Bill Duke
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Duke began his career as a theatre actor, before making his film debut as aspiring revolutionary Abdullah Mohammed Akbar in the ensemble comedy ''Car Wash'' (1976). Frequently a character actor, he has starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in ''Commando'' (1985) and ''Predator'' (1987), and 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).
Duke's directorial debut was ''The Killing Floor'', which aired as an episode of ''American Playhouse'' and won the Special Jury Prize at the 1984 Sundance Film Festival. He directed a film adaptation of Chester Himes' Harlem Detective series, ''A Rage in Harlem'' (1991), which was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or. He also directed the neo-noir thriller ''Deep Cover'' (1992) and the musical comedy ''Sister Act 2'' (1993). He has directed episodes of numerous television series including ''Cagney & Lacey'', ''Dallas'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Miami Vice'', and ''The Twilight Zone''. Provided by Wikipedia
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