Bill Duke
William Henry Duke Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. As a director, he is known for his works dealing in the Black American experience, and has been called the "Godfather of African American Cinema."Duke began his career as a theatre actor, before making his film debut as aspiring revolutionary Abdullah Mohammed Akbar in the ensemble comedy ''Car Wash'' (1976). Frequently a character actor, he has starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in ''Commando'' (1985) and ''Predator'' (1987), and has appeared in films like ''American Gigolo'' (1980), ''Bird on a Wire'' (1990), ''Menace II Society'' (1993), ''Payback'' (1999), ''X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006), and ''Mandy'' (2018). In television, he is best known as Agent Percy Odell in ''Black Lightning'' (2018-2021).
Duke's directorial debut was ''The Killing Floor'', which aired as an episode of ''American Playhouse'' and won the Special Jury Prize at the 1984 Sundance Film Festival. He directed a film adaptation of Chester Himes' Harlem Detective series, ''A Rage in Harlem'' (1991), which was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or. He also directed the neo-noir thriller ''Deep Cover'' (1992) and the musical comedy ''Sister Act 2'' (1993). He has directed episodes of numerous television series including ''Cagney & Lacey'', ''Dallas'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Miami Vice'', and ''The Twilight Zone''. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1976
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