Damien Leake
Known for 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.
Filmography
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Machine Gunner
Highlander
1986
as Tony
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009
as Detective Marlin
Serpico
1973
as Joey
The Experiment
2010
as Govenor
Sea of Love
1989
as Ernest Lee
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Patient - VA Hospital
Death Wish
1974
as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
The Devil's Own
1997
as Art Fisher
Mighty Joe Young
1998
as Cop
The Great Debaters
2007
as Wilson
The Cotton Club
1984
as Bub Jewett
Breaking In
2018
as Isaac
88 Minutes
2007
as The Judge
He Said, She Said
1991
as Ray, the Technical Director
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self
Collision Course
1989
as Tenement Man
Last Rites
1988
as Detective Brown
Sleepwalker
2017
The Killing Floor
1984
as Frank Custer