Derek Luke
Derek Luke
Derek Luke is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington. Since 1998, he has been married to actress Sophia Adella Luke...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 April 1974
CityJersey City, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
children greatest-fear parent
As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children.
believe thinking quality
Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That's what he does and that's what he taught me to do.
giving-up thinking stories
Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.
dream reality challenges
Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.
fun writing thinking
I don't think people come to television for spectacle. And I don't really have a lot of fun writing spectacle for television, I'll do that in features.
magic married getting-married
The magic isn't in getting married, it's in staying married
character hard-times play
Spartan is about this elite unit of the armed forces named the Delta Force. I play a protege of Val Kilmer's character, and he kind of gives me a hard time.
real better-person made
Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.
thinking careers
I think many times in relationships as it escalates to marriage, what it takes to breed a marriage, is the same thing that it takes to breed a career.
artist hip-hop hips
I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.
actors related
I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.
auditions sony denzel
I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.
want kickboxing dialogue
I get to be in movies where it's mostly dialogue, and I want to be in something, that for me, feels like kickboxing.
believe men years
A few years ago you couldn't go from TV to film. It was like a 'no no' but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, there's not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, you're really standing in the wisdom of God.