Movies by Derek Luke
As part of the cast:
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Sparkle (2012)
Cast: Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke …
Directed by: Salim Akil
When three Detroit sisters rise to fame as a Motown girl group in the 1960s, their sudden success creates conflict that rips their lives apart. While she deals with her family's issues,…
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Notorious (2009)
Cast: Jamal Woolard, Anthony Mackie, Derek Luke …
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Based on the story of Christopher Wallace, better known as Notorious B.I.G. (played by Jamal Woolard), this insightful biopic chronicles the gangsta rapper's troubled life as a drug…
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Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Vanessa Ferlito, Keshia Knight Pulliam …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
When a routine speeding incident turns into a full-blown highway "situation," Madea (Tyler Perry) mouths off to a cop and lands herself in jail, where she's suddenly trapped behind bars…
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Trauma: Season 1 (2009)
Cast: Jamey Sheridan, Cliff Curtis, Derek Luke …
Directed by: Jeffrey Reiner
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Trauma (2009)
Cast: Derek Luke, Anastasia Griffith, Aimee Garcia …
This fast-moving series follows the ultra-talented trauma unit of San Francisco General as its members race by land, air and sea to reach desperate accident scenes, saving lives at the risk…
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Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke …
Directed by: Adam Brooks
Interested in knowing how her divorcing parents met, young Maya listens as her dad, Will, recounts his romantic past with three different and special women -- Emily, April and Summer --…
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Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Cast: Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney, Laz Alonso …
Directed by: Spike Lee
During World War II, four black American soldiers (Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso and Omar Benson Miller) find themselves trapped in a Tuscan village behind enemy lines. As they attempt…
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Lions for Lambs (2007)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford …
Directed by: Robert Redford
While a Washington bigwig (Tom Cruise) goes toe-to-toe with a reporter (Meryl Streep) on the issue of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, an idealistic professor (Robert Redford) tries to keep his…
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Glory Road (2006)
Cast: Josh Lucas, Jon Voight, Tatyana Ali …
Directed by: James Gartner
Director James Gartner's inspiring drama tells the true story of Don Haskins (Josh Lucas), a high school basketball coach who, in 1962, took the reins of the Texas Western Miners, an…
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Catch a Fire (2006)
Cast: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Robert Hobbs …
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
Apolitical until the apartheid-era South African government brutalizes him and his wife, oil refinery worker Patrick Chamusso turns terrorist. Changed by his experience, Chamusso volunteers…
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Spartan (2004)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy …
Directed by: David Mamet
Secret agent Bobby Scott is assigned to rescue a high-ranking government official's daughter who has been kidnapped by sex traffickers. As Scott delves deeper into the girl's…
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
Cast: Derek Luke, Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw …
Directed by: Peter Berg
Peter Berg directs this gritty but heartwarming tale, based on a book by H.G. Bissinger, that chronicles the efforts of Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), the coach of a local football team in…
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Biker Boyz (2003)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones …
Directed by: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Only the speedy survive in Biker Boyz, a Western flick reinvented for the millennium with citizens who are law-abiding by day and biker renegades by night. Laurence Fishburne stars as a biker…
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Pieces of April (2003)
Cast: Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke …
Directed by: Peter Hedges
Reformed wild child April Burns (Katie Holmes) attempts to make Thanksgiving dinner -- while battling a temperamental oven -- for her estranged suburban family at her grungy New York…
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Antwone Fisher (2002)
Cast: Derek Luke, Denzel Washington, Joy Bryant …
Directed by: Denzel Washington
A young sailor, Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke), is ordered to see a Navy psychiatrist (Denzel Washington) who aims to help him get a handle on debilitating anger that causes many shipboard…