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Bill Duke

Film Director / Actor / Television Director / Playwright | * 02/26/1943 (81) | Poughkeepsie, New York (United States of America (USA))
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William Henry Duke Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. Frequently a character actor, he has starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, and has appeared in films like Car Wash, American Gigolo, No Man's Land, Bird on a Wire, Menace II Society, Exit Wounds, Payback, X-Men: The Last Stand, and ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Det ...

Exit Wounds

R

2001 | 2.8/5 | 1h 41min
Action, Crime, Thriller
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When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Mag ...

X-Men: The Last Stand

PG-13

2006 | 3.2/5 | 1h 44min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. ...

Predator

R

1987 | 3.7/5 | 1h 47min
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fi ...

Commando

R

1985 | 3.3/5 | 1h 30min
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Movies with Bill Duke as Actor(49)

as Self - Interviewee2022 In Search of Tomorrow
as himself2022 Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
as Aldrick Watkins2021 No Sudden Move
as Harold2021 The Vandal
as Spence2019 High Flying Bird
as himself2019 In Search of the Last Action Heroes
as Senior Guard James2019 Hollow Point
as Caruthers2018 Mandy
as Gabriel2017 American Satan
as Officer Brantley2016 Restored Me
as John Nokes2014 Bad Country
as Self - Reader (segment "Freelance")2013 A Fuller Life
as President Donald Sheridan2013 Battledogs
as himself2012 Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
as Wendell Robinson2012 Freaky Deaky
as Drummer2011 The Big Bang
as Frank2010 Henry's Crime
as himself2009 Directors on Directing
as himself2007 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
as Trask2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
as Miles Emory2006 Yellow
as Detective Hicks2006 Payback: Straight Up
as Levar2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Lieutenant Washington2003 National Security
as Mysterious Voice on Phone2002 Love and a Bullet
as Police Chief2002 Red Dragon
as himself2002 If It Bleeds We Can Kill it: The Making of 'Predator'
as Earl2001 Never Again
as Chief Hinges2001 Exit Wounds
as Sheriff Chirumenga Jenga2000 Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
as Det. Hicks1999 Payback
as Head DEA Agent (uncredited)1999 The Limey
as Detective Glass1999 Fever
as Detective Scott1998 Susan's Plan
as Blackbird Wills1998 Always Outnumbered
as himself1997 Frank Capra's American Dream
as Detective1993 Menace II Society
as Mr. Johnson1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Albert Diggs1990 Bird on a Wire
as Lieutenant Borel1989 Street of No Return
as Capt. Earl Armbruster1988 Action Jackson
as Malcolm1987 No Man's Land
as Mac Eliot1987 Predator
as Seth Foster1986 Dallas: The Early Years
as Cooke1985 Commando
as Leon James1980 American Gigolo
as Sgt. Langford1978 Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as 'Happy' Jordan1978 Love Is Not Enough
as Duane – Abdullah1976 Car Wash

TV Shows/Series with Bill Duke as Actor(13)

as Agent Percy Odell2018 Black Lightning
2005 The Boondocks
as Warden Harris2004 Lost
as Phelan2004 Battlestar Galactica
as Grover Boone2003 Cold Case
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Amos Andrews2003 Karen Sisco
as Capt. Bob Parish2002 Fastlane
as Detective (voice)2001 Justice League
1980 Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as David Pearl1976 Charlie's Angels
1975 Starsky & Hutch
as Sylk1973 Kojak

Movies with Bill Duke as Crew(24)

Directing/Director2017 Created Equal
Directing/Director2015 Light Girls
Directing/Director2014 Preying for Mercy
Production/Executive Producer2014 Preying for Mercy
Directing/Director2011 Dark Girls
Directing/Director2009 Not Easily Broken
Production/Producer2009 Not Easily Broken
Directing/Director2008 Prince Among Slaves
Directing/Director2007 Cover
Directing/Director2003 Deacons for Defense
Directing/Director2002 Partners of the Heart
Directing/Director2001 DMX: Angel
Directing/Director2000 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Directing/Director1997 Hoodlum
Production/Executive Producer1997 Hoodlum
Directing/Director1996 America's Dream
Directing/Director1993 The Cemetery Club
Directing/Director1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Directing/Director1992 Deep Cover
Directing/Director1991 A Rage in Harlem
Directing/Director1989 The Meeting
Directing/Director1989 A Raisin in the Sun
Directing/Director1986 Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Directing/Director1984 The Killing Floor

TV Shows/Series with Bill Duke as Crew(31)

Directing/Director2005 Miracle's Boys
Directing/Director2002 Robbery Homicide Division
Directing/Director2002 Fastlane
Directing/Director2001 A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Directing/Director2000 Strong Medicine
Directing/Director1998 Legacy
Directing/Director1994 New York Undercover
Directing/Director1990 The Outsiders
Directing/Director1989 Gideon Oliver
Directing/Director1989 A Man Called Hawk
Directing/Director1988 HeartBeat
Directing/Director1987 Tour of Duty
Directing/Director1986 Matlock
Directing/Director1986 Amen
Directing/Director1986 Crime Story
Directing/Director1986 Starman
Directing/Director1985 Hell Town
Directing/Director1985 Spenser: For Hire
Directing/Director1985 Berrenger's
Directing/Director1985 The Twilight Zone
Directing/Director1984 Hunter
Directing/Director1984 Maximum Security
Directing/Director1984 Miami Vice
Directing/Director1983 Emerald Point N.A.S.
Directing/Director1982 Fame
Directing/Director1982 Cagney & Lacey
Directing/Director1981 Hill Street Blues
Directing/Director1981 Flamingo Road
Directing/Director1981 Falcon Crest
Directing/Director1979 Knots Landing
Directing/Director1978 Dallas

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Full Name: Bill Duke
Born: Friday, 02/26 1943 (February) in Poughkeepsie, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 81 years + 58 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Boston University, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School, Dutchess Community College
Bill Duke frequently works together with these people:
Norman Alden (11x, Actor)
Alan Fudge (11x, Actor)
James Hong (10x, Actor)
Al Ruscio (10x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (9x, Crew)
Richard Bakalyan (9x, Actor)
Georg Stanford Brown (9x, Actor)
Barbara Tarbuck (9x, Actress)
Steven Soderbergh (8x, Crew)
Xander Berkeley (8x, Actor)
Stan Lathan (8x, Crew)
Richard Herd (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1588, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/03/2024