Damien Leake
- Acting
- August 12, 1952 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
- Tuna on Rye · Arthur
- The Baxters · Pastor Mark
- 1923 · Marvin
- The Rookie: Feds · Agent Bob Telford
- Messiah · George
- Breaking In · Isaac
- Good Girls · Pastor Collins
- S.W.A.T. · Wesley
- Sleepwalker
- Bad Twin · Dr. Martine
- The Bad Twin · Dr. Martine
- How to Get Away with Murder · Dr. Healy
- Scandal · Judge Leo Theroux
- The Experiment · Govenor
- Men of a Certain Age · Roy
- Prison Break: The Final Break · Detective Marlin
- Dollhouse · Minister
- Eleventh Hour · Dr. Sidney Hayward
- The Mentalist · High Powered Attorney
- The Great Debaters · Wilson
- Saving Grace · Calvin Revo
- Greek · Professor Sommerfield
- 88 Minutes · The Judge
- Ghost Whisperer · Dr. Chiles, Doctor Chiles
- Boston Legal · Referee
- NCIS · Henry Bennett
- Nip/Tuck · Dr. Moss
- Without a Trace · Chaplain
- CSI: Miami · Judge Berber
- Crossing Jordan · Otis
- Strong Medicine · Principal
- The West Wing · Dr. Ted Tatum
- Family Law
- Mighty Joe Young · Cop
- Under the bridge · Sammy
- Ask Harriet · Marty
- The Devil's Own · Art Fisher
- Looking for Richard · Self
- Separate but Equal · Dr. Kenneth Clark
- Separate but Equal · Dr. Kenneth Clark
- He Said, She Said · Ray, the Technical Director
- Born on the Fourth of July · Patient - VA Hospital
- Sea of Love · Ernest Lee
- Collision Course · Tenement Man
- Last Rites · Detective Brown
- Married... with Children · Principal Alburton
- Highlander · Tony
- The Cotton Club · Bub Jewett
- The Cosby Show · Andy Anderson
- The Killing Floor · Frank Custer
- American Playhouse · Dale 'D.J.' Jackson, Frank Custer
- Apocalypse Now · Machine Gunner
- Death Wish · Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
- Serpico · Joey
- Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man · Hitch