Biography
Winston Duke is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian actor. He was born on 15 November 1986 in Argyle, Tobago, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, at the age of nine. He holds a BA from the University at Buffalo and an MFA from Yale University.
Duke began his career in theatre and with recurring television roles in Person of Interest (2014–2015) and Modern Family (2016). He gained prominence as M'Baku in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Other credits include Us (2019), Spenser Confidential (2020) and The Fall Guy (2024), in which he played Dan Tucker. He became a naturalised citizen of Rwanda in 2023.
