Derek Luke

Derek Nathanial Luke (born April 24, 1974)[1] is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington.[2] Luke is known for roles as Boobie Miles in Friday Night Lights, Gabe Jones in Captain America: The First Avenger, and as Kevin Porter on the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.

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.[6]

Luke played a small role 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).