Born 1965 (age 60) · London, England, USA
Appears in 19 titles

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.

Filmography

Million Dollar Baby
8.0
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Boxer (uncredited)
Collateral
7.2
Collateral
2004
as Fever Bouncer
Public Enemies
6.7
Public Enemies
2009
as Herbert Youngblood
Blackhat
5.5
Blackhat
2015
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Ali
6.7
Ali
2001
as Sonny Liston
Dark Blue
6.3
Dark Blue
2002
as Officer Clay
The Neighbor
5.2
The Neighbor
2007
as L.A. Sheriff
State Property: Blood on the Streets
5.9
State Property: Blood on the Streets
2005
as Biggis (El Plaga)
Tommy
8.1
Tommy
2017
as Self
Shadow Boxers
6.6
Shadow Boxers
1999
as Himself
I Am Joe Frazier
8.0
I Am Joe Frazier
2025
as Self
Blue: The American Dream
Blue: The American Dream
2016
as Mr. Parker