Actor

Michael Bentt

September 4, 1965 · 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".

Notable work

8
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
as Boxer (uncredited)
7.2
Collateral (2004)
as Fever Bouncer
6.7
Public Enemies (2009)
as Herbert Youngblood
8.4
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
as Dion
8.3
Firefly (2002)
as Viktor
5.5
Blackhat (2015)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
6.7
Ali (2001)
as Sonny Liston
7.5
Medium (2005)
as Guard
6.2
Dark Blue (2002)
as Officer Clay

Often works with

Jamie Foxx
2 titles together
Collateral, Ali
Jada Pinkett Smith
2 titles together
Collateral, Ali
Bruce McGill
2 titles together
Collateral, Ali
Barry Shabaka Henley
2 titles together
Collateral, Ali
Emilio Rivera
2 titles together
Collateral, Sons of Anarchy
John Ortiz
2 titles together
Public Enemies, Blackhat

Full filmography · 14

Blue: The American Dream
as Mr. Parker
2016
Blackhat
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
20155.5
Public Enemies
as Herbert Youngblood
20096.7
The Neighbor
as L.A. Sheriff
20075.2
State Property: Blood on the Streets
as Biggis (El Plaga)
20056.1
Million Dollar Baby
as Boxer (uncredited)
20048
Collateral
as Fever Bouncer
20047.2
Dark Blue
as Officer Clay
20026.2
Ali
as Sonny Liston
20016.7