Duke Lafoon grew up just north of Richmond in rural-ish Mechanicsville, Virginia.

The youngest of 5 kids, little Duke’s favorite pastime was make-belive. Batman, Tarzan, Starsky or Hutch, you name it.  For hours, alone in the yard (sometimes with a friend; he did have a couple of friends) he could be found fighting crime and saving the world.

 

Duke did his first play (the Scottish one) at the age of 14. From the first day of rehearsal and meeting these strange, over sharing, beautiful nut jobs, he was all in.

 

An award-winning actor, Duke has appeared in films, television and theatres across the country.  His major television credits include roles in Mindhunter (Netflix, David Fincher) as Detective Gordon Chambers , FBI: Most Wanted (CBS, Rose Troche), Hostages with Toni Collette (CBS, Henry Bronchtein), Forever (ABC, John F. Showalter) and Sally Hemings with Sam Neill (CBS, Charles Haid) as Jack Epps. 

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An accomplished theatre actor, Duke starred alongside Kerry Butler in the Off-Broadway production of Clinton (dir: Dan Knechtges).  He’s starred as George Bailey in various productions of Its A Wonderful Life around the country (Goodspeed, Westchester Bway, Orlando Shakespeare).  Some of his  favorites include Fun Home (Virginia Rep), Maytag Virgin (Florida Rep) Ace (Signature, Old Globe), Rabbit Hole (Cadence), Doubt (West Va Public), and Next to Normal (Virginia Rep/ Cadence).

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He has been seen in numerous national commercials for such brands as American Express, Heineken, Kettle Chips, and Time Warner.

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Duke has received multiple Best Actor Awards and nominations from The Richmond Times-Dispatch and Theatre Critics Circle.

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