
Winston Duke (born 15 November 1986) is a Tobagonian actor. Duke was born in Tobago and moved to Brooklyn, New York, United States, at age nine. Duke began his career with minor roles in theatre productions and recurring roles on the CBS science fiction series Person of Interest (2014–2015) and the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2016). He rose to prominence after playing M'Baku in several films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is one of the highest-grossing media franchises. He has since taken roles in the horror film Us (2019), the fantasy drama film Nine Days (2020), and the action comedy films Spenser Confidential (2020) and The Fall Guy (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Winston Duke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 15, 1986 (39)
- Argyle, Trinidad and Tobago
- Actor, also producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Winston Duke's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras M'Baku in Black Panther (2018)
- Allyas Gabe Wilson in Us (2019)
- Heroas Will in Nine Days (2020)
- Allyas Hawk in Spenser Confidential (2020)
- Shapeshifteras M'Baku in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
- Mentoras Dan Tucker in The Fall Guy (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Winston Duke's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Winston Duke's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Black Panther 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

Avengers: Doomsday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

The Fall Guy(2024)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Nine Days(2020)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Invincible(2021)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Spenser Confidential(2020)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Avengers: Endgame(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Us(2019)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Avengers: Infinity War(2018)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Black Panther(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Person of Interest(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Modern Family(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsHeroine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Slime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Spenser Confidential 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles, 12 of them dated from 1999 to 2024; peak year 2020.
Film career
Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2011Screen debut· Person of Interest
- 2018First film· Black Panther
- 2018Screen Actors Guild Award win· Black Panther
- 2021First top-billed film· Nine Days
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
Won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2019, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Winston Duke's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 12 titles divides audiences: 6 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved6
- Crowd Pleaser6
Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Winston Duke's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Winston Duke work with?
People who share at least 2 of Winston Duke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lupita Nyong'o shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Ryan CooglerShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Coogler

Writers
- Jack KirbyShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Kirby

- Joe Robert ColeShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Robert Cole

- Stan LeeShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Stan Lee

Actors
- Lupita Nyong'oShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Us (2019), Black Panther (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Lupita Nyong'o

- Angela BassettShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Angela Bassett

- Danai GuriraShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Danai Gurira

- Letitia WrightShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Letitia Wright

Composers and editors
- Ludwig GöranssonShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Ludwig Göransson

- Michael P. ShawverShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Michael P. Shawver

Producers
- David J. GrantShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with David J. Grant

- Kevin FeigeShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Feige

- Louis D'EspositoShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Louis D'Esposito

- Nate MooreShared titles: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Black Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Nate Moore

