Damion Poitier

 ( Living People ) 

Damion Poitier ( ; born June 4, 1976) is an American actor and stuntman, best known for his role as Chains in Payday 2. He made an uncredited appearance as Thanos in The Avengers (2012), the character's first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (in future appearances, Josh Brolin would take over the role). He has also had roles in , Star Trek, Jarhead, and Never Die Alone.

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Early life Poitier was born in Philadelphia, and moved to Massachusetts in his early childhood. He became interested in acting after watching a man who looked "just like his grandfather" appear on television talk about acting. He acted through school, but got his first "professional" job as a scare actor at Spooky World. Poitier's first real acting job was a stunt performer on Sheena.

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Personal life Poitier practices Universalism. He is unsure if he is related to Sidney Poitier, but knows that their ancestors "hail from the same island".

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Filmography

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Films

2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Tec's Crew
2004	Never Die Alone	Alvin
2005	Jarhead	Poitier
2006	Dreamgirls	Man in D.C. Bar	Uncredited
2008	How 2 Build a Rapper	Patron 1
	Toxic	Angel's Thug #1
2009	Star Trek	Drill Hanson #1	Uncredited
	Black Dynamite	Thug #2
	The Perfect Sleep	Ganyov
2010	Hunter Prey	Centauri 7
2012	The 404
	The Avengers	Thanos	Credited as Man #1; post-credits scene
2013	Almost Broadway	Joe
	The Hangover Part III	Henchman #6	Uncredited
	Bolden!	Fighter #6
2014	Mercenaries	Webber
2015		Super Boring Man
2016		Crossbones' mercenary	Credited as Hero Merc #1

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Short films

2004	World's Finest	Secret Serviceman	As Damion Pointier
2007	Ultimate Weapon	Bouncer
2009	Bad Roommate	Dave
2010	The Response	Aldo
2011	Superseven: Operation Breakdown	Mamba
2012	When the Cobra Strikes	Modise	Video

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Television

2000–2001	Sheena	Non-Speaking Somali / Ranger #2
2002	Firefly	Henchman
2003	The Practice	Marcus Thayer / Willie Brand
	Charmed	Bachelor #4 / Magi Warrior
	Alias	Mp #4
	Metropolis	Banger #3 / Hazing Leader
2004–2005	Judging Amy	Bad guy / Thug
2008	Street Warrior	Huge Thug	TV film
2009		Thug #1
2009–2010	Dollhouse	Yankee
2011	The Zombie Whisperer	Zombie Puncher
	Parks and Recreation	Gregory Gaines
	Sons of Anarchy	Luther	Episode: "Dorylus"
	Witchy Ways	Dagara
	Adventures of Superseven	Mamba
True Blood	Duprez
2012	Awake	Officer Pike
	Divergence	Tyler
2013	Pair of Kings	Kaita	Episodes: "Long Live the Kings" part 1 and 2
2015	Mighty Med	The Incapacitator	Episode: "Lab Rats vs. Mighty Med"
	Lab Rats
2018	Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe	Jack Boniface / Shadowman
2019–2023	The Flash	Goldface	6 episodes

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Video games

2013	Payday 2: The Web Series	Chains
	Payday 2
2014	Halo 2 Anniversary	Sergeant Major Johnson / The Arbiter	Motion capture
2017	Halo Wars 2	Atriox	Motion capture Twitter - Damion Poitier
2020		Xavier Johnson
2023		Nasara
	Payday 3	Chains	Voice PAYDAY3 Official FAQ

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External links

Categories: Living People, 1982 Births, American Male Film Actors, American Male Television Actors, American Male Video Game Actors, American Male Voice Actors, Male Actors From Philadelphia, Male Actors From Pennsylvania, Actors From Pennsylvania, Male Motion Capture Actors, 21st-century African-american Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Actors, 21st-century African-american People, 20th-century African-american People

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