Acting · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Born August 12, 1952
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.
MovieTuna on Rye
2026
as Arthur
TVThe Baxters
2024
as Pastor Mark
TV1923
2022
as Marvin
TVThe Rookie: Feds
2022
as Agent Bob Telford
TVMessiah
2020
as George
MovieBreaking In
2018
as Isaac
TVGood Girls
2018
as Pastor Collins
TVS.W.A.T.
2017
as Wesley
MovieSleepwalker
2017
MovieBad Twin
2016
as Dr. Martine
MovieThe Bad Twin
2016
as Dr. Martine
TVHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Dr. Healy
TVScandal
2012
as Judge Leo Theroux
MovieThe Experiment
2010
as Govenor
TVMen of a Certain Age
2009
as Roy
MoviePrison Break: The Final Break
2009
as Detective Marlin
TVDollhouse
2009
as Minister
TVEleventh Hour
2008
as Dr. Sidney Hayward
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as High Powered Attorney
MovieThe Great Debaters
2007
as Wilson
TVSaving Grace
2007
as Calvin Revo
TVGreek
2007
as Professor Sommerfield
Movie88 Minutes
2007
as The Judge
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Dr. Chiles
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Referee
TVNCIS
2003
as Henry Bennett
TVNip/Tuck
2003
as Dr. Moss
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Chaplain
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Judge Berber
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Otis
TVStrong Medicine
2000
as Principal
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Dr. Ted Tatum
TVFamily Law
1999
MovieMighty Joe Young
1998
as Cop
Ask Harriet
1998
as Marty
MovieThe Devil's Own
1997
as Art Fisher
MovieLooking for Richard
1996
as Self
MovieSeparate but Equal
1991
as Dr. Kenneth Clark
TVSeparate but Equal
1991
as Dr. Kenneth Clark
MovieHe Said, She Said
1991
as Ray, the Technical Director
MovieBorn on the Fourth of July
1989
as Patient - VA Hospital
MovieSea of Love
1989
as Ernest Lee
MovieCollision Course
1989
as Tenement Man
MovieLast Rites
1988
as Detective Brown
TVMarried... with Children
1987
as Principal Alburton
MovieHighlander
1986
as Tony
MovieThe Cotton Club
1984
as Bub Jewett
TVThe Cosby Show
1984
as Andy Anderson
MovieThe Killing Floor
1984
as Frank Custer
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Dale 'D.J.' Jackson
MovieApocalypse Now
1979
as Machine Gunner
MovieDeath Wish
1974
as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
MovieSerpico
1973
as Joey
MovieHitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
1972
as Hitch
