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