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Derek Luke

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Derek Nathanial Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance as the titular character in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington. He is also known for his roles as Boobie Miles in Friday Night Lights (2004), Bobby Joe Hill in Glory Road (2006), Joshua Hardaway in Madea Goes to Jail (2009), Gabe Jones in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), William Wright in Baggage Claim (2013), and Kevin Porter on the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Derek Luke is the 4,291st most popular actor (up from 10,579th in 2024), the 6,836th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,370th in 2019) and the 1,973rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Derek Luke ranks 4,291 out of 13,578. Before him are Jason Gray-Stanford, Janet Margolin, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Claudia Wells, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, and Glória Pires. After him are Wolf Kahler, Susan Kohner, John Hawkes, Nadine Labaki, Hippolyte Girardot, and Rooney Mara.

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Among people born in 1974, Derek Luke ranks 112. Before him are Chloë Sevigny, Giorgio Marengo, Costinha, Andrei Sukhovetsky, Amanda Abbington, and Kenan İmirzalıoğlu. After him are Nadine Labaki, Romain Duris, Angela Gossow, Mr Lordi, Josh Radnor, and Matthew Macfadyen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Derek Luke ranks 6,838 out of 20,380. Before him are John Cromwell (1886), Mark Lanegan (1964), Bob Kiesel (1911), Tom Verlaine (1949), Bill Lawrence (1968), and Fat Lever (1960). After him are John Jacob Abel (1857), Susan Kohner (1936), Bob Falkenburg (1926), Eva Angelina (1985), John Hawkes (1959), and Joan Wallach Scott (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Derek Luke ranks 1,974. Before him are James Read (1953), Barbara La Marr (1896), Ken Jeong (1969), George Eads (1967), Janet Margolin (1943), and Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950). After him are Susan Kohner (1936), John Hawkes (1959), Rooney Mara (1985), Shea Whigham (1969), Buddy Ebsen (1908), and Linda Cardellini (1975).

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