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Derek Luke (actor)
Derek Nathanial Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance as Antwone Fisher, the titular character in the 2002 film ''Antwone Fisher (film), Antwone Fisher'', directed and produced by Denzel Washington. Luke is also known for his roles as Boobie Miles in ''Friday Night Lights (film), Friday Night Lights'' (2004), Bobby Joe Hill in ''Glory Road (film), Glory Road'' (2006), Joshua Hardaway in ''Madea Goes to Jail'' (2009), Gabe Jones in ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), William Wright in ''Baggage Claim (film), Baggage Claim'' (2013), and as Kevin Porter on the Netflix original series ''13 Reasons Why'' (2017–2020). 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, Georgetown, Guyana. He attended Henry Snyder High School and graduated from Linden High School (New Jersey), Lind ...
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau figures released in July 2017, making it the List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 23rd-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States, and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami and Tampa, F