Damien Leake
Known for ActingBorn 1952-08-12The 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.
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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 · as Machine Gunner
88 Minutes
2007 · as The Judge
The Devil's Own
1997 · as Art Fisher
Highlander
1986 · as Tony
The Great Debaters
2007 · as Wilson
Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · as Patient - VA Hospital
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009 · as Detective Marlin
Death Wish
1974 · as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
Sea of Love
1989 · as Ernest Lee
Serpico
1973 · as Joey
The Experiment
2010 · as Govenor
Mighty Joe Young
1998 · as Cop
Looking for Richard
1996 · as Self
The Cotton Club
1984 · as Bub Jewett
Breaking In
2018 · as Isaac
Collision Course
1989 · as Tenement Man
He Said, She Said
1991 · as Ray, the Technical Director
Sleepwalker
2017