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Shaven headed, imposing looking African American actor, director, producer and writer who received his dramatic arts training at Boston University, New York University's Tisch School of Arts and at the American Film Institute. Duke first broke into TV in the early eighties directing episodes of well known TV shows including Miami Vice... See full bio »

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William Henry Duke Jr.
in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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Hide HideDirector (53 titles)
2011 Xelerate (short)
 
2011 Dark Girls (documentary)
 
2009 Not Easily Broken
 
2007 Prince Among Slaves (documentary) (recreations director)
 
2007 Cover
 
2005 Miracle's Boys (TV mini-series)
– Miracle's Song (2005)
 
2004 1-800-Missing (TV series)
– Mr. Nobody (2004)
 
2003 Robbery Homicide Division (TV series)
– Vamonos Chica (2003)
 
2003 Fastlane (TV series)
– Overkill (2003)
 
2003 Deacons for Defense (TV movie)
 
2002 Strong Medicine (TV series)
– Compassionate Release (2002)
 
2002 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
– Partners of the Heart (2002) (re-enactments)
 
2001 Living in the Spirit Revue (video documentary)
 
2001 Angel: One More Road to Cross (video)
 
2000 City of Angels (TV series)
– Bride and Prejudice (2000)
 
2000 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV movie)
 
1997 Hoodlum
 
1996 America's Dream (TV movie)
 
1994 New York Undercover (TV series)
– Pilot (1994)
 
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
 
1993 The Cemetery Club
 
1992 Deep Cover
 
1991 A Rage in Harlem
 
1990 The Outsiders (TV series)
– Union Blues (1990)
– Mirror Image (1990)
– Only the Lonely (1990)
 
1990 Brewster Place (TV series)
– Partners (1990)
 
1989 Gideon Oliver (TV series)
– Kennonite (1989)
 
1984-1989 American Playhouse (TV series)
– The Meeting (1989)
– A Raisin in the Sun (1989)
– The Killing Floor (1984)
 
1989 A Man Called Hawk (TV series)
– Passing the Bar (1989)
 
1989 Heartbeat (TV series)
– Paradise Lost (1989)
 
1988 Tour of Duty (TV series)
– The Short Timer (1988)
 
1988 Miami Vice (TV series)
– Baseballs of Death (1988)
 
1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
– The Siege (1988)
 
1987 Crime Story (TV series)
– Shockwaves (1987)
– Atomic Fallout (1987)
 
1982-1987 Knots Landing (TV series)
– Nightmare (1987)
– The Deluge (1985)
– Fly Away Home (1985)
– Out of the Past (1985)
– Yesterday It Rained (1984)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1987 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– The Card/The Junction (1987)
 
1987 Amen (TV series)
– Frye for the Defense (1987)
 
1986-1987 Starman (TV series)
– The System (1987)
– Fever (1986)
 
1986 Matlock (TV series)
– The Professor (1986)
 
1986 Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (TV movie)
 
1986 Fame (TV series)
– Double Exposure (1986)
 
1986 Flag
 
1985 Hell Town (TV series)
– I Will Abide (1985)
 
1985 MacGruder and Loud (TV series)
– Stepover Man (1985)
 
1985 Berrenger's (TV series)
– Dangerous Ground (1985)
 
1983-1984 Hill Street Blues (TV series)
– Blues for Mr. Green (1984)
– Death by Kiki (1983)
 
1984 Hunter (TV series)
– The Hot Grounder (1984)
 
1984 Call to Glory (TV series)
– Paper Tiger (1984)
 
1984 Maximum Security (TV series)
– Pilot (1984)
 
1983-1984 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
– The Bounty Hunter (1984)
– Chop Shop (1983)
 
1983-1984 Emerald Point N.A.S. (TV series)
– The Best Laid Plans (1984)
– Episode #1.4 (1983)
 
1983 Dallas (TV series)
– Crash of '83 (1983)
– The Reckoning (1983)
 
1982 Falcon Crest (TV series)
– Confrontations (1982)
– Choices (1982)
– Home Away from Home (1982)
– Murder One (1982)
– The Arrival (1982)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1982 Flamingo Road (TV series)
– Double Exposure (1982)
– To Catch a Thief (1982)
 
Show ShowActor (57 titles)
2013 Bad Country (post-production)
Nokes
 
2013 Battledogs (TV movie)
President Donald Sheridan
 
2012 Freaky Deaky
Wendell Robinson
 
2011 Chaos (TV series)
General Margolis
– Core Fortitude (2011) … General Margolis
 
2011/V Engagement
 
2010 Henry's Crime
Frank
 
2010 The Big Bang
Drummer
 
2009 Level 26: Dark Origins (short)
Jack Mitchell
 
2008 My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)
Serge Khabako
– Love in All the Wrong Places (2008) … Serge Khabako
 
2008 Cold Case (TV series)
'08 / Grover Boone '05
– Street Money (2008) … Grover Boone '05 / '08
 
2007 The Boondocks (TV series)
Detective
– Thank You for Not Snitching (2007) … Detective (voice)
 
2007 The Go-Getter
Liquor Supply
 
2006/I Yellow
Miles Emory
 
2006 Lost (TV series)
Warden Harris
– Every Man for Himself (2006) … Warden Harris
 
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
Trask
 
2006 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
Phelan
– Black Market (2006) … Phelan
 
2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Levar
 
2003-2004 Karen Sisco (TV series)
Amos Andrews
– He Was a Friend of Mine (2004) … Amos Andrews
– No One's Girl (2004) … Amos Andrews
– Dog Day Sisco (2004) … Amos Andrews
– Nobody's Perfect (2003) … Amos Andrews
– Dear Derwood... (2003) … Amos Andrews
See all 10 episodes »
 
2002-2003 Fastlane (TV series)
Capt. Bob Parish
– Iced (2003) … Capt. Bob Parish
– Simone Says (2003) … Capt. Bob Parish
– Offense (2003) … Capt. Bob Parish
– Get Your Mack On (2002) … Capt. Bob Parish
– Ryde or Die (2002) … Capt. Bob Parish
 
2003 National Security
Lieutenant Washington
 
2002 Red Dragon
Police Chief
 
2002 Love and a Bullet
Mysterious Voice on Phone
 
2002 Justice League (TV series)
Detective
– The Brave and the Bold (2002) … Detective (voice)
 
2002 R.U.S./H. (TV movie)
 
2001 Exit Wounds
Chief Hinges
 
2001 Never Again
Earl
 
2000 Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (TV movie)
Chirumenga Jenga
 
1999 Fever
Detective Glass
 
1999 The Limey
Head DEA Agent (uncredited)
 
1999 Foolish
Studio Producer
 
1999/I Payback
Det. Hicks
 
1998 Susan's Plan
Detective Scott
 
1998 Always Outnumbered (TV movie)
Blackbird Wills
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Nat King Cole: Loved in Return (1998) … Narrator
 
1998 Black Jaq (TV movie)
Ivor 'Max' Maxwell
 
1994 New York Undercover (TV series)
Hitman
– Pilot (1994) … Hitman (uncredited)
 
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Mr. Johnson
 
1993 Menace II Society
Detective
 
1990 Bird on a Wire
Albert Diggs
 
1989 Samuel Fuller's Street of No Return
Lieutenant Borel
 
1989 American Playhouse (TV series)
FBI Agent #2
– The Meeting (1989) … FBI Agent #2
 
1988 Action Jackson
Capt. Earl Armbruster
 
1987 No Man's Land
Malcolm
 
1987 Predator
Mac
 
1986 Dallas: The Early Years (TV movie)
Seth Foster
 
1985 Commando
Cooke
 
1981 Benson (TV series)
Mad Dog
– The Grass Ain't Greener (1981) … Mad Dog
 
1980-1981 Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV series)
Luther Freeman
– Crossroads (1981) … Luther Freeman
– The Threat (1981) … Luther Freeman
– Future City (1981) … Luther Freeman
– Scandal (1981) … Luther Freeman
– The Old Sister (1980) … Luther Freeman
See all 11 episodes »
 
1980 American Gigolo
Leon
 
1978 Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (TV movie)
Sgt. Langford
 
1978 Love Is Not Enough (TV movie)
'Happy' Jordan
 
1978 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
David Pearl
– Angels on the Run (1978) … David Pearl
 
1978 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Officer Dryden
– Hutchinson for Murder One (1978) … Officer Dryden
 
1976 Car Wash
Duane - Abdullah
 
1976 On the Rocks (TV series)
– High Noon (1976)
 
1976 Kojak (TV series)
Sylk
– Bad Dude (1976) … Sylk
 
1972-1975 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Mr. Sands
– Santiago's America (1975) … Mr. Sands
– Santiago's Ark (1972) … Mr. Sands
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
2012 Brooklyn Gangster: The Story of Jose Lucas (consulting producer)
 
2011 Xelerate (short) (producer)
 
2011 Dark Girls (documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
2009 Not Easily Broken (producer)
 
2007 Cover (producer)
 
2006 The Pact (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2001 Living in the Spirit Revue (video documentary) (co-executive producer)
 
1997 Hoodlum (executive producer)
 
1996 Sweet Potato Ride (short) (executive producer)
 
2002 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (director of re-creations - 1 episode)
– Partners of the Heart (2002) (director of re-creations)
 
1982 Rude (assistant director)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1979 Good Times (TV series)
– Cousin Raymond (1979) (written by)
 
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2012 Brooklyn Gangster: The Story of Jose Lucas (special thanks)
 
2010/I Salvation Road (short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Free Meal (short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Earshot (special thanks)
 
2007 El pistolero del diablo (short) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
2007 Flat Dog Dreams (short) (special thanks)
 
2007 Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (special thanks)
 
1992 Ax 'Em (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (33 titles)
2012 Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.102 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Reel Black Love (documentary)
 
2011 Way Black When: Primetime (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 The Mo'Nique Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Brian McKnight Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.23 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 On Profiles in Courage (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Directors on Directing (documentary)
Bill Duke
 
2009 Straight from the Horses Mouth (video)
Himself
 
2009 Film Hustle (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Trailers from Hell (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Baisden After Dark (TV series)
Himself
– The New Kings of Hollywood (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 11th Annual Ribbon of Hope Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Screen Nation Television and Film Awards 2007 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Commando: Pure Action (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (video)
Himself
 
2005 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.140 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Roots: Celebrating 25 Years (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Predator: The Life Inside (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Predator: Old Painless (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Predator: Character Design (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Predator: The Unseen Arnold (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Predator: Classified Action (video short)
Himself
 
2001 If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Good Times (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Robin Givens (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Redd Foxx: Say It Like It Is (2000) … Himself
 
1997 Frank Capra's American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee: Director
 
1993 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.39 (1993) … Himself
 
1991 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2006 Payback: Straight Up (video)
Det. Hicks
 

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Height:

6' 4½" (1.94 m)
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