Bill Duke is an American screenwriter, producer, film and television actor who has starred in projects such as Commando, Predator, National Security, Reckoning, X-Men: The Last Battle, and others. An impressive physique usually provides he has roles in films of the criminal genre, but comedies are also found in 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 Paukipzi (New York) in the family of William Henry and Ethel Louise Duke. He graduated from Hyde Park High School, received a degree in performing arts from Dutchess Community College (Paukipzi), 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 a private film school, the AFI Conservatory began appearing in productions of Broadway theaters.
Car wash on the rocks
Bill Duke's career began at the age of 29 with television projects. In 1972, he starred in an episode of the television comedy channel ABC "Especially after school" (1972 - 1997). In 1976, he appeared in the third season of Abby Mann’s crime drama “Kodjak” (1973 - 1978), and played a cameo character in the comedy series John Rich and Dick Clement “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 the crime melodrama of Paul Schroeder "American Gigolo" (1979). He played the role of the blacksmith Luther Freeman in 17 episodes of Alex Haley's family drama "Palmerstown, USA" (1980 - 1981). And in the role of Cook, the former "green beret" and one of the abductors of his daughter John Matrix, appeared in the action movie of Mark L. Lester "Commandos" (1985).
Predator on the wire
In 1987, Bill became a member of the core cast of John McTyrnan’s fantastic predator, Predator. He had the opportunity to play Mac Eliot, a member of an elite rescue squad that clashed with a deadly creature in the jungle of Central America. Then he played the role of Captain Armbruster in the comedy action movie Craig R. Baxley “Action Jackson” (1988). Together with Mel Gibson and David Carredine, he starred in John Badham's action movie Bird on the Wire (1990). And the image of the corrupt detective Hicks tried on the reprisal in the crime action movie of Brian Helgelend (1999).
Bill Duke appeared in the role of Hinges police chief in Andrzej Bartkowiak’s action movie “Through wounds” (2001). The Lieutenant of Washington, one of the main characters, played in the comedy action Dennis Dugan "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, appeared in the superhero action movie Brett Ratner “X-Men: The Last Battle”, based on Marvel comics. He played Trask, the head of the Department of Homeland Security and an assistant to the US President in the war against the mutants.
Devil's crime chip
In ABC's sci-fi television series Lost, Bill Duke played the role of Harris Prison Warden, in which Sawyer ended up in the episode "Every Man For Himself." Frank, the bank guard, played in the romantic comedy by Malcolm Wenville “The Crime Chip from Henry” (2011) with Keanu Reeves in the title role. Two years later, he replenished the composition of the television horror film Alexander Yellen “Combat Dogs” (2013). The supporting role in the crime action movie Chris Brinker “Crossfire” (2014). And in 2017, he starred in the Ash Devils thriller American Devil, becoming part of the cast, which was named the best at the Northeast Film Festival, US award ceremony.
As for the next films with Bill Duke, the shooting of the horror film Panos Cosmatos “Mandy”, which will premiere in 2018, has already been completed. The filming process of the action movie Daniel Dzirilli Hollow Point, which is scheduled for release in 2019, is also ongoing.