Damien Leake
Biography
Damien Leake is an American actor whose screen career began with a role in Serpico (1973) and has since taken in roughly 70 motion pictures as well as television and stage work. Born in The Bronx, New York City, he was typecast through the 1980s as sensitive yet half-crazed killers, and that stretch included parts in Death Wish and Apocalypse Now. He has also described other entertainment work, among it singing, dancing, directing, composing, musical direction, stage fight choreography and ventriloquism. He is also a sprinter in masters athletics, setting an M65 world record in the 100 meters in 2018 and an M70 world record in the same event in 2023.
74years old
Turns 75 on August 12in 301 days
- Born The Bronx
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Damon Leake
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 45 years1973 to 2018
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A first
At Grass Valley, California, on June 16, 2018, Leake ran the 100 meters in 12.31 seconds, a time that gave him the M65 world record. John Wright broke that record on September 13, 2025, with 12.15 seconds.
A first
Leake ran the 100 meters in 12.59 seconds in Los Angeles, California, on May 27, 2023, which gave him the M70 world record.
A change of course
Leake has claimed that his work has included singing, dancing, directing, playing music, composing, serving as a musical director and vocal arranger, writing plays, choreographing stage fights and ventriloquism.
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