Winston Duke (born 15 November 1986) is a Tobagonian actor. Duke was born in the village of Argyle, Tobago, and moved to Brooklyn at nine. He attended Brighton High School in Rochester and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University at Buffalo and a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama. Duke began his career with minor roles in theatre productions and recurring roles on the science fiction series Person of Interest (2014–2015) and the sitcom Modern Family (2016). He rose to prominence after playing M'Baku in several films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2018–2022), which is one of the highest-grossing media franchises. He continued this success with leading roles in Jordan Peele's horror film Us (2019), the fantasy drama film Nine Days (2020), and the action comedy films Spenser Confidential (2020) and The Fall Guy (2024...read more