Early life

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. Derek attended freshman year at Linden High School and graduated from Henry Snyder High School in 1993.

Career

An audition with casting director Robi Reed-Humes for the role of Antwone Fisher went well enough that Luke was called in to meet Washington, one of Luke's childhood idols.

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 part 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).

He plays Alicia Keys' love interest in her music video for "Teenage Love Affair". He played singer Monica's love interest in the her music video for "So Gone". Luke played Sean 'Puffy' Combs in the 2009 film Notorious, and James 'Boobie' Miles in the 2004 film Friday Night Lights.

Luke was cast to play Gabe Jones, a member of the Howling Commandos in Captain America: The First Avenger, released in July 2011.

In June 2011, Luke also began starring in the TNT original medical drama series HawthoRNe as Miles Bourdet, an assistant surgeon from Chicago.

From February to April 2013, Luke played the character of "Gregory" in the FX series The Americans. In 2015, he played Malcolm Devoe, head of security for Empire Entertainment on the TV series Empire and Cookie's secret love interest.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Antwone Fisher	Antwone "Fish" Fisher	BET Award for Best Actor Black Reel Award for Best Actor Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead National Board of Review Award for Best Male Breakthrough Performance Satellite Award for Outstanding New Talent Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Newcomer Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Male Breakthrough Performance Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star - Male
2003	Biker Boyz	Kid
2003	Pieces of April	Bobby
2004	Friday Night Lights	Boobie Miles
2004	Spartan	Curtis
2006	Glory Road	Bobby Joe Hill	Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Breakthrough Actor
2006	Catch a Fire	Patrick Chamusso	Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
2007	Lions for Lambs	Arian Finch
2008	Definitely, Maybe	Russell T. McCormack
2008	Miracle at St. Anna	2nd Staff Sgt. Aubrey Stamps	Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Actor Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2009	Notorious	Sean "Puffy" Combs
2009	Madea Goes to Jail	Joshua Hardaway	Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Gabe Jones
2012	Sparkle	Stix
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Alan Speck
2013	Baggage Claim	William Wright
2014	Supremacy	Raymond
2015	Self/less	Anton

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The King of Queens	Orderly	Episode: "White Collar"
2000	The King of Queens	Delivery Man	Episode: "Dark Meet"
2001	Moesha	Ruckus	Episode: "Mayhem at the Jam"
2009-2010	Trauma	Cameron Boone	20 episodes
2011	Hawthorne	Dr. Miles Bourdet	8 episodes
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Paramedic	Episode: "CSI Down"
2013	The Americans	Gregory Thomas	3 episodes
2015	Empire	Malcolm DeVeaux	3 episodes
2015-present	Rogue	Marlon Dinard	Series regular
2016	Roots	Silla Ba Dibba

[ Source: Wikipedia ]