Acting

Damien Leake

Born August 12, 1952 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA (age 74)

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 N…

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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now · 1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Highlander

Highlander · 1986

MovieAdventureAction

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July · 1989

Born on the Fourth of July

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

The Devil's Own

The Devil's Own · 1997

The Devil's Own

MovieCrimeThriller

Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.

Serpico

Serpico · 1973

MovieCrimeDrama

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young · 1998

Mighty Joe Young

MovieAdventureFamily

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.

The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters · 2007

The Great Debaters

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club · 1984

The Cotton Club

MovieCrimeDrama

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now · 1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Machine Gunner

Highlander

Highlander · 1986

MovieAdventureAction

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

Tony

Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July · 1989

Born on the Fourth of July

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Patient - VA Hospital

The Devil's Own

The Devil's Own · 1997

The Devil's Own

MovieCrimeThriller

Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.

Art Fisher

Serpico

Serpico · 1973

MovieCrimeDrama

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Joey

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young · 1998

Mighty Joe Young

MovieAdventureFamily

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.

Cop

The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters · 2007

The Great Debaters

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

Wilson

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club · 1984

The Cotton Club

MovieCrimeDrama

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Bub Jewett

Sea of Love

Sea of Love · 1989

MovieCrimeDrama

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

Ernest Lee

Death Wish

Death Wish · 1974

MovieCrimeDrama

After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.

Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)

Breaking In

Breaking In · 2018

MovieActionCrime

Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.

Isaac

Prison Break: The Final Break

Prison Break: The Final Break · 2009

Prison Break: The Final Break

MovieActionDrama

Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to break out the increasingly vulnerable target.

Detective Marlin

The Experiment

The Experiment · 2010

MovieThrillerDrama

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Govenor

88 Minutes

88 Minutes · 2007

MovieThrillerMystery

Famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm enjoys a reputation as one of the most sought-after profilers around. His expert testimony has resulted in the conviction of many criminals, including serial killer Jon Forster. On the eve of Forster's execution, one of Gramm's students is murdered in a vicious copycat crime, and Gramm himself receives an ominous message informing him that he has less than 90 minutes to live.

The Judge

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said · 1991

He Said, She Said

MovieComedyDrama

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.

Ray, the Technical Director

Collision Course

Collision Course · 1989

Collision Course

MovieActionComedy

A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.

Tenement Man

Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker · 2017

A young woman seeks help from a sleep clinic for her insomnia, but soon deals with her entire life being turned upside down.

Last Rites

Last Rites · 1988

MovieRomanceThriller

After witnessing her lover being murdered by his jealous wife, Angela seeks refuge in a church where she encounters a young priest named Michael, who gives her sanctuary. But the killing was not a simple act of passion, as the victim had ties to organized crime, and, surprisingly, so does Michael, whose father is a powerful don. When the priest finds himself falling in love with Angela, his religious vows and family ties are both severely tested.

Detective Brown

Bad Twin

Bad Twin · 2016

MovieThrillerTV Movie

A radio host takes in her troubled sister’s twin daughters, unknowingly putting her family, her friends, and herself at risk.

Dr. Martine

Separate but Equal

Separate but Equal · 1991

Separate but Equal

MovieHistoryTV Movie

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Dr. Kenneth Clark

The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor · 1984

The Killing Floor

MovieDramaTV Movie

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.

Frank Custer

Tuna on Rye

Tuna on Rye · 2026

Amy and Arthur deal with the everyday complications of Arthur’s dementia.

Arthur

Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man

Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man · 1972

Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man

A dramatised documentary which explores ghetto life as seen and felt inside Harlem, based on experiences of the Northside Centre for Child Development. Concerns a southern black adolescent boy’s reaction to ghetto life.

Hitch

The Bad Twin

The Bad Twin · 2016

Psychological thriller in which two twin sisters move in with their aunt after their mother is placed in psychiatric care.

Dr. Martine

NCIS

SeriesCrimeDrama

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

Henry Bennett

The Mentalist

The Mentalist · 2008

SeriesCrimeDrama

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

High Powered Attorney

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami · 2002

SeriesDramaMystery

The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

Judge Berber

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T. · 2017

SeriesCrimeAction & Adventure

A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.

Wesley

Married... with Children

Married... with Children · 1987

Married... with Children

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

Principal Alburton

The West Wing

The West Wing · 1999

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

Dr. Ted Tatum

Without a Trace

Without a Trace · 2002

Without a Trace

SeriesCrimeMystery

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

Chaplain

Scandal

Scandal · 2012

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.

Judge Leo Theroux

Boston Legal

Boston Legal · 2004

SeriesComedyDrama

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.

Referee

Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer · 2005

Ghost Whisperer

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.

Dr. Chiles

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck · 2003

Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.

Dr. Moss

How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder · 2014

How to Get Away with Murder

SeriesCrimeDrama

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.

Dr. Healy

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan · 2001

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Otis

American Playhouse

American Playhouse · 1982

American Playhouse

SeriesDramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Dale 'D.J.' Jackson

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine · 2000

Strong Medicine

The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

Principal

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show · 1984

SeriesComedyFamily

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

Andy Anderson

Good Girls

Good Girls · 2018

SeriesDramaCrime

Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

Pastor Collins

1923

SeriesDramaWestern

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.

Marvin

Greek

SeriesComedyDrama

Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.

Professor Sommerfield

The Rookie: Feds

The Rookie: Feds · 2022

The Rookie: Feds

SeriesCrimeDrama

Special Agent Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI, is a force of nature, the living embodiment of a dream deferred – and she works together with her new colleagues at the Los Angeles office of the Bureau to bring down the country’s toughest criminals.

Agent Bob Telford

Saving Grace

Saving Grace · 2007

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.

Calvin Revo

Family Law

Family Law · 1999

SeriesDramaComedy

Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.

Dollhouse

Dollhouse · 2009

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the Dollhouse, the "Actives" are hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected to wholly become—with mind, personality and physiology—whomever the client wants or needs them to be. They know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time—or do they?

Minister

Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour · 2008

SeriesDramaMystery

Dr. Jacob Hood is a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government who investigates scientific crises and oddities. His crusade is to protect the substance of science against those who would abuse and misuse scientific discoveries for their own gain.

Dr. Sidney Hayward