
Acting
Born August 12, 1952 · 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.

Breaking In
2018

Sleepwalker
2017

Bad Twin
2016

The Bad Twin
2016

The Experiment
2010

Prison Break: The Final Break
2009

The Great Debaters
2007

88 Minutes
2007

Mighty Joe Young
1998

The Devil's Own
1997

Looking for Richard
1996

Separate But Equal
1991

He Said, She Said
1991

Born on the Fourth of July
1989

Sea of Love
1989

Collision Course
1989

Last Rites
1988

Highlander
1986

The Cotton Club
1984

The Killing Floor
1984

Apocalypse Now
1979

Death Wish
1974

Serpico
1973

Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
1972