Derek Nathanial Luke (born April 24, 1974) 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. Luke played Gabe Jones in Captain America: The First
Avenger. He currently stars as a main character Kevin Porter in the
Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.Luke was born in Jersey City,
New Jersey, the son of Marjorie Dixon, a pianist, and Maurice Luke, a
former actor. His father is from Georgetown, Guyana. He attended Henry
Snyder High School and graduated from Linden High School.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).
won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance
in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel
Washington. Luke played Gabe Jones in Captain America: The First
Avenger. He currently stars as a main character Kevin Porter in the
Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.Luke was born in Jersey City,
New Jersey, the son of Marjorie Dixon, a pianist, and Maurice Luke, a
former actor. His father is from Georgetown, Guyana. He attended Henry
Snyder High School and graduated from Linden High School.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).
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