Derek Luke

18 Movies Starring Derek Luke

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Notorious  2009  3.6 stars 122 mins Drama   Rated: R 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 dealer, his artistic success and his unresolved murder at age 24. The film also delves into his close friendship with Sean Combs (Derek Luke) and the famous feud with hip-hop rival Tupac Shakur (Anthony Mackie). Angela Bassett portrays Biggie's mother.

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail  2009  3.6 stars 103 mins Comedy   Rated: PG-13  until 16-Sep-2011     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 with more motherly instinct than she knows what to do with. But Madea's nurturing side comes in handy when she crosses paths with a recovering drug addict turned prostitute (Keisha Knight Pulliam) who needs all the love she can get.

Trauma: Season 1  2009  4.3 stars Television This fast-paced drama series follows the brave men and women of San Francisco General Hospital's first-responder paramedic unit, a team that races to the save victims of trauma and tragedy wherever they are, whatever the danger. As emergencies strike all across the Bay Area, these medics must push their skills and endurance to the limit. Cliff Curtis, Anastasia Griffith, Aimee Garcia and Derek Luke star.

Trauma  2009  4.1 stars 767 mins Television This fast-paced drama series follows the brave men and women of San Francisco General Hospital's first-responder paramedic unit, a team that races to the save victims of trauma and tragedy wherever they are, whatever the danger. As emergencies strike all across the Bay Area, these medics must push their skills and endurance to the limit. Cliff Curtis, Anastasia Griffith, Aimee Garcia and Derek Luke star.

Trauma: Season 1: Disc 1  2009 170 mins Television This disc includes the following episodes: "Pilot," "All's Fair," "Bad Day at Work" and "Stuck."

Trauma: Season 1: Disc 2  2009 212 mins Television This disc includes the following episodes: "Masquerade," "Home Court," "That Fragile Hour," "M'aidez" and "Thank You."

Trauma: Season 1: Disc 3  2009 214 mins Television This disc includes the following episodes: "Blue Balloon," "Tunnel Vision," "Protocol," "13" and "Targets."

Trauma: Season 1: Disc 4  2009 171 mins Television This disc includes the following episodes: "Scope of Practice," "Frequent Fliers," "Sweet Jane" and "Crossed Wires."

Definitely, Maybe  2008  3.7 stars 112 mins Comedy   Rated: PG-13 Interested in knowing how her divorcing parents met, young Maya (Abigail Breslin) listens as her dad, Will (Ryan Reynolds), recounts his romantic past with three different and special women: Emily (Elizabeth Banks), April (Isla Fisher) and Summer (Rachel Weisz) -- leaving Maya to guess which one is her mom. Kevin Kline makes an appearance in writer-director Adam Brooks's tender tale of father-daughter bonding and lost love.

Miracle at St. Anna  2008  3.5 stars 166 mins Drama   Rated: R 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 to evade German forces and reunite with their comrades, the four experience firsthand the tragedy and triumph of war. John Turturro co-stars in this epic war film from director Spike Lee, based on the acclaimed novel by James McBride.

Lions for Lambs  2007  3.1 stars 92 mins Drama   Rated: R 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 students engaged as two of his former pupils struggle to survive behind enemy lines in the Middle East. Redford also directs this complex look at America's war on terror, a three-pronged narrative of lives connected by politics and bloodshed.

Glory Road  2006  3.9 stars 118 mins Drama   Rated: PG 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 underdog NCAA Division One team, and decided to shake things up. Haskins's insistence on recruiting the best players available to him, regardless of the color of their skin, revolutionized the sport ... and changed the course of history.

Catch a Fire  2006  3.4 stars 97 mins Thrillers   Rated: PG-13 Apolitical until the apartheid-era South African government brutalizes him and his wife, Secunda Oil Refinery worker Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) turns terrorist in this fact-based thriller helmed by Phillip Noyce. Changed by his experience, Chamusso casts his lot with the outlawed African National Congress and volunteers to be a one-man wrecking crew against his ex-employer. Tim Robbins plays the white cop tasked with capturing Chamusso.

Spartan  2004  3.2 stars 107 mins Thrillers   Rated: R  until 19-Jan-2011      U.S. secret agent Bobby Scott (Val Kilmer) is assigned to rescue a high-ranking government official's daughter (Kristen Bell), who's been kidnapped by sex traffickers in this twisty political thriller written and directed by famed playwright David Mamet. As Scott delves deeper into the girl's disappearance, he discovers a larger, more insidious plot and coverup -- and it's up to him to get to the bottom of it. William H. Macy co-stars.

Friday Night Lights  2004  3.7 stars 118 mins Drama   Rated: PG-13 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 small-town Odessa, Texas, to propel his squad to the state championships. But the path to glory is paved with racial and economic strife, and the coach must help his players navigate through the maze so they can play like winners.

Pieces of April  2003  3.3 stars 80 mins Comedy   Rated: PG-13 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 apartment and anticipates introducing them to her new boyfriend, Bobby (Derek Luke). Oliver Platt, Sean Hayes and Oscar-nominated Patricia Clarkson co-star in this drama that observes a dysfunctional family coming together to address the past and heal the future.

Biker Boyz  2003  3.1 stars 111 mins Action & Adventure   Rated: PG-13 Only the speedy survive in Biker Boyz, a Western flick reinvented for the millennium and peopled by citizens who are law-abiding by day and biker renegades by night. Laurence Fishburne is Smoke Galloway, a biker whose claim to fame as the "King of Cali" is challenged by Kid (Derek Luke), an upstart with talent for blazing through the streets. Eriq La Salle and Kid Rock co-star.

Antwone Fisher  2002  3.8 stars 120 mins Drama   Rated: PG-13 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 scraps -- and that also led Fisher to a life of crime before he joined the Navy. Via therapy, Antwone seeks out the family that abandoned him as a child and experiences a catharsis that leads him to a career as a Hollywood screenwriter. Based on a true story.