Michael Clarke Duncan

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Michael Clarke Duncan

BornNovember 10 1957 (1957--) (age 51)
Chicago, Illinois
Years active1995-present
Michael Clarke Duncan (born December 10, 1957) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor who has starred in a number of successful films.

Biography

Early life

Duncan was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in a single-parent household with his sister, Judy, and mother, Jean Duncan (a house cleaner), after his father left.[1] He always wanted to act, but had to drop out of the Communications program at Alcorn State University to support his family when his mother became ill. Duncan's large frame — 6' 5" (196 cm) and 320 lbs (145 kg)[2] — helped him in his jobs digging ditches for the People's Gas Company and being a bouncer at different Chicago clubs. In 1979 he participated in the Infamous Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox. Through working at the clubs, he was able to get a security job and ended up in Los Angeles. In 1985, he tried out for the Chicago Bears and never played a down; however, he was still given a Super Bowl ring.

Career

Duncan took other security jobs while in Los Angeles while trying to get some acting work in commercials. During this time, worked as a bodyguard for celebrities like Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J, all the while doing bit parts in television and films. He was also the bodyguard for Notorious B.I.G. for some time, although he let a friend take over for him the night that Notorious B.I.G. was shot. This was the event that made him decide to get out of the bodyguarding business.

In 1998, Duncan was cast as Bear in the film Armageddon, where he struck up a friendship with castmate Bruce Willis. It was Bruce Willis' influence that helped him to get his breakout role in the Frank Darabont-directed, The Green Mile, a role which netted him an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination.

Duncan then was cast in a string of films that helped to establish him as a star: The Whole Nine Yards, Planet of the Apes, The Scorpion King (where he starred alongside his friend, The Rock), Daredevil (as The Kingpin) and The Island. Duncan has also provided his voice for a number of roles including Brother Bear, , and the video games , , , Saints Row, and Soldier of Fortune, with his most recent role being God of War II, where he provides the voice of Atlas, the Titan condemned by Zeus to stand at the western edge of the earth and hold up the sky on his shoulders. In 2005, he starred in the film Sin City as Manute, a powerful mobster. Duncan appeared in a minor role in the 2006 movie . In 2006, he voiced the role of Numbuh 26 in the animated movie . He reprised his role as the Kingpin on the .

Duncan made an uncredited appearance in the film Friday playing in a dice game along side Chris Tucker and guest-starred in a first-season episode of alongside Gary Sinise.

Personal life

Duncan is a life long fan of the Chicago White Sox and was at the historical Disco Demolition Night. He also supports the UFC and is frequently seen in attendance in UFC broadcasts. Occasionally, he is asked to give his opinion on upcoming fights. He holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is good friends with Daredevil and Armageddon co-star Ben Affleck as well as The Rock.

Duncan is a fan of The O.C. on FOX and he admits he cried when Marissa Cooper, one of the main characters on the show, died. (This was admitted on a recent appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien) He is also a fan of the television series 24.

On an appearance on the Tonight Show, he stated that he has never had an alcoholic drink.

Filmography

Year Movie Role Notes
1995FridayExtraSeen playing dice with Debo when Red asks for his bike back
1997Back in BusinessHuge Guard
1998Caught UpBB
The Players ClubBodyguard
BulworthBouncer
ArmageddonBear
A Night at the RoxburyBouncer
1999Breakfast of ChampionsEli
Underground Comedy Movie
The Green MileJohn Coffey
2000The Whole Nine YardsFranklin 'Frankie Figs' Figueroa
2001See Spot RunMurdoch
Cats & DogsSam
Planet of the ApesAttar
2002The Scorpion KingBalthazar
2003DaredevilWilson Fisk/The Kingpin
Brother BearTug
2004D.E.B.S.Mr. Phipps
George and the DragonTarik
Big Daddy
PursuedFranklin
2005American CrudeSpinks
The Golden BlazeThomas Tatum/Quake
Racing StripesClydesdale
Sin CityManute
Stinktooth
The IslandStarkweather
2006Air BuddiesThe Wolf
Lucius Washington
Brother Bear 2Tug
School for ScoundrelsLesher
2007The Last MimzyNathaniel Broadman
One WayThe General
DelgoElder MarleyIn production
SlipstreamTug
2008Sin City 2ManutePre-production
Sin City 3ManuteAnnounced

References

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