Damien Leake

Damien Leake (72)

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.

On Movies

  • Breaking In
  • Sleepwalker
  • Bad Twin
  • The Experiment
  • Prison Break: The Final Break
  • The Great Debaters
  • 88 Minutes
  • Mighty Joe Young
  • The Devil's Own
  • Separate But Equal
  • He Said, She Said
  • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Sea of Love
  • Collision Course
  • Last Rites
  • Highlander
  • The Cotton Club
  • The Killing Floor
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Death Wish
  • Serpico

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