Michael Bentt
Acting1965London, England, USA
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".
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Known For
Acting History
2025
I Am Joe Frazier
as Self
2019
Losers
TVas Self
2017
Tommy
as Self
2016
Blue: The American Dream
as Mr. Parker
2015
Blackhat
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
2009
Public Enemies
as Herbert Youngblood
Sons of Anarchy
TVas Dion• 1 eps
2007
The Neighbor
as L.A. Sheriff
Heartland
TVas Joseph Hanratty
2005
State Property: Blood on the Streets
as Biggis (El Plaga)
Medium
TVas Guard• 1 eps
2004
Collateral
as Fever Bouncer
Million Dollar Baby
as Boxer (uncredited)
The Guardian
TVas Charles Lambert• 1 eps
2001
Ali
as Sonny Liston
1999
Shadow Boxers
as Himself
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Boxer (uncredited)