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Derek Luke

Highest Rated: 84% Pieces of April (2003)

Lowest Rated: 16% Baggage Claim (2013)

Birthday: Apr 24, 1974

Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

A long-time aspiring actor who grabbed the public's attention with a stellar performance in the acclaimed "Antwone Fisher" (2002), Derek Luke emerged from years of obscurity to become an accomplished and respected performer. Not one to choose style over substance after his initial success, Luke has largely eschewed typical Hollywood fare to concentrate on meatier roles in smaller, but significant films that elevated the young actor's critical esteem. The cost, however, has been the spotlight-despite the recognition from "Antwone Fisher," Luke was yet a household name. But the comfortable anonymity suited the young actor just fine, even as he stood out as the star performer in roles both large and small, establishing what many believed would be a long and productive career.

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Highest rated movies

84% 73% Pieces of April Watchlist
82% 85% Friday Night Lights
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80% 75% Captain America: The First Avenger
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77% 86% Antwone Fisher Watchlist
75% 71% Catch a Fire
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74% 44% Alex of Venice
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71% 72% Definitely, Maybe
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65% 62% Spartan
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57% 44% Sparkle
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56% 74% Darby and the Dead
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Filmography

Movies

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40% 67% Rare Objects Ben Winshaw (Character) $10.5K 2023
56% 74% Darby and the Dead Ben (Character) - 2022
30% 45% Alone Together John (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 26% American Refugee Unknown (Character) - 2021
18% 46% Self/less Anton (Character) $12.3M 2015
74% 44% Alex of Venice Frank (Character) - 2014
33% 84% Supremacy Raymond Walker (Character) - 2014
16% 48% Baggage Claim William Wright (Character) $21.6M 2013
57% 44% Sparkle Stix (Character) $24.4M 2012
55% 53% Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Speck (Character) $6.6M 2012
80% 75% Captain America: The First Avenger Gabe Jones (Character) $176.6M 2011
29% 96% Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail Joshua (Character) $90.5M 2009
52% 65% Notorious Sean "Diddy" Combs (Character) $36.8M 2009
33% 51% Miracle at St. Anna 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps (Character) $7.9M 2008
71% 72% Definitely, Maybe Russell T. McCormack (Character) $32.0M 2008
28% 47% Lions for Lambs Arian (Character) $15.0M 2007
75% 71% Catch a Fire Patrick Chamusso (Character) $4.3M 2006
55% 81% Glory Road Bobby Joe Hill (Character) $42.6M 2006
82% 85% Friday Night Lights Boobie Miles (Character) $61.2M 2004
65% 62% Spartan Curtis (Character) $4.4M 2004
84% 73% Pieces of April Bobby (Character) $2.4M 2003
22% 54% Biker Boyz Kid (Character) $21.7M 2003
77% 86% Antwone Fisher Antwone Fisher (Character) $21.1M 2002

TV

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No Score Yet 89% The Crossover Chuck Bell (Character) 2023
42% 71% The Purge Marcus (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet 13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons Self 2017-2019
59% 87% God Friended Me Henry Chase (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2012 2018
96% 94% The Americans Gregory Thomas (Guest Star) 2013 2018
35% 56% 13 Reasons Why Mr. Porter (Character) 2017-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2016
No Score Yet 85% Rogue Marlon Dinard (Character) 2015-2016
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2015
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2015
84% 48% Empire Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet HawthoRNe Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
25% 80% Trauma Cameron Boone (Character) 2009-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez Tonight Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moesha Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 80% The King of Queens Unknown (Guest Star) 1999-2000