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