Acting

Damien Leake

Born 1952-08-12 · 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.

Credits

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Tuna on Rye
as Arthur
2026
The Baxters
as Pastor Mark
2024
1923
as Marvin
2022
The Rookie: Feds
as Agent Bob Telford
2022
Messiah
as George
2020
Breaking In
as Isaac
2018
Good Girls
as Pastor Collins
2018
S.W.A.T.
as Wesley
2017
Sleepwalker
2017
Bad Twin
as Dr. Martine
2016
The Bad Twin
as Dr. Martine
2016
How to Get Away with Murder
as Dr. Healy
2014
Scandal
as Judge Leo Theroux
2012
The Experiment
as Govenor
2010
Men of a Certain Age
as Roy
2009
Prison Break: The Final Break
as Detective Marlin
2009
Dollhouse
as Minister
2009
Eleventh Hour
as Dr. Sidney Hayward
2008
The Mentalist
as High Powered Attorney
2008
The Great Debaters
as Wilson
2007
Saving Grace
as Calvin Revo
2007
Greek
as Professor Sommerfield
2007
88 Minutes
as The Judge
2007
Ghost Whisperer
as Dr. Chiles
2005
Ghost Whisperer
as Doctor Chiles
2005
Boston Legal
as Referee
2004
NCIS
as Henry Bennett
2003
Nip/Tuck
as Dr. Moss
2003
Without a Trace
as Chaplain
2002
CSI: Miami
as Judge Berber
2002
Crossing Jordan
as Otis
2001
Strong Medicine
as Principal
2000
The West Wing
as Dr. Ted Tatum
1999
Family Law
1999
Mighty Joe Young
as Cop
1998
Under the bridge
as Sammy
1998
Ask Harriet
as Marty
1998
The Devil's Own
as Art Fisher
1997
Looking for Richard
as Self
1996
Separate but Equal
as Dr. Kenneth Clark
1991
Separate but Equal
as Dr. Kenneth Clark
1991
He Said, She Said
as Ray, the Technical Director
1991
Born on the Fourth of July
as Patient - VA Hospital
1989
Sea of Love
as Ernest Lee
1989
Collision Course
as Tenement Man
1989
Last Rites
as Detective Brown
1988
Married... with Children
as Principal Alburton
1987
Highlander
as Tony
1986
The Cotton Club
as Bub Jewett
1984
The Cosby Show
as Andy Anderson
1984
The Killing Floor
as Frank Custer
1984
American Playhouse
as Dale 'D.J.' Jackson
1982
American Playhouse
as Frank Custer
1982
Apocalypse Now
as Machine Gunner
1979
Death Wish
as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
1974
Serpico
as Joey
1973
Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
as Hitch
1972