Biography
Duke began his film acting career in Michael Schultz's boisterous comedy "Car Wash" (1976), shortly after he started writing for the TV series "Good Times". A prolific TV director with scores of primetime episodes to his credit, including "Knots Landing", "Falcon Crest," "Hill Street Blues", "Spenser: For Hire," "A Man Called Hawk," "City of Angels," "New York Undercover" and the miniseries "Miracle's Boys," he won acclaim for his …
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Career Milestones
2008 | Directed the thriller "Cover" | |
2005 | Cast in Jim Sheridan's urban drama "Get Rich or Die Tryin'"; loosely based on the life of rapper 50 cent | |
2003 | Cast as Amos Andrews in the NBC series "Karen Sisco" based on the feature "Out of Sight" | |
2001 | Co-starred in "Exit Wounds" | |
2000 | Helmed episodes of the CBS medical drama "City of Angels" | |
2000 | Directed the A&E TV-movie "Golden Spiders" | |
1999 | Played a corrupt Chicago detective in "Payback" | |
1998 | Helmed a two-part story arc of the UPN drama "Legacy" | |
1997 | Directed (executive produced) the under-appreciated gangster flick "Hoodlum" | |
1993 | Helmed "The Cemetery Club" | |
1991 | Directed first feature, "A Rage in Harlem" | |
1984 | Directed "The Killing Floor"; filmed as the pilot for a 10-part PBS series; received first theatrical release March 1992 | |
1980 | Cast in Alex Haley's TV series, "Palmerstown, U.S.A" for two seasons as a fictional representative of Haley's father | |
1979 | Directed for TV series, "Knots Landing" | |
1979 | Directed first short, "The Hero" | |
| Directed over 30 off-Broadway plays including "Unfinished Women..." (1977) and "No Place to Be Somebody" (1987) | ||
1976 | Feature film acting debut, "Car Wash" | |
1974 | Began writing for TV series, "Good Times" (1973-79) | |
1972 | Off-Broadway directing debut, "The Secret Place" by Garrett Morris | |
1972 | TV movie acting debut, "Santiago's Ark" for ABC Afterschool Specials | |
1971 | Broadway acting debut in Melvin Van Pebbles' "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" | |
1970 | Off-Broadway acting debut in Douglas Turner Ward's "Day of Absence" with the Negro Ensemble Company | |
1969 | Began acting career on New York stage in Le Roi Jones's "Slave Ship" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music | |