Michael Bentt
Actor
Biography
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".
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Filmography
Collateral
as Fever Bouncer 2004
Public Enemies
as Herbert Youngblood 2009
Blackhat
as Cab Driver (uncredited) 2015
Ali
as Sonny Liston 2001
Dark Blue
as Officer Clay 2002
The Neighbor
as L.A. Sheriff 2007
State Property: Blood on the Streets
as Biggis (El Plaga) 2005
Tommy
as Self 2017
Shadow Boxers
as Himself 1999
I Am Joe Frazier
as Self 2025