8.3
Movie
Acting
Damien Leake
- Born
- (age 74)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 55 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.3
Movie
8.4
TV
The Mentalist
6.9
Movie
Highlander
7.6
TV
NCIS
7.5
Movie
Serpico
7.0
Movie
Born on the Fourth of July
8.1
TV
Ghost Whisperer
7.8
TV
How to Get Away with Murder
7.7
TV
CSI: Miami
8.0
TV
S.W.A.T.
6.2
Movie
The Devil's Own
6.4
Movie
The Experiment
7.7
TV
Married... with Children
5.8
Movie
88 Minutes
6.3
Movie
Mighty Joe Young
8.3
TV
1923
7.3
Movie
The Great Debaters
7.5
Movie
Prison Break: The Final Break
Acting credits 55
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuna on Rye Film | Arthur |
| 2024 | The Baxters TV | Pastor Mark (5 ep) |
| 2022 | 1923 TV | Marvin (1 ep) |
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds TV | Agent Bob Telford (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Messiah TV | George (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Breaking In Film | Isaac |
| 2018 | Good Girls TV | Pastor Collins (3 ep) |
| 2017 | S.W.A.T. TV | Wesley (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Sleepwalker Film | |
| 2016 | Bad Twin Film | Dr. Martine |
| 2016 | The Bad Twin Film | Dr. Martine |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder TV | Dr. Healy (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Scandal TV | Judge Leo Theroux (1 ep) |
| 2010 | The Experiment Film | Govenor |
| 2009 | Men of a Certain Age TV | Roy (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Prison Break: The Final Break Film | Detective Marlin |
| 2009 | Dollhouse TV | Minister (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour TV | Dr. Sidney Hayward (1 ep) |
| 2008 | The Mentalist TV | High Powered Attorney (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters Film | Wilson |
| 2007 | Saving Grace TV | Calvin Revo (1 ep) |
| 2007 | Greek TV | Professor Sommerfield (4 ep) |
| 2007 | 88 Minutes Film | The Judge |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer TV | Dr. Chiles, Doctor Chiles (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Boston Legal TV | Referee (1 ep) |
| 2003 | NCIS TV | Henry Bennett (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck TV | Dr. Moss (3 ep) |
| 2002 | Without a Trace TV | Chaplain (1 ep) |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami TV | Judge Berber (1 ep) |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan TV | Otis (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine TV | Principal (1 ep) |
| 1999 | The West Wing TV | Dr. Ted Tatum (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Family Law TV | (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young Film | Cop |
| 1998 | Under the bridge Film | Sammy |
| 1998 | Ask Harriet TV | Marty (13 ep) |
| 1997 | The Devil's Own Film | Art Fisher |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard Film | Self |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal Film | Dr. Kenneth Clark |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal TV | Dr. Kenneth Clark (2 ep) |
| 1991 | He Said, She Said Film | Ray, the Technical Director |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July Film | Patient - VA Hospital |
| 1989 | Sea of Love Film | Ernest Lee |
| 1989 | Collision Course Film | Tenement Man |
| 1988 | Last Rites Film | Detective Brown |
| 1987 | Married... with Children TV | Principal Alburton (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Highlander Film | Tony |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club Film | Bub Jewett |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show TV | Andy Anderson (1 ep) |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor Film | Frank Custer |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Dale 'D.J.' Jackson, Frank Custer (1 ep) |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now Film | Machine Gunner |
| 1974 | Death Wish Film | Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Serpico Film | Joey |
| 1972 | Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man Film | Hitch |