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Bill Duke is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 26 february 1943 at Poughkeepsie (USA)

Bill Duke

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Birth name William Henry Duke Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 26 february 1943 (81 years) at Poughkeepsie (USA)

William Henry "Bill" Duke, Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke's work frequently dwells within the action film genre as well as crime and drama genres but also includes comedy. He often plays characters related to law-enforcement.

Biography

Son physique imposant l'a souvent cantonné aux rôles de soldats ou de « méchant ». Il est ainsi coutumier des films d'action, mais a aussi joué dans des comédies. Il joue souvent des personnages liés à l'application de la loi. Son rôle le plus populaire reste celui du Sergent Mac dans Predator (1987). En 1991, il réalise Rage in Harlem, qui est sélectionné en compétition pour la Palme d'or au Festival de Cannes.

Best films

Payback (1999)
(Actor)
Bird on a Wire (1990)
(Actor)
Predator (1987)
(Actor)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
(Director)

Usually with

Henry Kingi
Henry Kingi
(5 films)
Beau Starr
Beau Starr
(3 films)
Joel Silver
Joel Silver
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bill Duke (42 films)

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Actor

High Flying Bird, 1h30
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Zachary Quinto, Michelle Ang, Jeryl Prescott, Bill Duke
Roles Spence
Rating61% 3.093783.093783.093783.093783.09378
Ray Burke est agent de joueurs de NBA. En plein lock-out, il tente de convaincre l'un de ses clients, dont c’est la première saison professionnelle, d’accepter une opportunité commerciale controversée.
Mandy
Mandy (2018)
, 2h1
Directed by Panos Cosmatos
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Actors Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Richard Brake, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, Ned Dennehy
Roles Caruthers
Rating64% 3.2470053.2470053.2470053.2470053.247005
En 1983, Red Miller vit avec sa petite amie artiste Mandy dans les bois du Nord-Ouest Pacifique, isolés du monde. Un jour, Mandy est attaquée par Jeremiah Sand, un chanteur folk devenu le gourou d'une secte. Avec l'aide d'une bande de motards, les Black Skulls, Sand tente de la convertir mais Mandy, après s'être moquée de lui, est brûlée vive sous les yeux de Red impuissant. Ivre de vengeance, Red rassemble un arsenal d'armes improbables pour se venger de Sand et de ses admirateurs. Mais, peu à peu, le monde se modifie et ressemble à une peinture de sa fiancée défunte... Aux frontières du réel, rien ne l'arrêtera pour mener sa vendetta.
American Satan, 1h51
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Andy Biersack, Mark Boone Junior, Denise Richards, Booboo Stewart, John Bradley-West
Roles Gabriel
Rating56% 2.843212.843212.843212.843212.84321
Ce film raconte l'épopée d'un jeune groupe de rock anglo-américain. Le personnage principal est Johnny Faust (Andy Biersack), qui vit à Columbus, dans l'Ohio avec sa mère (Denise Richards) et sa copine de longue date Gretchen (Olivia Culpo). Lui et ses amis musiciens déménagent à Los Angeles où ils rejoignent les autres membres du groupe qui viennent d'Angleterre ; ensemble, ils forment The Relentless. Après avoir fait passer des auditions afin de trouver un bassiste, ils choisissent une jeune femme prénommée Lily (Jesse Sullivan). Un jour, le groupe est accosté par un vieil homme (Malcolm McDowell) qui affirme être le diable. Il leurs raconte qu'il peut en faire d'immenses stars de la musique s'ils décident de lui faire confiance. Toutefois, pour que leur célébrité explose, ils doivent accomplir un sacrifice humain … Ainsi naît le succès du groupe et de leur album, American Satan.
Bad Country, 1h35
Directed by Chris Brinker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Amy Smart, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Matt Dillon, Tom Berenger, Kevin Chapman
Roles John Nokes
Rating57% 2.897652.897652.897652.897652.89765
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring. So when the syndicate orders Carter's death and Weiland's ID'd as a snitch, the two team up to take down the mob and the crime boss who ordered the hit.
Freaky Deaky, 1h45
Directed by Charles Matthau
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Billy Burke, Michael Jai White, Roger Bart, Andrew Roane Dick
Roles Wendell Robinson
Rating57% 2.8993752.8993752.8993752.8993752.899375
L'histoire de deux anciens amants, extrêmement radicaux, spécialistes de la fabrication de bombes. Après plusieurs années de prison, les deux protagonistes se retrouvent afin de mettre la main sur les millions détenus par Woody Ricks, un ancien complice, alcoolique. En cours d'opération ils attirent l'attention de la, police et d'une unité de déminage.
The Big Bang, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Antonio Banderas, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser, Thomas Kretschmann, James Van Der Beek, Snoop Dogg
Roles Drummer
Rating54% 2.7011352.7011352.7011352.7011352.701135
Detectives Poley (William Fichtner), Frizer (Thomas Kretschmann), and Skeres (Delroy Lindo) are interrogating Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas), a Los Angeles private investigator, who tells them that five years earlier, Russian mobster Skinny Faddeev gave $30 million in blood diamonds as an advance to Anton (Robert Maillet), a boxer, to intentionally lose a fight against his nephew. However, during the fight, Anton unintentionally killed the nephew. When Skinny was found dead, Anton was sentenced to life in prison. While Anton was in prison, he received over 200 letters from a woman named Lexie Persimmon.
The Big Bang, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, Sienna Guillory, William Fichtner, Delroy Lindo, Sam Elliott
Roles Drummer
Rating54% 2.7011352.7011352.7011352.7011352.701135
Un détective privé est engagé pour retrouver une strip-teaseuse. Ses recherches vont lui réserver son lot de surprises et d'action.
Henry's Crime, 1h48
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors James Caan, Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, Judy Greer, Peter Stormare, Fisher Stevens
Roles Frank
Rating58% 2.948862.948862.948862.948862.94886
Working the night shift as a toll collector on a lonely stretch of highway in Buffalo, New York, Henry is a man seemingly without ambition, dreams or purpose; a man sleepwalking his way through life. His wife Debbie is not happy with the situation.
The Go-Getter, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, Maura Lynn Tierney, Giuseppe Andrews, William Lee Scott
Rating64% 3.247173.247173.247173.247173.24717
One ordinary day, 19-year-old Mercer White (Lou Taylor Pucci) steals a Volvo station wagon from a car wash, and leaves Eugene, Oregon to find his estranged half-brother Arlen, who is unaware that their mother has recently died. Soon after leaving, a cell phone in the car rings, and Mercer finds himself talking to the owner of the car, Kate (Zooey Deschanel), who lends him her car on the condition that he calls regularly to describe his trip to her.
X-Men: The Last Stand, 1h44
Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer
Roles Trask
Rating65% 3.2982953.2982953.2982953.2982953.298295
Twenty years ago, Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr meet young Jean Grey at her parents' house to invite her to join their school. Ten years later, the industrialist father of Warren Worthington III discovers his son is a mutant as Warren tries to cut off his wings.
Yellow
Yellow (2006)
, 1h30
Directed by Alfredo De Villa
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Musical films
Actors Bill Duke, Roselyn Sánchez, D. B. Sweeney, Sully Diaz, Manny Perez, Ana Isabelle
Roles Miles Emory
Rating52% 2.605162.605162.605162.605162.60516
Une danseuse quitte Porto Rico pour réaliser son rêve à New York, entrer dans une école de danse classique. Elle va rencontrer de nombreuses personnes qui vont la faire évoluer dans cette grande ville...
Get Rich or Die Tryin', 1h58
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors 50 Cent, Terrence Howard, Joy Bryant, Bill Duke, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller
Roles Levar
Rating55% 2.760692.760692.760692.760692.76069
Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) is a quiet young boy who adores his loving mother (Serena Reeder), and the two live a relatively comfortable life as his mother is a local drug dealer. She often has to leave him with his grandparents to be looked after while she takes care of her business. After she is brutally murdered in an apparent drug deal gone wrong, Marcus heads down the wrong road himself.
National Security, 1h28
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Bill Duke, Eric Roberts, Colm Feore, Timothy Busfield
Roles Lieutenant Washington
Rating56% 2.8025652.8025652.8025652.8025652.802565
Two LAPD policemen, Hank Rafferty (Zahn) and his partner Charlie Reed (Timothy Busfield), investigate a warehouse break-in and discover a gang of thieves, one of which shoots Charlie dead before they escape.
Love and a Bullet, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Treach, Kent Masters King, Shireen Crutchfield, Walter Emanuel Jones, James Black, Derek Mears
Roles Mysterious Voice on Phone
Rating50% 2.504662.504662.504662.504662.50466
While staking out his next assignment, the innocent girlfriend of his notorious boss, contract killer Malik (Treach) reflects on the dark path he's chosen but cannot escape. Torn between his sense of duty and his newfound sense of humanity, he finds that the only way out is a perilous showdown with men who are every bit as cold-blooded as he is.
Red Dragon
Red Dragon (2002)
, 2h4
Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker
Roles Police Chief
Rating71% 3.598743.598743.598743.598743.59874
In Baltimore, Maryland psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter attends a symphonic orchestra performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The flute player repeatedly misses out on his part, profoundly irritating Lecter. Later, Lecter hosts a dinner party in his townhouse for the orchestra's board of directors at which the disappearance of a musician, a flute player, is brought up during conversation.