Derek Luke

Derek Luke

Derek Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Luke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Derek Luke
  • Popularity: 3.3783
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1974-04-24
  • Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Ντέρεκ Λουκ, درک لوک
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Derek Luke Movies

  • 2006
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    Catch a Fire

    Catch a Fire

    6.232 2006 HD

    The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.

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  • 2003
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    Pieces of April

    Pieces of April

    6.5 2003 HD

    Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

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  • 2011
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    Captain America: The First Avenger

    Captain America: The First Avenger

    7.005 2011 HD

    During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.

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  • 2007
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    Lions for Lambs

    Lions for Lambs

    5.999 2007 HD

    Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

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  • 2004
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    Spartan

    Spartan

    6.178 2004 HD

    U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

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  • 2008
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    Definitely, Maybe

    Definitely, Maybe

    6.937 2008 HD

    When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

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  • 2003
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    Biker Boyz

    Biker Boyz

    6.259 2003 HD

    A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son, this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.

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  • 2008
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    Miracle at St. Anna

    Miracle at St. Anna

    6.123 2008 HD

    Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

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  • 2004
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    Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights

    6.904 2004 HD

    A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

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  • 2002
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    Antwone Fisher

    Antwone Fisher

    6.924 2002 HD

    A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.

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  • 2006
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    Glory Road

    Glory Road

    7.423 2006 HD

    In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

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  • 2023
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    Rare Objects

    Rare Objects

    4.4 2023 HD

    A young woman seeks to rebuild her life when she takes work at an antique store. She regains her confidence from the kind souls who own the shop, until faces from her traumatic past start to surface.

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  • 2009
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    Notorious

    Notorious

    6.939 2009 HD

    "Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."

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  • 2009
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    Madea Goes to Jail

    Madea Goes to Jail

    6.5 2009 HD

    After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace, also a childhood friend. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.

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  • 2012
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    Sparkle

    Sparkle

    6.2 2012 HD

    Musical prodigy, Sparkle struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother, she tries to balance a new romance with music manager Stix while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.

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  • 2022
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    Darby and the Dead

    Darby and the Dead

    5.927 2022 HD

    After Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare time. When an unexpected occurrence happens between Darby and Capri, the most popular girl at her high school, Darby reluctantly agrees to help her and in the process learns how to fit in with the living world again.

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  • 2003
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    Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

    Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2013
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    Baggage Claim

    Baggage Claim

    5.264 2013 HD

    Although she has traveled all over the world, flight attendant Montana Moore has yet to find a man with whom she wants to settle down. However, with her sister's upcoming wedding and pressure from her oft-married mother, she's determined to get engaged in the next 30 days. In that time, her best friends (and fellow flight attendants) conspire to help her re-encounter her exes as she flies all over the country.

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  • 2015
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    Self/less

    Self/less

    6.416 2015 HD

    An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.

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  • 2015
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    Alex of Venice

    Alex of Venice

    5.9 2015 HD

    After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.

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  • 2014
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    Supremacy

    Supremacy

    5.7 2014 HD

    The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.

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  • 2012
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    Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

    Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

    6.563 2012 HD

    As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

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  • 2012
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    The Spark That Unites Us

    The Spark That Unites Us

    1 2012 HD

    Behind the scenes documentary about "Catch A Fire" (Dir. Phillip Noyce/ Working Title/Universal Films). Following Derek Luke as he prepares for the role of Patrick Chamusso, a South African guerilla fighter.

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  • 2022
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    Alone Together

    Alone Together

    5.102 2022 HD

    Strangers June and Charlie wind up double-booked in the same upstate New York Airbnb during the start of COVID-19. Exasperating the situation, the lockdown forces them both to stay and confront the unexpected feelings that develop between them.

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  • 2021
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    American Refugee

    American Refugee

    5.5 2021 HD

    A story of a family seeking shelter in a neighbor’s bunker while the American economy is in collapse and the nation under martial law. There they find the danger inside is potentially greater than the danger outside.

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  • 2009
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    Trauma

    Trauma

    7.292 2009 HD

    When emergencies occur, the trauma team from San Francisco City Hospital is first on the scene, traveling by land, by sea or by air to reach their victims in time. From the heights of the city's Transamerica Pyramid to the depths of the San Francisco Bay, these heroes must face the most extreme conditions to save lives, and give meaning to their own existence in the process.

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  • 2013
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    The Americans

    The Americans

    7.9 2013 HD

    Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

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  • 2015
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    Empire

    Empire

    7.14 2015 HD

    A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

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  • 2013
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    Rogue

    Rogue

    6.7 2013 HD

    Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Grace’s search for the truth is further complicated by her forbidden relationship with Jimmy, the crime boss who may have played a hand in the crime.

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  • 2017
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    13 Reasons Why

    13 Reasons Why

    7.55 2017 HD

    After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.

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  • 2023
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    The Crossover

    The Crossover

    5.6 2023 HD

    The coming-of-age story of basketball prodigy twins Filthy (aka Josh) and JB who learn that even though they have so much that binds them together growing up is all about discovering what makes us unique.

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  • 1996
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    Moesha

    Moesha

    7 1996 HD

    The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.

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  • 2018
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    God Friended Me

    God Friended Me

    7.7 2018 HD

    A self-proclaimed "pesky atheist" is encouraged to help strangers by someone claiming to be God who friends him on Facebook.

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  • 1998
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    The King of Queens

    The King of Queens

    7.124 1998 HD

    Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

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  • 1998
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    The King of Queens

    The King of Queens

    7.124 1998 HD

    Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

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  • 2018
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    The Purge

    The Purge

    6.905 2018 HD

    Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.

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  • 2016
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    Roots

    Roots

    6.9 2016 HD

    An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

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