Michael Bentt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4 September 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bentt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 14
- 2025I Am Joe Frazier as Self
- 2017Tommy as Self
- 2016Blue: The American Dream as Mr. Parker
- 2015Blackhat as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 2009Public Enemies as Herbert Youngblood
- 2008Sons of Anarchy as Dion · 1 episode
- 2007The Neighbor as L.A. Sheriff
- 2005State Property: Blood on the Streets as Biggis (El Plaga)
- 2004Million Dollar Baby as Boxer (uncredited)
- 2004Collateral as Fever Bouncer
- 2002Dark Blue as Officer Clay
- 2001Ali as Sonny Liston
- 1999Shadow Boxers as Himself
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Boxer (uncredited) · 1 episode