Michael Bentt
Acting • Born 1965-09-04
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bentt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
19 credits
State Property: Blood on the Streets
Movie • 2005
Biggis (El Plaga)
Tommy
Movie • 2017
Self
Shadow Boxers
Movie • 1999
Himself
Ali
Movie • 2001
Sonny Liston
Million Dollar Baby
Movie • 2004
Boxer (uncredited)
The Neighbor
Movie • 2007
L.A. Sheriff
Blackhat
Movie • 2015
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Collateral
Movie • 2004
Fever Bouncer
Dark Blue
Movie • 2002
Officer Clay
Public Enemies
Movie • 2009
Herbert Youngblood
Blue: The American Dream
Movie • 2016
Mr. Parker
I Am Joe Frazier
Movie • 2025
Self
Medium
TV • 2005
Guard
Sons of Anarchy
TV • 2008
Dion
Losers
TV • 2019
Self
Firefly
TV • 2002
Viktor
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Charles Lambert
Heartland
TV • 2007
Joseph Hanratty
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Boxer (uncredited)