Duane Whitaker

Duane Whitaker

Born: June 23, 1959
in Abilene, Texas, USA
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Duane Whitaker  (born June 23, 1959) is an American actor.

Duane Whitaker is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the sadistic pawn shop owner. He wrote and portrayed the title role in Eddie Presley (based on his own successful stage play). Whitaker also wrote, directed and appeared in Together and Alone.

Other notable roles include; a racist cop in Tales from the Hood, the bouncer Roadrash in Hobgoblins, Boss Man in Feast, The Sheriff in Trailer Park of Terror, Luther in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (which he also co-wrote), Buddy in Dead Letters (film), Winslow in Broke Sky, Mickey in Cordoba Nights and Dr. Bankhead in The Devil's Rejects.

Most recently Duane has appeared in the feature films Albino Farm and Dozers and on TV in the Cold Case episode "The Brush Man" and appears in the new Rob Zombie film Halloween II. Whitaker has also written numerous screenplays including "Stripteaser."

On March 31, 2010, American Cinematheque hosted a screening of Eddie Presley and "Together and Alone" at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.

Duane is a graduate of Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas.

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Saint Nick of Bethlehem
Title: Saint Nick of Bethlehem
Character: Charlie
Released: November 14, 2024
Type: Movie
Distraught over losing his son, Nick finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus.
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Suffrage
Title: Suffrage
Character: Mickey Simpson
Released: September 27, 2023
Type: Movie
The murder of a famous actress' mother sends private eye Natasha Hall spiraling down a rabbit hole of Hollywood and political conspiracy.
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Lucky Louie
Title: Lucky Louie
Character: Payton
Released: May 2, 2023
Type: Movie
A retired cop teams up with four ex-convicts and a behavioral science student to solve a fifty year old bank robbery.
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The Red Tide Massacre
Title: The Red Tide Massacre
Character: Charlie
Released: September 10, 2022
Type: Movie
A television reporter is attacked by a monster while investigating an environmental disaster in Florida.
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Sally Floss: Digital Detective
Title: Sally Floss: Digital Detective
Character: Frank
Released: June 28, 2022
Type: Movie
In response to the financial crisis set forth by COVID-19, a shy teenager starts an internet-based detective agency to save her family home. She solves mysteries through digital footprints, virtual interviews, a brilliant mind, and an inherited intuition she never knew she had.
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Edge of Town
Title: Edge of Town
Character: Dodge
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Summer Roome has her world up-ended when her adrift younger brother and wayward father reenter her life. As new information about old mistakes comes to light, Summer discovers what she has in common with her family and what she doesn't.
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Disrupted
Title: Disrupted
Character: Tom Cushing
Released: November 17, 2020
Type: Movie
An Oakland widower's thirst for justice is rekindled when a local killing is oddly similar to his wife's unsolved murder from decades ago.
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Mark of the Rougarou
Title: Mark of the Rougarou
Character: Bogey
Released: September 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Story about the search for identity. With the lead character being adopted and trying to find the missing puzzle piece of where she comes from. With the help of modern technology and DNA testing she is able to make a connection with a biological relative, who invites her and her friends down to Louisiana. However with this new connection comes an old family secret, one that was suppose to stay hidden from her.
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3 from Hell
Title: 3 from Hell
Character: Dr. Bankhead (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 2019
Type: Movie
After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.
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American Nightmares
Title: American Nightmares
Character: Mechanic
Released: October 11, 2018
Type: Movie
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell.
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Getting Grace
Title: Getting Grace
Character: Reverend Osburn
Released: March 23, 2018
Type: Movie
Grace, a teenage girl dying of cancer crashes a funeral home to find out what will happen to her after she dies but ends up teaching the awkward funeral director, Bill Jankowski how to celebrate life.
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Title: Rush Hour
Character: Hutch
Released: March 31, 2016
Type: TV
The series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership
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Scammerhead
Title: Scammerhead
Character: Dongren
Released: August 29, 2014
Type: Movie
A Global Film Noir with dark comic elements about Silas Breece, a legendarily unorthodox business hustler who travels the world seeking capitol from bizarre investors, mobsters and government officials for a series of increasingly elaborate projects.
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Bad Ass
Title: Bad Ass
Character: Rex / Pawn Shop Owner
Released: April 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
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Children of the Corn: Genesis
Title: Children of the Corn: Genesis
Character: Pritchett
Released: August 30, 2011
Type: Movie
Tim and Allie seek shelter in a remote desert compound after becoming lost and stranded. A strange Manson-like character, Preacher, reluctantly allows them inside with strict orders to be gone by morning and not wander "where you are not invited."
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Night Club
Title: Night Club
Character: Intimidating Inmate
Released: April 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Three friends - aided by one of the residents - start a night club in a retirement home, after taking a job there working the night shift to put themselves through USC.
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Albino Farm
Title: Albino Farm
Character: Jeremiah
Released: September 9, 2009
Type: Movie
College students exploring the Ozark Mountains for a school assignment, stumble upon a group of scary, redneck cave-dwellers.
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Halloween II
Title: Halloween II
Character: Sherman Benny
Released: August 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
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The Butcher
Title: The Butcher
Character: Car Buyer
Released: July 10, 2009
Type: Movie
A mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival gang boss. Merle (Eric Roberts) is a gambler stuck on a twenty-year losing streak, but his luck is about to change. Surviving a trap that was intended to kill him, Merle makes away with a beautiful woman and a piece of the take. Most men in that position would have been content to simply walk away with their lives, but Merle has been loyal for twenty years. Realizing he's been betrayed, something inside snaps. They used to call him "The Butcher" as a joke, but the laughter turns to screams when Merle returns to deliver the ultimate punchline.
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Trailer Park of Terror
Title: Trailer Park of Terror
Character: Sheriff Keys
Released: October 21, 2008
Type: Movie
Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor, return from an outdoor character building retreat in the mountains. During a raging storm, their bus crashes, hopelessly stranding them in the middle of the Trucker's Triangle, a forgotten locus of consummate evil in the middle of nowhere.
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Rex
Title: Rex
Character: Marcus Cotter
Released: June 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Chase attempts to save his farm from being stolen by the corrupt sheriff that framed and murdered his father 20 years earlier. In the process, Chase begins mixing meth in the farm's basement and becomes involved in a love triangle between his best friend and his girlfriend
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Broke Sky
Title: Broke Sky
Character: Sheriff Winslow
Released: March 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Two Mexican road workers make a terrible discovery that tests their friendship.
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Cordoba Nights
Title: Cordoba Nights
Character: Mickey
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Finn (Raymond Turturro), drives around in an old car at night with a portable record player in the back seat pumping out a variety of tunes to help him make it through the night. Why is he out driving around every night? Because he's a burned out pizza delivery guy delivering pizzas in a city that seems as burned out as he is.
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Cold Ones
Title: Cold Ones
Character: Buddy
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Every stranger has a secret in writer-director Garrett Clancy’s indie drama, also released as Dead Letters. Ten years after his first novel went down in flames, the hard knocks just won’t stop for K.C. Corcoran (C. Thomas Howell) - his girlfriend’s just thrown him out. K.C. hopes to get his life back on track by writing another book and heads to a remote mountain cabin to work on it … but the locals prove more hazardous than he could have guessed.
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Urban Decay
Title: Urban Decay
Character: Burly Bum
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Cab driver Stan slams into a homeless man who gets up and walks away, leaving behind a scarf covered with writhing maggots. Obsessed with the mystery, Stan hunts the figure through the city, discovering a trail of mangled, half-eaten victims, and an urban legend: Puss Head was a sewer worker who came back from an uncharted tunnel changed into something both living and dead. Parents warn their children that the shuffling zombie will get them if they stay out on the streets too late. But as the body count rises, Stan finds that the legend is alive and hungry.
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Feast
Title: Feast
Character: Boss Man
Released: October 14, 2005
Type: Movie
When a motley crew of strangers find themselves trapped in an isolated tavern, they must band together in a battle for survival against a family of flesh-hungry creatures.
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The Devil's Rejects
Title: The Devil's Rejects
Character: Dr. Bankhead
Released: July 22, 2005
Type: Movie
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
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Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Title: Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Character: Mitch
Released: May 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Harold Buttleman, small town tuxedo salesman, thinks he's the next great daredevil stuntman. He's not.
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The Low Budget Time Machine
Title: The Low Budget Time Machine
Character: Pinky
Released: May 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A conniving professor and his gorilla side-kick convince down-and-out astronauts to go on a time-journey to benefit mankind. Once transported to the future, they meet beautiful but deadly space babes, a horrible monster and an army of mutants. The last doomed survivors of earth are trapped by a cosmic plague unleashed in an apocalyptic future!
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Groom Lake
Title: Groom Lake
Character: Dr. Stevens
Released: September 21, 2002
Type: Movie
When Kate discovers she has a terminal illness, she persuades boyfriend Andy to visit Groom Lake, a reputed hotbed of alien activity, hoping to discover proof of life beyond this terrestrial sphere. Soon, the pair crosses paths with desperate government scientists, eccentric locals and a surprising -- and inspiring --conspiracy of epic proportions.
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Title: Project Greenlight
Released: December 2, 2001
Type: TV
Project Greenlight is a television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sean Bailey, and Chris Moore through their production company LivePlanet, along with Miramax Films. Project Greenlight first aired on HBO for two seasons before moving to Bravo for season three.
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From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Title: From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Character: Luther
Released: March 16, 1999
Type: Movie
A bank-robbing gang of misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar, the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood.
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Spoiler
Title: Spoiler
Character: Sergeant
Released: September 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out.
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Together and Alone
Title: Together and Alone
Character: Zevo
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Stories and characters interweave during one night in Hollywood.
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The Haunted Sea
Title: The Haunted Sea
Character: Andy Delgado
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ancient Aztec treasure. However, their joy quickly succumbs to greed, paranoia and fear, as they must battle the murderous creature which guards the accursed treasure.
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Within the Rock
Title: Within the Rock
Character: Potter
Released: June 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Space miners sent to stop a moon's collision course with the earth discover a hibernating creature that soon revives and starts slaughtering the mining crew.
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Night of the Scarecrow
Title: Night of the Scarecrow
Character: Deputy #1
Released: August 8, 1995
Type: Movie
A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...
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Stripteaser
Title: Stripteaser
Character: Bar Patron
Released: June 23, 1995
Type: Movie
As Zipper's Clown Palace (a strip bar) closes, Neil wanders in and decides to hold the dancers, bartender, and remaining customers hostage. He torments them with little tasks he wants performed, playing on their weaknesses and relying on his gun for intimidation. Eventually the hostages begin formulating plans to thwart his control. Meanwhile, two policemen are observing the outside of the strip joint, realizing that something's wrong and trying to decide if it's worth ruining their buzz to intervene.
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Tales from the Hood
Title: Tales from the Hood
Character: Billy (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Released: May 24, 1995
Type: Movie
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
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Puppet Master 5
Title: Puppet Master 5
Character: Scott
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: Movie
Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Rick and steal the magic which animates the puppets.
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Pulp Fiction
Title: Pulp Fiction
Character: Maynard
Released: September 10, 1994
Type: Movie
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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Saturday Night Special
Title: Saturday Night Special
Character: Reno
Released: May 20, 1994
Type: Movie
Travis arrives like a hot wind on a steamy summer night, he's a mystery man who sings his passion at the local road house. The stakes are rising and someone is bound to lose. It's an erotic game of cat and mouse, that will keep you guessing until the final, sizzling scene.
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Eddie Presley
Title: Eddie Presley
Character: Eddie Presley
Released: December 8, 1992
Type: Movie
An Elvis impersonator with a wounded psyche, unflinching in his quest to keep the King's spirit alive bets it all on one night of glory, a headlining spot at dingy Tinseltown dive.
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Vice Academy Part 2
Title: Vice Academy Part 2
Character: Long John
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
When a criminal female named Spanish Fly threatens to contaminate the city water with aphrodisiacs, it is up to a duo of attractive female police officers to stop her.
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Rich Men, Single Women
Title: Rich Men, Single Women
Character: Mechanic
Released: January 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Three women plot to catch wealthy husbands by throwing a party at a mansion to which they have temporary access. Obvious love stories follow involving an ex-ballplayer, a secretly wealthy mechanic and an ad exec.
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Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Title: Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Character: Ken 'Kim'
Released: January 12, 1990
Type: Movie
Two college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and onto a deserted Texas road. Here they are stalked by the menacing Leatherface and his demented family...a bizarre cannibalistic clan with blood on their hands and a feast on their minds. The students’ only chance for escape is a survivalist with enough firepower to blast Leatherface and the rest of the grisly predators to hell. A depraved shocker of intense terror from the gruesome beginning to the bloody finish.
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Title: Quantum Leap
Character: Maintenance Man
Released: March 26, 1989
Type: TV
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
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Marked for Murder
Title: Marked for Murder
Character: O'Donnel
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A snooty female production assistant and an eager gopher at a TV station are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.
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Deadly Dreams
Title: Deadly Dreams
Character: Norman Perkins
Released: October 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Alex is caught in a web of distrust between his brother, his best friend, a beautiful stranger and the renewed dreams of the slaughter of his family.
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Hobgoblins
Title: Hobgoblins
Character: Roadrash
Released: July 14, 1988
Type: Movie
A group of hobgoblins, who allow you to live out your fantasies but kill you in the process, escape from a studio vault, and a security guard and his friends must stop them before dawn.
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Title: Sledge Hammer!
Character: Fighting Husband
Released: September 23, 1986
Type: TV
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.