Derek Luke (b. April 24, 1974) is an American actor. He portrays Kevin Porter in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why.
Life and Career
Early Life
Derek Luke was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States (North East) is the son of Marjorie Dixon, a pianist, and Maurice Luke, a former actor. His father is from Georgetown, Guyana. Derek attended freshman year at Linden High School and graduated from Henry Snyder High School in 1993.
Career
An audition with casting director Robi Reed-Humes for the role of Antwone Fisher went well enough that Luke was called in to meet Washington, one of Luke's childhood idols.
Luke played one of the four male leads in Spike Lee's 2008 war film Miracle at St. Anna, replacing Wesley Snipes, who had to leave the film due to his highly publicized tax problems.
Luke played a small role as a nurse in the 1999 episode "White Collar" of the sitcom The King of Queens, and appeared on the NBC show Trauma. He played one of the group members of Mayhem in the Moesha episode "Mayhem at the Jam Esp" (March 19, 2001). He plays Alicia Keys' love interest in her music video for "Teenage Love Affair". He played singer Monica's love interest in her music video for "So Gone". Luke played Sean 'Puffy' Combs in the 2009 film Notorious, and James 'Boobie' Miles in the 2004 film Friday Night Lights.
Glory Road, which was released in the U.S. in January, 2006, forty years after the "fabulous five" forever altered the landscape of college basketball. Derek Luke was cast to play Bobby Joe in the movie.
Luke was cast to play Gabe Jones, a member of the Howling Commandos in Captain America: The First Avenger, released in July 2011. In June 2011, Luke also began starring in the TNT original medical drama series HawthoRNe as Miles Bourdet, an assistant surgeon from Chicago.
From February to April 2013, Luke played the character of "Gregory" in the FX series The Americans. In 2015, he played Malcolm Devoe, head of security for Empire Entertainment on the TV series Empire and Cookie's secret love interest.
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| Season 1 |
| Ajiona Alexus • Alex MacNicoll • Alisha Boe • Anna Zavelson • Amy Hargreaves • Andrea Roth • Brandon Flynn • Brandon Larracuente • Brian d'Arcy James • Christian Navarro • Cindy Cheung • Derek Luke • Devin Druid • Dorian Lockett • Dylan Minnette • Giorgia Whigham • Henry Zaga • Jackie Geary • Joseph C. Phillips • Josh Hamilton • Justin Prentice • Kate Walsh • Katherine Langford • Keiko Agena • Maria Dizzia • Mark Pellegrino • Matthew Alan • Michele Selene Ang • Miles Heizer • Ross Butler • Sosie Bacon • Steven Silver • Steven Weber • Timothy Granaderos • Tom Everett Scott • Tommy Dorfman • Wilson Cruz |
| Season 2 |
| Cast Members who joined in this season are linked in big font |
| Ajiona Alexus • Alex MacNicoll • Allison Miller • Alisha Boe • Anna Zavelson • Anne Winters • Amy Hargreaves • Andrea Roth • Ben Lawson • Brandon Black • Brandon Butler • Brandon Flynn • Brandon Larracuente • Brenda Strong • Brian d'Arcy James • Bryce Cass • Chelsea Alden • Christian Navarro • Cindy Cheung • Derek Luke • Devin Druid • Dylan Minnette • Jackie Geary • Jake Weber • Joseph C. Phillips • Josh Hamilton • Justin Prentice • Kate Walsh • Katherine Langford • Keiko Agena • Kelli O'Hara • Maria Dizzia • Mark Pellegrino • Matthew Alan • Meredith Monroe • Michele Selene Ang • Miles Heizer • RJ Brown • Ross Butler • Samantha Logan • Sosie Bacon • Spence Moore II • Steven Silver • Steven Weber • Timothy Granaderos • Tom Everett Scott • Tommy Dorfman • Wilson Cruz |
| Season 3 |
| Cast Members who joined in this season are linked in big font |
| confirmed: Alisha Boe • Brandon Flynn • Brenda Strong • Christian Navarro • Devin Druid • Dylan Minnette • Justin Prentice • Miles Heizer • Ross Butler • Timonthy Granaderos |
