Bill Duke
William Henry Duke Jr. is an American actor and director. He is known for his work in action and crime drama, often as a character related to law enforcement. Dubbed the "Godfather of African American Cinema", he is known to direct films dealing with Black American experience and struggle. Duke began his career as a theatre actor, before making his film debut in the ensembled comedy Car Wash (1976). Frequently a character actor, he starred in Commando (1985) and Predator (1987), alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has appeared in films like American Gigolo (1980), Bird on a Wire (1990), Menace II Society (1993), Payback (1999), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and Mandy (2018). In television, he is best known as Agent Percy Odell in Black Lightning (2018–2021).
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