Bill Duke Bio, Age, Height, Movies, Net Worth, Wife, Predator & Weight Loss

BIOGRAPHY OF BILL DUKE

Bill Duke (full name: William Henry Duke, Jr.) is an American film and television actor, director, producer, and writer.

Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres, but occasionally appears in comedy. A frequent character actor, he starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, and appeared in films like American Gigolo, No Man’s Land, Bird on a Wire, Menace II Society, Exit Wounds, Payback, X-Men : The Last Stand and Mandy; he often plays law enforcement-related characters.

As a director, he directed episodes of numerous television series, including Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues, The Twilight Zone and American Playhouse, as well as the detective film Deep Cover and A Rage in the city district, for which he directed was nominated for a Palme d’Or. He was the director of the Sister Act two pic leading Whoopi Goldberg and Lauryn Hill.

BILL DUKE AGE

William Henry Duke, Jr. is an American film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. He was born on February 26, 1943 in, Poughkeepsie, NY. Bill Duke turns 76 in 2019.

FAMILLE BILL DUKE | BILL DUKE EARLY LIFE

Duke is a son of William Henry Duke Sr. and Ethel Louise. After graduating from Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, he went to Dutch Community College in Poughkeepsie where he took classes to learn performing arts and creative writing.

After graduating from Dutch Community College, he went to Boston University in Massachusetts where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Drama. He continued to learn to play at places like the AFI Conservatory and the Tisch School of Arts before making his Broadway debut in 1971.

BILL DUKE WIFE | BILL DUKE KIDS

Bill Duke is married to popular African-American writer Shelia P. Moses. Shelia P. Moses is an African-American writer whose subjects include comedian Dick Gregory and The Legend of Buddy Bush. In 2004, she was nominated for the National Book Award and named Coretta Scott King Honoree for ‘The Legend of Buddy Bush’. In 2009, his novel “Joseph” was nominated for the NAACP Image Award. Bill has no children.

BILL DUKE NET WORTH

William Henry Duke, Jr. is an American film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres, but occasionally appears in comedy.

Bill has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of 2019. He started his career appearing on Broadway in 1971 when he became a member of a musical titled “Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death.” His wife Shelia p. Moses has an estimated net worth of $8 million as of 2019.

BILL DUKE HEIGHT | BILL DUKE WEIGHT

Duke stands at a height of 6 feet 5 inches. With this height, Bill is one of the tallest men in Hollywood. It also weighs 90 kg.

Bill admitted in an interview that his height was one of the obstacles he faced early in his career.

He said, “Well, at the time, being 6ft 5in, dark skinned and a black man, they thought you were a bad guy from the start for the most part. You have been seen as a dark, dangerous and menacing criminal. It wasn’t easy to get roles in that climate, so I always made sure to do things and play roles to show my humanity and not my restrictions.

THEY FILMED BILL DUKE

Predator – 1987

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit – 1993

Deep Cover – 1992

Thug – 1997

Commando – 1985

A Rage in Harlem – 1991

Not Easily Broken – 2009

Dark Girls – 2011

Threat Society II – 1993

National Security – 2003

Get Rich or Die Tryin ’ – 2005

American Gigolo – 1980

X-Men: The Last Stand – 2006

Mandy – 2018

Action Jackson – 1988

Refund – 1999

The Graveyard Club – 1993

Bird on a wire 1990

Exit Wounds – 2001

Dragon Rouge – 2002

Lave-Auto – 1976

Cover – 2007

The Floor of Death – 1985

Street of No Return – 1989

The Go-Getter –

America’s Dream – one thousand nine hundred and ninety six

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery – 2000

Henry’s Murder – 2010

Prince Among the Slaves – 2007

Le Limey – The Best Of Le Limey

Deacons for Defense – 2003

Light Girls – 2015

No Man’s Land – 1987

Jaune – 2006

American Satan – 2017

Bad Country – 2014

Plan by Susan – 1998

A Raisin in the Sun – 1989

Freaky Deaky – 2012

Always Outnumbered – 1998

Le Big Bang – 2010

Dogfight – 2013

Insane – 1999

Fever – 1999

Who Killed the Atlanta Kids? – 2000

Restored Me – 2016

Clipped wings, they fly – 2014

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI Never Again – 2001

Created Equal – 2017

High flying bird – 2019

BILL DUKE PREDATOR

A frequent character actor, Bill starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, and appeared in films like American Gigolo, No Man’s Land, Bird on a Wire, Menace II Society, Exit Wounds, Payback, X-Men : The Last Stand and Mandy; he often plays law enforcement-related characters.

Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite military rescue team on a mission to save hostages in guerrilla-held territory in Central America. Kevin Peter Hall stars as the Predator, a technologically advanced monster that stalks, stalks, and hunts the main characters. Predator was written in 1984, under the working title of Hunter. Filming took place from March to June 1986, and creature effects were designed by Stan Winston.

BILL DUKE SOCIETY THREAT II

Bill Duke Breaks Down His Scene In Society Menace II

Bill Duke, actor, director, author: I had just finished a movie (I think it was in Canada) and starred in a movie. I rushed in and the very day I arrived I had to be on set… the Hughes Brothers and I loved their work. I liked who they were. I read the script and loved it.

It was just a stage and it’s like the way they set it up immediately got me in the mood because the room was dark except there were three spotlights, the one of the young boy, one in the middle of the table where the gun was, and once on myself. Everything else was in shadow.

The police had brought this young man to this place to intimidate him into telling the truth and so he was sitting there, really nervous, you know? He thought he was smarter than everyone in the room and so when I questioned him it was like I brought the gun first, I put it on the table and I I turned her to him, but I said, “You don’t necessarily get out of here alive.

You can’t do anything about it. What are you going to do? We can all say you grabbed the gun and we fought back and shot you. We didn’t say those words, we just went… (movements to return the weapon). That was it, it said. I saw that and it was like ‘Oh boy, okay.’ I started wondering if he was there and he said ‘No’….

BILL DUKE HEALTH | DUKE BILL SICK

Bill Duke: ‘If you don’t get sick, you don’t need to get well’

Actor and director Bill Duke now better understands the importance of nutrition and its role in a happy and healthy life. Since breaking into television in the early 80s directing episodes of Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues, Duke has continued to balance his time as an actor in front of and behind the camera. But this road to stardom was difficult because of his health.

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BILL DUKE COMMANDO

As the action movie-oriented genre became more popular, Duke’s presence was perfect to portray a series of “tough guy” roles. He notably worked alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, followed by a role as the chief of police in Carl Weathers Action Jackson’s 1988 vehicle.

Commando is a 1985 American action film directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke and Dan Hedaya. The film was released in the United States on October 4, 1985.

BILL DUKE WEIGHT LOSS

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BILL DUKE BLACK LIGHTNING

In 2018, Duke joined the second season of The CW’s superhero drama Black Lightning as returning character Agent Percy Odell, an avid ASA agent.

Black Lightning is a Yankee superhero television drama series, developed by Sanchez Akil, which premiered on The CW on the sixteenth month of the Gregorian calendar, 2018.
It is based on the character of the same name, created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden, featured in DC Comics Publications.

Cress Williams stars due to the titular character aboard China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, Marvin Jones III, Damon Gupton, James Remar, and Jordan Calloway. The series sees the retired Black Lightning return to his life as a superhero and follows the results of his activity as an unpaid worker on his professional and family life.

BILL DUKE ON MAHESH BABU

Hollywood actor Bill Duke expresses his desire to work with Mahesh Babu, AR Murugadoss and Vamshi Paidipally. Tollywood is one of the biggest movie industries in the world and some of our Tollywood celebrities are very famous all over the world.

As said, Hollywood actor Bill Duke who is known for his stint in action and crime drama genres has expressed his desire to work with South Indian movie celebrities like Mahesh Babu, AR Murugadoss and Vamshi Paidipally in the near future. The Hollywood star invited them to discuss their collaboration on an international spy thriller over lunchtime.

On the professional level, Mahesh Babu, currently on vacation in Paris, awaits the release of “Maharshi” directed by Vamshi Paidipally. The action artist is set to release on May 9, 2019. Meanwhile, AR Murugadoss has teamed up with Thalaiva Rajinikanth for ‘Darbar’ which recently hit the shelves in Mumbai.

BILL DUKE BOOKS

My 40 years of career on screen and behind the camera 2018

Children’s Medication Toolkit: Managing, Monitoring and Improving Your Child’s Response to Medication 2015

Dark Girls 2014

The Journey: A Story of Human Healing 1996

Black Light: The African American Hero 1993