Duane Whitaker

Acting

Duane Whitaker

Born 1959-06-23 · 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

Acting credits

Pulp Fiction poster
8.5

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Pulp Fiction

1994

Halloween II poster
5.3

Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

Halloween II

2009

The Devil's Rejects poster
6.7

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.

The Devil's Rejects

2005

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money poster
4.6

A bank-robbing gang of misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar, the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood.

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1999

3 from Hell poster
5.8

After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.

3 from Hell

2019

Bad Ass poster
5.8

Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.

Bad Ass

2012

Feast poster
6.1

When a motley crew of strangers find themselves trapped in an isolated tavern, they must band together in a battle for survival against a family of flesh-hungry creatures.

Feast

2005

Tales from the Hood poster
6.3

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.

Tales from the Hood

1995

Children of the Corn: Genesis poster
4.1

Tim and Allie seek shelter in a remote desert compound after becoming lost and stranded. A strange Manson-like character, Preacher, reluctantly allows them inside with strict orders to be gone by morning and not wander "where you are not invited."

Children of the Corn: Genesis

2011

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III poster
5.4

Two college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and onto a deserted Texas road where they are stalked by the menacing Leatherface and his family.

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

1990

No artwork available
7.0

Finn (Raymond Turturro), drives around in an old car at night with a portable record player in the back seat pumping out a variety of tunes to help him make it through the night. Why is he out driving around every night? Because he's a burned out pizza delivery guy delivering pizzas in a city that seems as burned out as he is.

Cordoba Nights

2007

Slaughterhouse On The Hill poster
5.8

A night of terror ensues when a group of friends party at an abandoned slaughterhouse.

Slaughterhouse On The Hill

2024

Blowin' Smoke poster
NR

Six stories, forty characters, two-hundred years of time and one common thread - Cigarettes.

Blowin' Smoke

2025

The Hail Mary poster
NR

Sister Kathy finds an angry loner in need of redemption and leads him to his atonement by conning him into creating a football team for her Catholic School.

The Hail Mary

2026

Groom Lake poster
4.2

When Kate discovers she has a terminal illness, she persuades boyfriend Andy to visit Groom Lake, a reputed hotbed of alien activity, hoping to discover proof of life beyond this terrestrial sphere. Soon, the pair crosses paths with desperate government scientists, eccentric locals and a surprising -- and inspiring --conspiracy of epic proportions.

Groom Lake

2002

I Don't Know poster
NR

A failed cartoonist scores a dangerous win at a high-stakes poker game, and flees the criminal underworld of Los Angeles with his resilient sex worker fiancé.

I Don't Know

2024

Stripteaser poster
4.5

As Zipper's Clown Palace (a strip bar) closes, Neil wanders in and decides to hold the dancers, bartender, and remaining customers hostage. He torments them with little tasks he wants performed, playing on their weaknesses and relying on his gun for intimidation. Eventually the hostages begin formulating plans to thwart his control. Meanwhile, two policemen are observing the outside of the strip joint, realizing that something's wrong and trying to decide if it's worth ruining their buzz to intervene.

Stripteaser

1995

Puppet Master 5 poster
5.1

Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Rick and steal the magic which animates the puppets.

Puppet Master 5

1994

Cold Ones poster
6.7

Every stranger has a secret in writer-director Garrett Clancy’s indie drama, also released as Dead Letters. Ten years after his first novel went down in flames, the hard knocks just won’t stop for K.C. Corcoran (C. Thomas Howell) - his girlfriend’s just thrown him out. K.C. hopes to get his life back on track by writing another book and heads to a remote mountain cabin to work on it … but the locals prove more hazardous than he could have guessed.

Cold Ones

2007

Night of the Scarecrow poster
5.0

A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...

Night of the Scarecrow

1995

Hobgoblins poster
3.6

A band of misfit teenagers, along with a film studio security guard, must recapture escaped hobgoblins with the ability to make people live out their wildest fantasies.

Hobgoblins

1988

Spoiler poster
5.3

Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out.

Spoiler

1998

The Butcher poster
4.7

A mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival gang boss. Merle (Eric Roberts) is a gambler stuck on a twenty-year losing streak, but his luck is about to change. Surviving a trap that was intended to kill him, Merle makes away with a beautiful woman and a piece of the take. Most men in that position would have been content to simply walk away with their lives, but Merle has been loyal for twenty years. Realizing he's been betrayed, something inside snaps. They used to call him "The Butcher" as a joke, but the laughter turns to screams when Merle returns to deliver the ultimate punchline.

The Butcher

2009

Scammerhead poster
8.0

A Global Film Noir with dark comic elements about Silas Breece, a legendarily unorthodox business hustler who travels the world seeking capitol from bizarre investors, mobsters and government officials for a series of increasingly elaborate projects.

Scammerhead

2014

Behind the camera

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money poster
4.6

A bank-robbing gang of misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar, the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood.

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1999

Stripteaser poster
4.5

As Zipper's Clown Palace (a strip bar) closes, Neil wanders in and decides to hold the dancers, bartender, and remaining customers hostage. He torments them with little tasks he wants performed, playing on their weaknesses and relying on his gun for intimidation. Eventually the hostages begin formulating plans to thwart his control. Meanwhile, two policemen are observing the outside of the strip joint, realizing that something's wrong and trying to decide if it's worth ruining their buzz to intervene.

Stripteaser

1995

Eddie Presley poster
4.0

Eddie Presley is a down on his luck ex-Elvis impersonator. With his days of fromer glory performing in small to medium-sized clubs behind him, he's stuck in a dead-end security job, making barely enough to live out of his van. But Eddie's luck is about to change when he's offered a comeback gig at a seedy Hollywood nightclub... until he has a breakdown on stage and gives the audience a powerful, improvised performance they'll not soon forget.

Eddie Presley

1993

Together and Alone poster
8.0

Stories and characters interweave during one night in Hollywood.

Together and Alone

1998

Together and Alone poster
8.0

Stories and characters interweave during one night in Hollywood.

Together and Alone

1998

Camp Utopia poster
3.4

A Manson-like cult leader disappears after freaking out and hacking up a bunch of his followers with a machete. Thirty something years later some kids come and camp out on the site of the killings. Of course, bad stuff happens.

Camp Utopia

2002

Backroad Motel poster
8.0

A nine story anthology featuring various dregs, druggies, the innocent and the doomed inhabiting a dingy motel room somewhere along Route 66.

Backroad Motel

2001