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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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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40% | 69% | Rare Objects | Ben Winshaw (Character) | $10.5K | 2023 |
| 54% | 75% | 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% | 43% | 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% | 95% | 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 |
| 27% | 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 |
| 78% | 86% | Antwone Fisher | Antwone Fisher (Character) | $21.1M | 2002 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 89% | The Crossover | Chuck Bell (Character) | 2023 |
| 42% | 72% | The Purge | Marcus (Character) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons | Self | 2017-2019 |
| 59% | 86% | 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 | 84% | Rogue | Unknown (Character) | 2015-2016 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The View | Guest | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | 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 | 81% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 |