Derek Luke

Derek Luke

Born: April 24, 1974
in Jersey City - New Jersey - USA
Derek Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington.

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Rare Objects
Title: Rare Objects
Character: Winshaw
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
A young woman with a traumatic past seeks to rebuild her life when she begins working at a New York City antique shop.
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Title: The Crossover
Character: Chuck Bell
Released: April 5, 2023
Type: TV
The coming-of-age story of basketball prodigy twins Filthy (aka Josh) and JB who learn that even though they have so much that binds them together growing up is all about discovering what makes us unique.
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Darby and the Dead
Title: Darby and the Dead
Character: Ben
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
After Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare time. When an unexpected occurrence happens between Darby and Capri, the most popular girl at her high school, Darby reluctantly agrees to help her and in the process learns how to fit in with the living world again.
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Alone Together
Title: Alone Together
Character: John
Released: July 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Strangers June and Charlie wind up double-booked in the same upstate New York Airbnb during the start of COVID-19. Exasperating the situation, the lockdown forces them both to stay and confront the unexpected feelings that develop between them.
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American Refugee
Title: American Refugee
Character: Greg Taylor
Released: December 10, 2021
Type: Movie
A story of a family seeking shelter in a neighbor’s bunker while the American economy is in collapse and the nation under martial law. There they find the danger inside is potentially greater than the danger outside.
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Title: God Friended Me
Character: Henry Chase
Released: September 30, 2018
Type: TV
A self-proclaimed "pesky atheist" is encouraged to help strangers by someone claiming to be God who friends him on Facebook.
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Title: The Purge
Character: Marcus Moore
Released: September 4, 2018
Type: TV
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
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Title: 13 Reasons Why
Character: Kevin Porter
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: TV
After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
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Self/less
Title: Self/less
Character: Anton
Released: July 10, 2015
Type: Movie
An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.
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Alex of Venice
Title: Alex of Venice
Character: Frank
Released: April 17, 2015
Type: Movie
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
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Title: Empire
Character: Malcolm Deveaux
Released: January 7, 2015
Type: TV
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
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Supremacy
Title: Supremacy
Character: Raymond
Released: June 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
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Baggage Claim
Title: Baggage Claim
Character: William Wright
Released: September 27, 2013
Type: Movie
Determined to get engaged before her youngest sister's wedding, flight attendant Montana Moore finds herself with only 30 days to make a connection. Fortunately, her friends have cooked up a high-flying scheme to help Montana land...the perfect guy!
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Title: Rogue
Character: Marlon Dinard
Released: April 3, 2013
Type: TV
Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Grace’s search for the truth is further complicated by her forbidden relationship with Jimmy, the crime boss who may have played a hand in the crime.
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Title: The Americans
Character: Gregory Thomas
Released: January 30, 2013
Type: TV
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
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Sparkle
Title: Sparkle
Character: Stix
Released: August 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Musical prodigy, Sparkle struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother, she tries to balance a new romance with music manager Stix while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Title: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Character: Alan Speck
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: Movie
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
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The Spark That Unites Us
Title: The Spark That Unites Us
Character: Himself
Released: January 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes documentary about "Catch A Fire" (Dir. Phillip Noyce/ Working Title/Universal Films). Following Derek Luke as he prepares for the role of Patrick Chamusso, a South African guerilla fighter.
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Captain America: The First Avenger
Title: Captain America: The First Avenger
Character: Gabe Jones
Released: July 22, 2011
Type: Movie
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
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Title: Trauma
Character: Cameron Boone
Released: September 28, 2009
Type: TV
When emergencies occur, the trauma team from San Francisco City Hospital is first on the scene, traveling by land, by sea or by air to reach their victims in time. From the heights of the city's Transamerica Pyramid to the depths of the San Francisco Bay, these heroes must face the most extreme conditions to save lives, and give meaning to their own existence in the process.
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Madea Goes to Jail
Title: Madea Goes to Jail
Character: Joshua Hardaway
Released: February 16, 2009
Type: Movie
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.
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Notorious
Title: Notorious
Character: Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: Movie
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
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Miracle at St. Anna
Title: Miracle at St. Anna
Character: 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps
Released: September 15, 2008
Type: Movie
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
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Definitely, Maybe
Title: Definitely, Maybe
Character: Russell McCormack
Released: February 8, 2008
Type: Movie
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
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Lions for Lambs
Title: Lions for Lambs
Character: Arian Finch
Released: October 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
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Catch a Fire
Title: Catch a Fire
Character: Patrick Chamusso
Released: October 27, 2006
Type: Movie
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
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Glory Road
Title: Glory Road
Character: Bobby Joe Hill
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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Friday Night Lights
Title: Friday Night Lights
Character: Boobie Miles
Released: October 8, 2004
Type: Movie
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.
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Spartan
Title: Spartan
Character: Curtis
Released: March 12, 2004
Type: Movie
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.
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Pieces of April
Title: Pieces of April
Character: Bobby
Released: October 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
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Biker Boyz
Title: Biker Boyz
Character: Kid
Released: January 31, 2003
Type: Movie
A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.
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Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Title: Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2003
Type: Movie
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Antwone Fisher
Title: Antwone Fisher
Character: Antwone Fisher
Released: December 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
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Title: The King of Queens
Character: Orderly
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
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Title: The King of Queens
Character: Delivery Man
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
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Title: Moesha
Character: Ruckus
Released: January 23, 1996
Type: TV
Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. It was originally ordered as a pilot for the CBS network's 1995-1996 television season, who rejected. It was then picked up by UPN, who aired it as a mid-season replacement. It went on to become the biggest success for the nascent network and one of the greatest hits over the course of the network's entire run.