Michael Bentt
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Da...
Known For
Filmography
I Am Joe Frazier
2025
as Self
Losers
2019
as Self
Tommy
2017
as Self
Blue: The American Dream
2016
as Mr. Parker
Blackhat
2015
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Public Enemies
2009
as Herbert Youngblood
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Dion
The Neighbor
2007
as L.A. Sheriff
Heartland
2007
as Joseph Hanratty
State Property: Blood on the Streets
2005
as Biggis (El Plaga)
Medium
2005
as Guard
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Boxer (uncredited)
Collateral
2004
as Fever Bouncer
Dark Blue
2002
as Officer Clay
Firefly
2002
as Viktor
Ali
2001
as Sonny Liston
The Guardian
2001
as Charles Lambert
Shadow Boxers
1999
as Himself
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Boxer (uncredited)