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.
Known For
NCIS
The Mentalist
S.W.A.T.
CSI: Miami
Without a Trace
The West Wing
Married... with Children
Ghost Whisperer
All Movies (25)
- Tuna on Rye2026 · as Arthur
- Breaking In2018 · as Isaac
- Sleepwalker2017
- Bad Twin2016 · as Dr. Martine
- The Bad Twin2016 · as Dr. Martine
- The Experiment2010 · as Govenor
- Prison Break: The Final Break2009 · as Detective Marlin
- The Great Debaters2007 · as Wilson
- 88 Minutes2007 · as The Judge
- Mighty Joe Young1998 · as Cop
- The Devil's Own1997 · as Art Fisher
- Looking for Richard1996 · as Self
- Separate But Equal1991 · as Dr. Kenneth Clark
- He Said, She Said1991 · as Ray, the Technical Director
- Born on the Fourth of July1989 · as Patient - VA Hospital
- Sea of Love1989 · as Ernest Lee
- Collision Course1989 · as Tenement Man
- Last Rites1988 · as Detective Brown
- Highlander1986 · as Tony
- The Cotton Club1984 · as Bub Jewett
- The Killing Floor1984 · as Frank Custer
- Apocalypse Now1979 · as Machine Gunner
- Death Wish1974 · as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
- Serpico1973 · as Joey
- Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man1972 · as Hitch
All TV Shows (29)
- The Baxters2024 · as Pastor Mark
- 19232022 · as Marvin
- The Rookie: Feds2022 · as Agent Bob Telford
- Messiah2020 · as George
- Good Girls2018 · as Pastor Collins
- S.W.A.T.2017 · as Wesley
- How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Dr. Healy
- Scandal2012 · as Judge Leo Theroux
- Men of a Certain Age2009 · as Roy
- Dollhouse2009 · as Minister
- Eleventh Hour2008 · as Dr. Sidney Hayward
- The Mentalist2008 · as High Powered Attorney
- Saving Grace2007 · as Calvin Revo
- Greek2007 · as Professor Sommerfield
- Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Dr. Chiles
- Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Doctor Chiles
- Boston Legal2004 · as Referee
- NCIS2003 · as Henry Bennett
- Nip/Tuck2003 · as Dr. Moss
- Without a Trace2002 · as Chaplain
- CSI: Miami2002 · as Judge Berber
- Crossing Jordan2001 · as Otis
- Strong Medicine2000 · as Principal
- The West Wing1999 · as Dr. Ted Tatum
- Family Law1999
- Ask Harriet1998 · as Marty
- Separate but Equal1991 · as Dr. Kenneth Clark
- Married... with Children1987 · as Principal Alburton
- The Cosby Show1984 · as Andy Anderson