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Bill Duke
Birth at
26 February 1943
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Bill Duke is an American producer, director and film actor from New York. Deciding to hone his acting skills in creating films, the young actor began to study at the American Film Institute, where his project “Hero” allowed Duke to earn the status of director. Over the following years, his reputation was consolidated: he quite successfully manifested himself as a film director, shooting several episodes in the films “Blues Hill Street”, “Miami Police”. Department of morals" and "Glory. Very soon,
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Bill Duke is an American producer, director and film actor from New York.
Deciding to hone his acting skills in creating films, the young actor began to study at the American Film Institute, where his project “Hero” allowed Duke to earn the status of director. Over the following years, his reputation was consolidated: he quite successfully manifested himself as a film director, shooting several episodes in the films “Blues Hill Street”, “Miami Police”. Department of morals" and "Glory.
Very soon, Bill switched from feature films to work on the dramatic production of The Cursed House, presented at the Cannes Festival in 1985. In 1989, his production of Raisins in the Sun demonstrated that Duke could not only shoot small films - he was able to build a career as a dramatic director.
After participating as an actor in films
Commando .
Predator and
"Bird on the wire" The actor turned to the drama and directed Rage in Harlem in 1991. The film tells about a criminal girl and the illegal sale of gold. However, this film caused many associations with the comedy “Harlem Nights”.
Duke's next work was the dark crime thriller Undercover, where he first enlisted the help of Lawrence Fishburne. And after the success of the film “Widows Club”, released in 1993, Bill achieved real success with the film “Act Sister 2”.
Duke successfully combined work not only behind the camera, but also in front of it, and in 1997 he joined forces with Fishburne to collaborate on the film Gangster. Between 2002 and 2003, Bill played roles in the films Red Dragon and National Security, which strengthened his acting career.
Subsequently, he starred in minor roles in the films “Killing football”, “Pulp race” and “Out of sight”.