My Take
Winston Duke is one of those actors who arrived seemingly out of nowhere and immediately commanded the screen in a way that makes you wonder where he's been hiding. Born in Tobago and raised partly in Brooklyn, he brought genuine physicality and surprising warmth to M'Baku in Black Panther — a character who could have been a throwaway villain but ended up stealing scenes and becoming a fan favorite. What I love about him is that he never plays the intimidation card alone; there's always a wit and a humanity underneath the imposing frame. His work in Us showed real range, playing both menace and a kind of dark comedy with equal confidence. He studied theater seriously at the University at Buffalo and Yale, and you can feel that training — he's deliberate, controlled, and never cheap about it.
Overview
Winston Duke (born 15 November 1986) is a Tobagonian actor. Duke was born in Tobago and moved to Brooklyn, New York, United States, at age nine. Duke began his career with minor roles in theatre productions and recurring roles on the CBS science fiction series Person of Interest (2014–2015) and the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2016).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Winston Duke
- Name (Japanese)
- ウィンストン・デューク
- Reading
- うぃんすとん・でゅーく
- Born
- November 15, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Brighton High School
- University
- University at Buffalo
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.