Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 12, 1952
Place of Birth:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Damien Leake
Biography
Damien Leake (born August 12, 1952) is an American actor and record-holding masters track and field athlete.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Breaking In | Isaac |
| 2017 | Sleepwalker | |
| 2016 | Bad Twin | Dr. Martine |
| 2010 | The Experiment | Govenor |
| 2009 | Prison Break: The Final Break | Detective Marlin |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters | Wilson |
| 2007 | 88 Minutes | The Judge |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Cop |
| 1997 | The Devil's Own | Art Fisher |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self |
| 1991 | He Said, She Said | Ray, the Technical Director |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal | Dr. Kenneth Clark |
| 1989 | Collision Course | Tenement Man |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Patient - VA Hospital |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Ernest Lee |
| 1988 | Last Rites | Detective Brown |
| 1986 | Highlander | Tony |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor | Frank Custer |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Bub Jewett |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Machine Gunner |
| 1974 | Death Wish | Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Serpico | Joey |
| 1972 | Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man | Hitch |
| The Bad Twin | Dr. Martine |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds | Agent Bob Telford |
| 2022 | 1923 | Marvin |
| 2020 | Messiah | George |
| 2018 | Good Girls | Pastor Collins |
| 2017 | S.W.A.T. | Wesley |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Dr. Healy |
| 2012 | Scandal | Judge Leo Theroux |
| 2009 | Men of a Certain Age | Roy |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Minister |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | High Powered Attorney |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | Dr. Sidney Hayward |
| 2007 | Greek | Professor Sommerfield |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Dr. Chiles |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Doctor Chiles |
| 2003 | NCIS | Henry Bennett |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Moss |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Judge Berber |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Chaplain |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Otis |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Principal |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Dr. Ted Tatum |
| 1999 | Family Law | |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Dr. Kenneth Clark |
| 1987 | Married... with Children | Principal Alburton |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Andy Anderson |