Person
Michael Bentt
Acting · Born 1965-09-04 · London, 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bentt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Saturday Night Live
Boxer (uncredited)
Sons of Anarchy
Dion
Medium
Guard
The Guardian
Charles Lambert
Firefly
Viktor
Collateral
Fever Bouncer
Million Dollar Baby
Boxer (uncredited)
Public Enemies
Herbert Youngblood
Blackhat
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Heartland
Joseph Hanratty
Filmography
- 2025I Am Joe FrazierSelf
- 2019LosersSelf
- 2017TommySelf
- 2016Blue: The American DreamMr. Parker
- 2015BlackhatCab Driver (uncredited)
- 2009Public EnemiesHerbert Youngblood
- 2008Sons of AnarchyDion
- 2007The NeighborL.A. Sheriff
- 2007HeartlandJoseph Hanratty
- 2005State Property: Blood on the StreetsBiggis (El Plaga)
- 2005MediumGuard
- 2004Million Dollar BabyBoxer (uncredited)
- 2004CollateralFever Bouncer
- 2002Dark BlueOfficer Clay
- 2002FireflyViktor
- 2001AliSonny Liston
- 2001The GuardianCharles Lambert
- 1999Shadow BoxersHimself
- 1975Saturday Night LiveBoxer (uncredited)
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