Portrait of Damien Leake

Damien Leake

Acting

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.

Born: August 12, 1952

Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2024
The Baxters

as Pastor Mark

2022
1923

as Marvin

2022
The Rookie: Feds

as Agent Bob Telford

2020
Messiah

as George

2018
Breaking In

as Isaac

2018
Good Girls

as Pastor Collins

2017
S.W.A.T.

as Wesley

2016
Bad Twin

as Dr. Martine

2012
Scandal

as Judge Leo Theroux

2010
The Experiment

as Govenor

2009
2009
Dollhouse

as Minister

2008
Eleventh Hour

as Dr. Sidney Hayward

2008
The Mentalist

as High Powered Attorney

2007
2007
Greek

as Professor Sommerfield

2007
88 Minutes

as The Judge

2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Dr. Chiles

2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Doctor Chiles

2004
Boston Legal

as Referee

2003
NCIS

as Henry Bennett

2003
Nip/Tuck

as Dr. Moss

2002
Without a Trace

as Chaplain

2002
CSI: Miami

as Judge Berber

2001
2000
Strong Medicine

as Principal

1999
The West Wing

as Dr. Ted Tatum

1997
The Devil's Own

as Art Fisher

1991
Separate But Equal

as Dr. Kenneth Clark

1991
Separate but Equal

as Dr. Kenneth Clark

1991
He Said, She Said

as Ray, the Technical Director

1989
Born on the Fourth of July

as Patient - VA Hospital

1989
Sea of Love

as Ernest Lee

1989
Collision Course

as Tenement Man

1988
Last Rites

as Detective Brown

1987
Married... with Children

as Principal Alburton

1986
Highlander

as Tony

1984
The Cotton Club

as Bub Jewett

1984
The Cosby Show

as Andy Anderson

1984
The Killing Floor

as Frank Custer

1979
Apocalypse Now

as Machine Gunner

1974
Death Wish

as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)

1973
Serpico

as Joey

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The Bad Twin

as Dr. Martine