Michael Bentt

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.

Known For

Tommy

Million Dollar Baby

Collateral

Acting

2005

State Property: Blood on the Streets

as

Biggis (El Plaga)

2017

Tommy

as

Self

1999

Shadow Boxers

as

Himself

2001

Ali

as

Sonny Liston

2004

Million Dollar Baby

as

Boxer (uncredited)

2007

The Neighbor

as

L.A. Sheriff

2004

Collateral

as

Fever Bouncer

2015

Blackhat

as

Cab Driver (uncredited)

2002

Dark Blue

as

Officer Clay

2009

Public Enemies

as

Herbert Youngblood

2016

Blue: The American Dream

as

Mr. Parker

2025

I Am Joe Frazier

as

Self

Medium

as

Guard

Sons of Anarchy

as

Dion

Losers

as

Self

Firefly

as

Viktor

Production

Crew

Directing