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.
Movie Appearances
Prison Break: The Final Break
as Detective Marlin
2009
He Said, She Said
as Ray, the Technical Director
1991
Collision Course
as Tenement Man
1989
Mighty Joe Young
as Cop
1998
The Experiment
as Govenor
2010
The Great Debaters
as Wilson
2007
Serpico
as Joey
1973
Death Wish
as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
1974
Born on the Fourth of July
as Patient - VA Hospital
1989
Sea of Love
as Ernest Lee
1989
Apocalypse Now
as Machine Gunner
1979
Separate But Equal
as Dr. Kenneth Clark
1991
Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
as Hitch
1972
Bad Twin
as Dr. Martine
2016
Highlander
as Tony
1986
Breaking In
as Isaac
2018
The Killing Floor
as Frank Custer
1984
The Devil's Own
as Art Fisher
1997
The Cotton Club
as Bub Jewett
1984
Last Rites
as Detective Brown
1988
TV Appearances
Ghost Whisperer
as Dr. Chiles
2005
Ghost Whisperer
as Doctor Chiles
2005
Greek
as Professor Sommerfield
2007
Good Girls
as Pastor Collins
2018
The Rookie: Feds
as Agent Bob Telford
2022
Men of a Certain Age
as Roy
2009
The Mentalist
as High Powered Attorney
2008
Married... with Children
as Principal Alburton
1987
Scandal
as Judge Leo Theroux
2012
How to Get Away with Murder
as Dr. Healy
2014
CSI: Miami
as Judge Berber
2002
S.W.A.T.
as Wesley
2017