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Michael Bentt

Michael A. Bentt (born September 4, 1965 in London, England) is a film and television actor and retired heavyweight boxer. Of Jamaican lineage, he was born in East Dulwich, London, but raised in the Cambria Heights section of Queens in New York City. Bentt is a one-time heavyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Organization championship from October 1993 until March 1994. As an actor he's best known for co-starring as Sonny Liston in Michael Mann's Ali and as Biggis/El Plaga in Damon Dash's indie urban hip hop classic "State Property 2". Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bentt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

I Am Joe Frazier
I Am Joe Frazier
2025 • Self
Tommy
Tommy
2017 • Self
Blue: The American Dream
Blue: The American Dream
2016 • Mr. Parker
Blackhat
Blackhat
2015 • Cab Driver (uncredited)
Public Enemies
Public Enemies
2009 • Herbert Youngblood
The Neighbor
The Neighbor
2007 • L.A. Sheriff
State Property: Blood on the Streets
State Property: Blood on the Streets
2005 • Biggis (El Plaga)
Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby
2004 • Boxer (uncredited)

Full filmography

Tommy
Tommy
2017 • Self
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Blackhat
Blackhat
2015 • Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Public Enemies
Public Enemies
2009 • Herbert Youngblood
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The Neighbor
The Neighbor
2007 • L.A. Sheriff
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Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby
2004 • Boxer (uncredited)
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Collateral
Collateral
2004 • Fever Bouncer
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Dark Blue
Dark Blue
2002 • Officer Clay
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Ali
Ali
2001 • Sonny Liston
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Shadow Boxers
Shadow Boxers
1999 • Himself
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Michael Bentt – Biography, Known For & Filmography