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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Million Dollar Baby (2004) — Boxer (uncredited)
2. Collateral (2004) — Fever Bouncer
3. Public Enemies (2009) — Herbert Youngblood
4. Sons of Anarchy (2008) — Dion
5. Firefly (2002) — Viktor
6. Blackhat (2015) — Cab Driver (uncredited)
7. Ali (2001) — Sonny Liston
8. Medium (2005) — Guard
9. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Boxer (uncredited)
10. Dark Blue (2002) — Officer Clay
11. The Guardian (2001) — Charles Lambert
12. The Neighbor (2007) — L.A. Sheriff
13. Losers (2019) — Self
14. State Property: Blood on the Streets (2005) — Biggis (El Plaga)
15. Tommy (2017) — Self
16. Shadow Boxers (1999) — Himself
17. Heartland (2007) — Joseph Hanratty
18. I Am Joe Frazier (2025) — Self
19. Blue: The American Dream (2016) — Mr. Parker