Michael Bentt

Known for: Acting
Born: September 4, 1965
Birthplace: London, England, USA

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

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

Credits from TMDB.