Cast & creator
Damien Leake
Best known for The Mentalist, NCIS, CSI: Miami
Damien Leake (born August 12, 1952) is an American actor and record-holding masters track and field athlete. Starting with a role in 1973's Serpico, he has had a continuous career appearing in some 70 motion pictures, plus numerous television and stage acting roles. Through the 1980s he was typecast as a "a tender, sensitive . . . half-crazed killer" including roles in Death Wish and Apocalypse Now. He has branched out to other jobs related to the entertainment industry. He claims to having been a singer, dancer, director, musician, composer, musical director, vocal arranger, playwright, stage fight choreographer and ventriloquist.
26
film credits
31
television credits
57
1972–2026 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (57)
Showing 57 of 57 credits
The Mentalist
High Powered Attorney
2008
NCIS
Henry Bennett
2003
CSI: Miami
Judge Berber
2002
S.W.A.T.
Wesley
2017
The West Wing
Dr. Ted Tatum
1999
Married... with Children
Principal Alburton
1987
Scandal
Judge Leo Theroux
2012
Without a Trace
Chaplain
2002
Nip/Tuck
Dr. Moss
2003
Ghost Whisperer
Dr. Chiles
2005Ghost Whisperer
Doctor Chiles
2005
Crossing Jordan
Otis
2001
How to Get Away with Murder
Dr. Healy
2014
American Playhouse
Dale 'D.J.' Jackson
1982American Playhouse
Frank Custer
1982
Strong Medicine
Principal
2000
Boston Legal
Referee
2004
The Cosby Show
Andy Anderson
1984
Good Girls
Pastor Collins
2018
1923
Marvin
2022
Family Law
1999
Greek
Professor Sommerfield
2007
The Rookie: Feds
Agent Bob Telford
2022
Saving Grace
Calvin Revo
2007
Dollhouse
Minister
2009
Apocalypse Now
Machine Gunner
1979
Eleventh Hour
Dr. Sidney Hayward
2008
Highlander
Tony
1986
Men of a Certain Age
Roy
2009
Messiah
George
2020
The Baxters
Pastor Mark
2024
Born on the Fourth of July
Patient - VA Hospital
1989
The Devil's Own
Art Fisher
1997
88 Minutes
The Judge
2007
Sea of Love
Ernest Lee
1989
Death Wish
Alley Mugger #2 (uncredited)
1974
The Experiment
Govenor
2010
The Great Debaters
Wilson
2007
Mighty Joe Young
Cop
1998
The Cotton Club
Bub Jewett
1984
Serpico
Joey
1973
Prison Break: The Final Break
Detective Marlin
2009
Breaking In
Isaac
2018Ask Harriet
Marty
1998
He Said, She Said
Ray, the Technical Director
1991
Separate but Equal
Dr. Kenneth Clark
1991
Looking for Richard
Self
1996
Collision Course
Tenement Man
1989
Sleepwalker
2017
Bad Twin
Dr. Martine
2016
The Killing Floor
Frank Custer
1984
Last Rites
Detective Brown
1988Under the bridge
Sammy
1998
The Bad Twin
Dr. Martine
2016Separate but Equal
Dr. Kenneth Clark
1991
Tuna on Rye
Arthur
2026
Hitch: A Portrait of a Black Leader As a Young Man
Hitch
1972