Winston Duke

Winston Duke: Biography in Details

Who is Winston Duke?

Winston Duke is a Black Reel Award-winning actor and producer. Winston Duke is renowned as M’Baku of Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame.

Last, in 2020, he appeared in the movie, Spenser Confidential as Hawk.

Next, this actor will make his appearance in the movie, Heroine. Currently, the movie is at a stage of pre-production.

In which school did Winston Duke attend?

Winston Duke was born on the 15th of November 1986 in Argyle, Tobago. He is of Mixed (British, Irish, Polish, French) ethnicity.

His mother, Cora Pantin is a chef by profession. Also, she used to own a restaurant in Tobago. However, she sold the restaurant and moved to States in search of a better future for her children. At the time, he was only nine years old.

To date, Winston has not shared details about his father. Also, his father was never present during his upbringing.

He has an elder sister, Cindy. Cindy is an infertility specialist as well as a reproductive endocrinologist.

Education & Early Life

Talking about his educational background, Winston Duke completed his High School education in 2004 at Brighton High School in Rochester, New York.

After that, he earned his bachelor’s degree from the University at Buffalo with Honors in Arts and majored in theater. In 2013, he graduated from the Yale School of Drama with Honors in Fine Arts and Acting.

He started his professional acting career in the theater. At the time, he used to perform for the theater production companies like Portland Stage Company and Yale Repertory Theater.

He also starred in the play, An Echo in the Bone along with the actress, Taromi Lourdes Joseph in his native land Trinidad and Tobago.

Winston Duke- Professional Career

After graduating from Yale, Winston Duke expanded his career to Television with the series, Law & Order. However, he appeared in the series for a single episode only. The same year, he featured the series, Person of Interest. In the crime drama, he appeared as Dominic.

Following the series, he made his appearance in the series like The Messengers, Major Crimes, and Modern Family.

However, his acting career got its first breakthrough with the movie, Black Panther. In the Marvel series, he portrayed the character of a powerful and ruthless warrior, M’Baku of the Jabari tribe. The movie had a box office collection of $1.347 billion whereas the budget was only $200 million.

The following year, he became a part of the epic multi-star movie, Avengers: Endgame. The same year, he appeared in the box buster horror movie, US. In the movie, he appeared as the lead character Gabriel. In October 2019, he signed for the TV series, Swagger! Due to an injury, O’Shea Jackson Jr. has replaced Ike.

Last, in 2020, he featured Netflix’s comic-drama, Spenser Confidential as Hawk along with Mark Wahlberg.

Winston Duke- Net Worth, Salary

As of 2023, Winston Duke has an estimated net worth of $1 million. As an actor, his earnings are in the range of $21k to $215k. Besides that, he also makes through his production works too.

How tall is Winston Duke?

Winston Duke has black eyes with black hair. His height is 6 feet 5 inches and weighs around 108 kg with a mesomorph body type.

He prefers to have slightly grown facial hair.

Winston Duke- Controversy & Rumors

Till the date, Winston Duke has not involved in any type of controversy and scandals that created a buzz in the media. Also, he has maintained a distance from any kind of rumors too.

Social Media

Winston Duke has over 826k followers on Instagram, over 131.9k followers on Twitter, and over 367.6k followers on Facebook.

On Instagram, he is following the personalities like Reese Waters, Imaan Hammam, and Bailey Sok.

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