
Damien Leake
Acting
Born 1952-08-12 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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

Apocalypse Now
1979 · Movie

Highlander
1986 · Movie

Serpico
1973 · Movie

Prison Break: The Final Break
2009 · Movie

Death Wish
1974 · Movie

Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Movie

The Devil's Own
1997 · Movie

Sea of Love
1989 · Movie

The Great Debaters
2007 · Movie

Mighty Joe Young
1998 · Movie

The Experiment
2010 · Movie

The Cotton Club
1984 · Movie

Looking for Richard
1996 · Movie

88 Minutes
2007 · Movie

Breaking In
2018 · Movie

The Killing Floor
1984 · Movie

He Said, She Said
1991 · Movie

Separate But Equal
1991 · Movie

Bad Twin
2016 · Movie

Sleepwalker
2017 · Movie

Last Rites
1988 · Movie

Collision Course
1989 · Movie

The Bad Twin
2016 · Movie

Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
1972 · Movie