Damien Leake
Born: 1952-08-12 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- The Baxters as Pastor Mark
2022
- 1923 as Marvin
- The Rookie: Feds as Agent Bob Telford
2020
- Messiah as George
2018
- Good Girls as Pastor Collins
- Breaking In as Isaac
2017
- S.W.A.T. as Wesley
- Sleepwalker
2016
- Bad Twin as Dr. Martine
2014
- How to Get Away with Murder as Dr. Healy
2012
- Scandal as Judge Leo Theroux
2010
- The Experiment as Govenor
2009
- Dollhouse as Minister
- Prison Break: The Final Break as Detective Marlin
- Men of a Certain Age as Roy
2008
- The Mentalist as High Powered Attorney
- Eleventh Hour as Dr. Sidney Hayward
2007
- Greek as Professor Sommerfield
- Saving Grace as Calvin Revo
- 88 Minutes as The Judge
- The Great Debaters as Wilson
2005
- Ghost Whisperer as Dr. Chiles
2004
- Boston Legal as Referee
2002
- CSI: Miami as Judge Berber
- Without a Trace as Chaplain
2001
- Crossing Jordan as Otis
2000
- Strong Medicine as Principal
1999
- The West Wing as Dr. Ted Tatum
- Family Law
1998
- Mighty Joe Young as Cop
1997
- The Devil's Own as Art Fisher
1996
- Looking for Richard as Self
1991
- He Said, She Said as Ray, the Technical Director
- Separate But Equal as Dr. Kenneth Clark
- Separate but Equal as Dr. Kenneth Clark
1989
- Collision Course as Tenement Man
- Sea of Love as Ernest Lee
- Born on the Fourth of July as Patient - VA Hospital
1988
- Last Rites as Detective Brown
1987
- Married... with Children as Principal Alburton
1986
- Highlander as Tony
1984
- The Cosby Show as Andy Anderson
- The Cotton Club as Bub Jewett
- The Killing Floor as Frank Custer
1979
- Apocalypse Now as Machine Gunner
1974
- Death Wish as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
1973
- Serpico as Joey