Duane Whitaker
Acting · Directing · Production
Born June 23, 1959, Abilene, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Duane Whitaker (born June 23, 1959) is an American actor. Duane Whitaker is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the sadistic pawn shop owner. He wrote and portrayed the title role in Eddie Presley (based on his own successful stage play). Whitaker also wrote, directed and appeared in Together and Alone. Other notable roles include; a racist cop in Tales from the Hood, the bouncer Roadrash in Hobgoblins, Boss Man in Feast, The Sheriff in Trailer Park of Terror, Luther in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (which he also co-wrote), Buddy in Dead Letters (film), Winslow in Broke Sky, Mickey in Cordoba Nights and Dr. Bankhead in The Devil's Rejects. Most recently Duane has appeared in the feature films Albino Farm and Dozers and on TV in the Cold Case episode "The Brush Man" and appears in the new Rob Zombie film Halloween II. Whitaker has also written numerous screenplays including "Stripteaser." On March 31, 2010, American Cinematheque hosted a screening of Eddie Presley and "Together and Alone" at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Duane is a graduate of Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Duane Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
- 2026The Hail Mary — Johnny Boy
- 2025Blowin' Smoke — Rooster
- 2024I Don't Know — Gary
- 2024Saint Nick of Bethlehem — Charlie
- 2024Slaughterhouse On The Hill — Coach Krutcher
- 2023Lucky Louie — Payton
- 2023Suffrage — Mickey Simpson
- 2022Sally Floss: Digital Detective — Frank
- 2022The Red Tide Massacre — Charlie
- 2020Disrupted — Tom Cushing
- 2020Edge of Town — Dodge
- 2020Mark of the Rougarou — Bogey
- 2020My Brothers' Crossing — Pastor Mike Price
- 20193 from Hell — Dr. Bankhead (uncredited)
- 2018American Nightmares — Mechanic
- 2018Getting Grace — Reverend Osburn
- Rush Hour — Hutch
- 2014Scammerhead — Dongren
- 2012Bad Ass — Rex / Pawn Shop Owner
- 2011Children of the Corn: Genesis — Pritchett
- 2011Night Club — Intimidating Inmate
- Workaholics — Uncle Tuck
- 2009Albino Farm — Jeremiah
- 2009Halloween II — Sherman Benny
- 2009The Butcher — Car Buyer
- 2008Rex — Marcus Cotter
- 2008Trailer Park of Terror — Sheriff Keys
- 2007Broke Sky — Sheriff Winslow
- 2007Cold Ones — Buddy
- 2007Cordoba Nights — Mickey
- 2007Urban Decay — Burly Bum
- 2005Feast — Boss Man
- 2005The Devil's Rejects — Dr. Bankhead
- Medical Investigation — Bar Owner
- 2003Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman — Mitch
- I'm with Her — Bouncer / Skinny
- 2003The Low Budget Time Machine — Pinky
- 2002Camp Utopia — Second Unit Director, Producer
- 2002Groom Lake — Dr. Stevens
- 2001Backroad Motel — Producer
- 1999From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money — Luther, Screenplay
- 1998Spoiler — Sergeant
- 1998Together and Alone — Zevo, Editor, Writer, Director
- 1997The Haunted Sea — Andy Delgado
- 1996Within the Rock — Potter
- 1995Night of the Scarecrow — Deputy #1
- 1995Stripteaser — Bar Patron, Writer, Associate Producer
- 1995Tales from the Hood — Billy (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
- 1994Pulp Fiction — Maynard
- 1994Puppet Master 5 — Scott
- 1994Saturday Night Special — Reno
- 1993Eddie Presley — Eddie Presley, Screenplay, Theatre Play
- 1990Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III — Kim
- 1990Rich Men, Single Women — Mechanic
- 1990Vice Academy Part 2 — Long John
- 1989Marked for Murder — O'Donnel
- Quantum Leap — Maintenance Man
- 1988Deadly Dreams — Norman Perkins
- 1988Hobgoblins — Roadrash
- Sledge Hammer! — Fighting Husband
- Murder, She Wrote — Drunk