Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 12, 1952 (age 74)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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 - Movies
Apocalypse Now
as Machine Gunner
Highlander
as Tony
Serpico
as Joey
Born on the Fourth of July
as Patient - VA Hospital
Death Wish
as Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
The Devil's Own
as Art Fisher
The Experiment
as Govenor
Prison Break: The Final Break
as Detective Marlin
Sea of Love
as Ernest Lee
The Great Debaters
as Wilson
Known For - TV Shows
NCIS
as Henry Bennett
The Mentalist
as High Powered Attorney
S.W.A.T.
as Wesley
CSI: Miami
as Judge Berber
The West Wing
as Dr. Ted Tatum
Scandal
as Judge Leo Theroux
Without a Trace
as Chaplain
Married... with Children
as Principal Alburton
How to Get Away with Murder
as Dr. Healy
Ghost Whisperer
as Dr. Chiles