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William Henry Duke Jr. is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres, but occasionally appears in comedy. Frequently a character actor, he has starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, and has appeared in films like American Gigolo, No Man's Land, Bird on a Wire, Menace II Society, Exit Wounds, Payback, X-Men: The Last Stand and Mandy; he often plays characters related to law enforcement.
Birth Name
William Henry Duke Jr.
Born
Friday, 26 February 1943
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Premonition | Donald Carter | 2023 |
| Gaslit | Charles Anderson | 2022 |
| In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022 |
| No Sudden Move | Aldrick Watkins | 2021 |
| Two Degrees | Bill | 2020 |
| The Oval | Curtis | 2019 |
| In Search of the Last Action Heroes | Himself / Self | 2019 |
| Hollow Point | Senior Guard James | 2019 |
| The D.L. Hughley Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| High Flying Bird | Spence | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Premonition | Donald Carter | 2023 |
| Gaslit | Charles Anderson | 2022 |
| In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022 |
| No Sudden Move | Aldrick Watkins | 2021 |
| Two Degrees | Bill | 2020 |
| The Oval | Curtis | 2019 |
| In Search of the Last Action Heroes | Himself / Self | 2019 |
| Hollow Point | Senior Guard James | 2019 |
| The D.L. Hughley Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| High Flying Bird | Spence | 2019 |
| Mandy | Caruthers | 2018 |
| Black Lightning | Agent Percy Odell | 2018 |
| American Satan | Gabriel | 2017 |
| Hollywood Weapons: Fact or Fiction? | Self | 2017 |
| Restored Me | Officer Brantley | 2016 |
| Between | Gord's Father | 2015 |
| Movies and Stuff | Self | 2015 |
| Bad Country | John Nokes | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| Zo What? Morning Show | Self | 2014 |
| A Fuller Life | Self - Reader (segment "Freelance") | 2013 |
| TakePart Live | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Exhale | Self | 2013 |
| Battledogs | President Donald Sheridan | 2013 |
| Celebrity Crime Files | Self | 2012 |
| Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp | Himself / Self | 2012 |
| Freaky Deaky | Wendell Robinson | 2012 |
| Reel Black Love | 2012 | |
| Welcome to the Basement | Self | 2012 |
| Chaos | General Margolis | 2011 |
| Way Black When: Primetime | Self | 2011 |
| The Big Bang | Drummer | 2011 |
| Henry's Crime | Frank | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| The Brian McKnight Show | Self | 2009 |
| Actors Reporter Interviews | Self | 2009 |
| My Own Worst Enemy | Serge Khabako | 2008 |
| Baisden After Dark | Self | 2007 |
| The Go-Getter | Liquor | 2007 |
| The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| Yellow | Miles Emory | 2006 |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Trask | 2006 |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Levar | 2005 |
| The Boondocks | Detective | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Phelan | 2004 |
| Lost | Warden Harris | 2004 |
| Karen Sisco | Amos Andrews | 2003 |
| Cold Case | Grover Boone '05 / '08 | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| National Security | Lieutenant Washington | 2003 |
| Red Dragon | Police Chief | 2002 |
| Fastlane | Capt. Bob Parish | 2002 |
| Love and a Bullet | Mysterious Voice on Phone | 2002 |
| Justice League | Detective | 2001 |
| Exit Wounds | Chief Hinges | 2001 |
| If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' | Self | 2001 |
| Never Again | Earl | 2001 |
| Who Killed Atlanta's Children? | Chirumenga Jenga / Sheriff Chirumenga Jenga | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ed Pastrino | 1999 |
| The Limey | Head DEA Agent | 1999 |
| Fever | Detective Glass | 1999 |
| Foolish | Studio Producer | 1999 |
| Payback: Straight Up | Detective Hicks / Det. Hicks | 1999 |
| Payback | Det. Hicks | 1999 |
| Susan's Plan | Detective Scott | 1998 |
| Always Outnumbered | Blackbird Wills | 1998 |
| Frank Capra's American Dream | Self - Interviewee: Director / Self | 1997 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| New York Undercover | Hitman | 1994 |
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mr. Johnson | 1993 |
| Menace II Society | Detective | 1993 |
| Bird on a Wire | Albert Diggs | 1990 |
| Street of No Return | Lieutenant Borel | 1989 |
| Action Jackson | Capt. Earl Armbruster | 1988 |
| No Man's Land | Malcolm | 1987 |
| Predator | Mac / Mac Eliot | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Starman | Steven Putnam | 1986 |
| Dallas: The Early Years | Seth Foster | 1986 |
| Commando | Cooke | 1985 |
| American Playhouse | FBI Agent #2 | 1982 |
| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Luther Freeman | 1980 |
| American Gigolo | Leon / Leon James | 1980 |
| Benson | Mad-Dog | 1979 |
| Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Sgt. Langford / Langford | 1978 |
| Car Wash | Duane – Abdullah / Duane / Abdullah | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | David Pearl | 1976 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Officer Dryden | 1975 |
| Kojak | Sylk | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Mr. Sands | 1972 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Preying for Mercy | 2014 |
| Dark Girls | 2011 |
| Not Easily Broken | 2009 |
| Cover | 2007 |
| The Pact | 2006 |
| Hoodlum | 1997 |
