Damien Leake
Acting
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
2018Breaking In
Isaac
2017Sleepwalker
2016Bad Twin
Dr. Martine
2016The Bad Twin
Dr. Martine
2010The Experiment
Govenor
2009Prison Break: The Final Break
Detective Marlin
2007The Great Debaters
Wilson
200788 Minutes
The Judge
1998Mighty Joe Young
Cop
1997The Devil's Own
Art Fisher
1996Looking for Richard
Self
1991He Said, She Said
Ray, the Technical Director
1991Separate But Equal
Dr. Kenneth Clark
1989Collision Course
Tenement Man
1989Born on the Fourth of July
Patient - VA Hospital
1989Sea of Love
Ernest Lee
1988Last Rites
Detective Brown
1986Highlander
Tony
1984The Killing Floor
Frank Custer
1984The Cotton Club
Bub Jewett
1979Apocalypse Now
Machine Gunner
1974Death Wish
Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
1973Serpico
Joey
1972Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
Hitch