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Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan

December 10, 1957 –September 3, 2012

Film actor, Comedian, Voice actor, Television actor, Actor, Basketball player

Lived 54 years

Born in
Chicago
Passed away in
Los Angeles

Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012) was an American actor best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and other honors. He also played Kingpin in Daredevil and Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (both 2003). In addition, he appeared in movies such as Armageddon (1998), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Scorpion King (2002), Sin City (2005), and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), as well as in the role of Leo Knox in the television series Bones (2011) its spin-off The Finder (2012); and also in episodes of Two and a Half Men. His voice roles in films included Brother Bear (2003), The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005), Brother Bear 2 (2006), Kung Fu Panda (2008), and Green Lantern (2011); he had the voice role of Benjamin King in the video game Saints Row (2006).

Awards: Saturn Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Education: Alcorn State University, King College Prep High School, Kankakee Community College

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clarke_Duncan