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Michael Bentt

Born: 1965-09-04 • 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".

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