Buddy Duress is an American actor known for his roles in Heaven Knows What, Good Time, Funny Pages, and Person to Person.[1][2] A native of Queens, Duress is a frequent collaborator of the Safdie brothers.[3][4][5] He has a history of legal troubles, having been locked up in New York City's Rikers Island at least 10 times with charges including heroin possession and identity theft.[6] In 2013, he was supposed to leave Rikers for an in-patient program for individuals with drug addiction issues, but instead fled and spent almost a year homeless, on the run from the authorities.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Heaven Knows What Mike
2017 Person to Person Paul
2017 Good Time Ray
2018 The Mountain Philip Farmer Uncredited
2018 The Great Darkened Days Concurrent
2020 Beware of Dog Mike
2021 PVT Chat Larry
2021 Flinch James Vaughn
2022 Funny Pages Ryan Cameo
2023 Mass State Lottery Ivan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack Stoney Episode #1.11

References

  1. ↑ "Buddy Duress". IMDb. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ Scott, A. O. (August 10, 2017). "Review: A Good Time, if in Name Only". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ Barshad, Amos. "The Safdie Brothers Are Classic New York Hustlers. Their Movies Might Make Them Legends". The FADER. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ Kohn, Eric (October 2, 2014). "How a Rikers Island Inmate Became a Star at the New York Film Festival". IndieWire. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Chew-Bose, Durga (August 25, 2017). "Ext. Queens Evening — With Actor Buddy Duress". Ssense. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Michael (August 17, 2019). "Buddy Duress should be a huge star, but he can't stay out of Rikers". New York Post. Retrieved November 8, 2023.


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