Feb 26, 1943 - Poughkeepsie, New York, 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 acting work frequently dwells within the action/crime and drama genres but also includes comedy.
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| Movie | 1987 | Predator | Mac Eliot | |
| Movie | 1999 | Payback | Det. Hicks | |
| Movie | 1990 | Bird on a Wire | Albert Diggs | |
| Movie | 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Levar | |
| Movie | 1988 | Action Jackson | Capt. Earl Armbruster | |
| Movie | 1980 | American Gigolo | Leon James | |
| Movie | 2001 | Exit Wounds | Chief Hinges | |
| Movie | 1985 | Commando | Cooke | |
| Movie | 2003 | National Security | Lieutenant Washington | |
| Movie | 1998 | Always Outnumbered | Blackbird Wills | |
| Movie | 1978 | Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Sgt. Langford | |
| Movie | 1987 | No Man's Land | Malcolm | |
| Movie | 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Trask | |
| Movie | 1976 | Car Wash | Duane – Abdullah | |
| Movie | 2006 | Yellow | Miles Emory | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success | Self | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Big Bang | Drummer | |
| Movie | 2009 | Directors on Directing | Self | |
| Movie | 1998 | Susan's Plan | Detective Scott | |
| Movie | 1972 | Santiago's Ark | Mr. Sands | |
| Movie | 1989 | Street of No Return | Lieutenant Borel | |
| Movie | 2022 | Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | Never Again | Earl | |
| Movie | 1999 | Fever | Detective Glass | |
| Movie | 2012 | Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | Battledogs | President Donald Sheridan | |
| Movie | 1978 | Love Is Not Enough | 'Happy' Jordan | |
| Movie | 2000 | Who Killed Atlanta's Children? | Sheriff Chirumenga Jenga | |
| Movie | 2012 | Freaky Deaky | Wendell Robinson | |
| Movie | 2002 | Red Dragon | Police Chief | |
| Movie | 1986 | Dallas: The Early Years | Seth Foster | |
| Movie | 2010 | Henry's Crime | Frank | |
| Movie | 2014 | Bad Country | John Nokes | |
| Movie | 2013 | A Fuller Life | Self - Reader (segment "Freelance") | |
| Movie | 2017 | American Satan | Gabriel | |
| Movie | 2018 | Mandy | Caruthers | |
| Movie | 1993 | Menace II Society | Detective | |
| Movie | 2019 | High Flying Bird | Spence | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Limey | Head DEA Agent (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2019 | In Search of the Last Action Heroes | Himself | |
| Movie | 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mr. Johnson | |
| Movie | 2002 | Love and a Bullet | Mysterious Voice on Phone | |
| Movie | 2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | |
| Movie | 2019 | Hollow Point | Senior Guard James | |
| Movie | 1997 | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Restored Me | Officer Brantley | |
| Movie | 2021 | No Sudden Move | Aldrick Watkins | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Vandal | Harold | |
| Movie | N/A | Scavenger Hunt | Joe | |
| TV Show | 2003 | Karen Sisco | Amos Andrews | 10 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Officer Dryden | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Fastlane | Capt. Bob Parish | 5 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Cold Case | Grover Boone | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Battlestar Galactica | Phelan | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Charlie's Angels | David Pearl | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Boondocks | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | Sylk | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Lost | Warden Harris | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | 18 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Justice League | Detective (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Gaslit | Charles Anderson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ed Pastrino | 2 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Black Lightning | Agent Percy Odell | 21 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Celebrity Crime Files | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1992 | Deep Cover | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | Hoodlum | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Not Easily Broken | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Deacons for Defense | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Cover | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | The Cemetery Club | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Dark Girls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | Hoodlum | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | Light Girls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | Prince Among Slaves | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2017 | Created Equal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | America's Dream | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Preying for Mercy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Preying for Mercy | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1984 | The Killing Floor | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Partners of the Heart | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Not Easily Broken | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2001 | DMX: Angel | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | A Raisin in the Sun | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | The Meeting | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2024 | The Journey | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1981 | Falcon Crest | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1986 | Starman | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | Robbery Homicide Division | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1982 | Fame | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Gideon Oliver | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1984 | Miami Vice | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1981 | Flamingo Road | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1994 | New York Undercover | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1986 | Matlock | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1983 | Emerald Point N.A.S. | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | Fastlane | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1984 | Call to Glory | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1987 | Tour of Duty | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1985 | Berrenger's | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2000 | Strong Medicine | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1998 | Legacy | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1984 | Hunter | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1979 | Knots Landing | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1986 | Crime Story | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1986 | Amen | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2005 | Miracle's Boys | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1983 | Trauma Center | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1985 | Hell Town | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1988 | HeartBeat | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1978 | Dallas | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1984 | Maximum Security | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1990 | The Outsiders | Director | Directing |
