- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 12, 1952
- Place of Birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Damien Leake
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.
Filmography
movieTuna on Rye
2026 · Arthur
tvThe Baxters
2024 · Pastor Mark
tv1923
2022 · Marvin
tvThe Rookie: Feds
2022 · Agent Bob Telford
tvMessiah
2020 · George
movieBreaking In
2018 · Isaac
tvGood Girls
2018 · Pastor Collins
tvS.W.A.T.
2017 · Wesley
movieSleepwalker
2017
movieBad Twin
2016 · Dr. Martine
movieThe Bad Twin
2016 · Dr. Martine
tvHow to Get Away with Murder
2014 · Dr. Healy
tvScandal
2012 · Judge Leo Theroux
movieThe Experiment
2010 · Govenor
tvMen of a Certain Age
2009 · Roy
moviePrison Break: The Final Break
2009 · Detective Marlin
tvDollhouse
2009 · Minister
tvEleventh Hour
2008 · Dr. Sidney Hayward
tvThe Mentalist
2008 · High Powered Attorney
movieThe Great Debaters
2007 · Wilson
tvSaving Grace
2007 · Calvin Revo
tvGreek
2007 · Professor Sommerfield
movie88 Minutes
2007 · The Judge
tvGhost Whisperer
2005 · Dr. Chiles, Doctor Chiles
tvBoston Legal
2004 · Referee
tvNCIS
2003 · Henry Bennett
tvNip/Tuck
2003 · Dr. Moss
tvWithout a Trace
2002 · Chaplain
tvCSI: Miami
2002 · Judge Berber
tvCrossing Jordan
2001 · Otis
tvStrong Medicine
2000 · Principal
tvThe West Wing
1999 · Dr. Ted Tatum
tvFamily Law
1999
movieMighty Joe Young
1998 · Cop
Ask Harriet
tvAsk Harriet
1998 · Marty
movieThe Devil's Own
1997 · Art Fisher
movieLooking for Richard
1996 · Self
movieSeparate but Equal
1991 · Dr. Kenneth Clark
tvSeparate but Equal
1991 · Dr. Kenneth Clark
movieHe Said, She Said
1991 · Ray, the Technical Director
movieBorn on the Fourth of July
1989 · Patient - VA Hospital
movieSea of Love
1989 · Ernest Lee
movieCollision Course
1989 · Tenement Man
movieLast Rites
1988 · Detective Brown
tvMarried... with Children
1987 · Principal Alburton
movieHighlander
1986 · Tony
movieThe Cotton Club
1984 · Bub Jewett
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Andy Anderson
movieThe Killing Floor
1984 · Frank Custer
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Dale 'D.J.' Jackson, Frank Custer
movieApocalypse Now
1979 · Machine Gunner
movieDeath Wish
1974 · Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
movieSerpico
1973 · Joey
movieHitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
1972 · Hitch