Damien Leake
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
Tuna on Rye
2026
as Arthur
Breaking In
2018
as Isaac
Sleepwalker
2017
Bad Twin
2016
as Dr. Martine
The 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
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