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Bill Duke is an American screenwriter, producer, film and television actor who starred in such projects as Commando, Predator, Homeland Security, Reckoning, X-Men: The Last Stand, etc. The imposing physique usually secures him roles in crime films, but comedies are also on the list of films with his participation. In the article, we will take a closer look at the filmography of the actor.
Biography
William Henry (Bill) was born in 1943 in the American city of Poughkeepsie (New York) in the family of William Henry st. and Ethel Louise Duke. He graduated from Hyde Park High School, received a degree in performing arts from Dutchess Community College (Poughkeepsie) and graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in acting. After studying at the New York School of the Arts (Tisch School of the Arts) and the private film school AFI Conservatory began to appear in productions of Broadway theaters.
Car wash on the rocks
Bill Duke's career began inage 29 with television projects. In 1972, he starred in an episode of the ABC television comedy After School Special (1972-1997). In 1976, he appeared in the third season of Abby Mann's crime drama Kojak (1973-1978), and played a cameo character in the John Rich and Dick Clement comedy series On the Rocks (1975-1976).
In the same 1976, Michael Schultz's comedy "Car Wash" was released - a film with Bill Duke, where he played the Islamic revolutionary Abdullah. He played a pimp named Leon in Paul Schroeder's crime melodrama American Gigolo (1979). He played the role of blacksmith Luther Freeman in 17 episodes of Alex Haley's family drama "Palmerstown, USA" (1980 - 1981). And in the role of Cook, a former "green beret" and one of the kidnappers of John Matrix's daughter, he acted in Mark L. Lester's action movie "Commandos" (1985).
Predator on the wire
In 1987, Bill became a member of the main cast of John McTiernan's fantasy action movie Predator. He had a chance to play Mac Eliot, a member of an elite rescue squad who came into the fight with a deadly creature in the jungles of Central America. Then he played the role of Captain Armbruster in Craig R. Baxley's action comedy Action Jackson (1988). Together with Mel Gibson and David Carradine, he starred in John Badham's action movie Bird on a Wire (1990). And he tried on the image of a corrupt detective Hicks in Brian Helgeland's crime thriller "Payback" (1999).
As Police Chief Heinges, Bill Duke appeared in Andrzej Bartkowiak's action movie Punch Wounds (2001). Lieutenant Washington, one of the main characters, played in Dennis Dugan's action comedy National Security (2003). Together with 50 Cent, he starred in Jim Sheridan's semi-biographical crime drama Get Rich or Die (2005). A year later, he appeared in Brett Ratner's superhero action movie X-Men: The Last Stand, based on Marvel comics. He played Trask, the head of the Department of Homeland Security and assistant to the President of the United States in the war against mutants.
Criminal chip from the devil
In the ABC sci-fi series Lost, Bill Duke played Warden Harris, which Sawyer ended up in in the episode "Every Man for Himself." Frank, a bank security guard, played in Malcolm Venville's romantic comedy Henry's Crime (2011), starring Keanu Reeves. Two years later, he joined the television horror film Alexander Yellen "War Dogs" (2013). He received a supporting role in Chris Brinker's crime thriller Crossfire (2014). And in 2017, he starred in the thriller American Devil by Ash Avildsen, becoming part of the cast that was named the best at the awards ceremony at the Northeast Film Festival, US.
As for the next films with Bill Duke, the shooting of Panos Cosmatos' horror film "Mandy" has already been completed, which will premiere in 2018. Filming is also underwayDaniel Zirilli's Hollow Point, scheduled for release in 2019.
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