Deke started acting at the age of 7, when writer director John Hale put him in his debut film ( Hyphen ). Since then he has been cast in around 14 different short films and 3 features. He has worked in every genre of film you can think of horror, comedy, drama, and children's. He has also done some TV and industrial videos.When not acting Deke goes to school where he is an all a honor roll student and helper to special needs students. He also loves skateboarding, if not working on a film or doing school work he is skating.