 1973's Serpico, he has had a continuous career appearing in some 70 motion pictures, plus numerous television and stage acting roles. Through the 1980s he was typecast as a "a tender, sensitive . . . half-crazed killer" including roles in Death Wish and Apocalypse Now.
He has branched out to other jobs related to the entertainment industry. He claims to having been a singer, dancer, director, musician, composer, musical director, vocal arranger, playwright, stage fight choreographer and ventriloquist.
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First watchApocalypse Now19798.3as Machine GunnerAt the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
25 films as actor- 2026Tuna on RyeArthur
- 2018Breaking InIsaac
- 2017Sleepwalker
- 2016Bad TwinDr. Martine
- 2016The Bad TwinDr. Martine
- 2010The ExperimentGovenor
- 2009Prison Break: The Final BreakDetective Marlin
- 2007The Great DebatersWilson
- 200788 MinutesThe Judge
- 1998Mighty Joe YoungCop
- 1998Under the bridgeSammy
- 1997The Devil's OwnArt Fisher
- 1991Separate but EqualDr. Kenneth Clark
- 1991He Said, She SaidRay, the Technical Director
- 1989Born on the Fourth of JulyPatient - VA Hospital
- 1989Sea of LoveErnest Lee
- 1989Collision CourseTenement Man
- 1988Last RitesDetective Brown
- 1986HighlanderTony
- 1984The Cotton ClubBub Jewett
- 1984The Killing FloorFrank Custer
- 1979Apocalypse NowMachine Gunner
- 1974Death WishAlley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
- 1973SerpicoJoey
- 1972Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young ManHitch