Damien Leake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 12, 1952
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Tuna on Rye 2026
as Arthur
Breaking In 2018
as Isaac
Sleepwalker 2017
Actor
The Bad Twin 2016
as Dr. Martine
Bad Twin 2016
as Dr. Martine
The Experiment 2010
as Govenor
Prison Break: The Final Break 2009
as Detective Marlin
The Great Debaters 2007
as Wilson
88 Minutes 2007
as The Judge
Mighty Joe Young 1998
as Cop
- Under the bridge
Under the bridge 1998
as Sammy
The Devil's Own 1997
as Art Fisher
Looking for Richard 1996
as Self
Separate but Equal 1991
as Dr. Kenneth Clark
He Said, She Said 1991
as Ray, the Technical Director
Born on the Fourth of July 1989
as Patient - VA Hospital
Sea of Love 1989
as Ernest Lee
Collision Course 1989
as Tenement Man
Last Rites 1988
as Detective Brown
Highlander 1986
as Tony
The Cotton Club 1984
as Bub Jewett
The Killing Floor 1984
as Frank Custer
Apocalypse Now 1979
as Machine Gunner
Death Wish 1974
as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
Serpico 1973
as Joey
Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man 1972
as Hitch
Credits from TMDB.