
Damien Leake
Acting
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.
Born: August 12, 1952 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (47)

The Baxters
2024

1923
2022

The Rookie: Feds
2022

Messiah
2020

Breaking In
2018

Good Girls
2018

S.W.A.T.
2017

Sleepwalker
2017

Bad Twin
2016

How to Get Away with Murder
2014

Scandal
2012

The Experiment
2010

Men of a Certain Age
2009

Prison Break: The Final Break
2009

Dollhouse
2009

Eleventh Hour
2008

The Mentalist
2008

The Great Debaters
2007

Saving Grace
2007

Greek
2007

88 Minutes
2007

Ghost Whisperer
2005

Boston Legal
2004

NCIS
2003

Nip/Tuck
2003

Without a Trace
2002

CSI: Miami
2002

Crossing Jordan
2001

Strong Medicine
2000

The West Wing
1999

Family Law
1999

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

Married... with Children
1987

Highlander
1986

The Cotton Club
1984

The Cosby Show
1984

Apocalypse Now
1979

Death Wish
1974

Serpico
1973
