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Birthday: April 24, 1974
Derek Luke was an all-but-unknown actor who was still working a day job when Denzel Washington plucked him from obscurity in 2002 for the leading role in his first directorial effort, Antwone Fisher. Born in Jersey City, NJ, in 1974, Luke displayed a precocious interest in drama at the age of four, telling his mother he wanted to be an actor, and, in 1995, he moved to California in ...more
- 2006
- Satellite Awards
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Catch a Fire
- nom
- 2006
- Black Reel Awards
- Best Actor
- Catch a Fire
- nom
- 2002
- National Board of Review
- Breakthrough Performance - Male
- Antwone Fisher
- win
- 2002
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best Actor
- Antwone Fisher
- win
- 2009
- Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
- Joshua
- 2009
- Notorious
- Sean "Diddy" Combs
- 2008
- Definitely, Maybe
- Russell McCormack
- 2008
- Miracle at St. Anna
- 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps
- 2007
- Lions for Lambs
- Arian Finch
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