
Damien Leake
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1952-08-12
Place of birth: 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

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