Michael Clarke Duncan was born December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois He is best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile. 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 as John Coffey in the Frank Darabont-directed The Green Mile, a role which netted him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. 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), The Island and Daredevil as Wilson Fisk, aka The Kingpin. Duncan has also provided his voice for a number of roles including Brother Bear, The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses, Quiznos commercials, and the video games Demon Stone, SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, The Suffering: Ties That Bind, 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. He later reprised his role as the Kingpin in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series. In 2005, he starred in the film Sin City (again alongside Bruce Willis) as Manute, a powerful mobster. Duncan appeared in a minor role in the 2006 movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Lucius Washington, and he voiced the role of the villain Massive in the Loonatics Unleashed. In 2006, he voiced the role of Numbuh 26 in the animated movie Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation ZERO. He played Balrog in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and voiced the prison commander in Kung Fu Panda. In 2011, Duncan plays ‘The Giant Troll’ in the fantasy comedy film, Your Highness and will reprise his role in the SinCity sequels. On September 3 2012 Michael Clarke Duncan passed away from complications after a massive heart attack on July 13th 2012.
Movie | The Challenger | Dune | 2015-09-11 |
Movie | A Resurrection | Addison | 2013-03-21 |
Movie | From the Rough | Roger | 2013-06-08 |
Series | The Finder | Leo Knox | 2012-01-12 |
Movie | In the Hive | Mr. Hollis | 2012-12-14 |
Movie | The Rock: The Epic Journey of Dwayne Johnson | Self (archive footage) | 2012-02-21 |
Movie | Your Highness | The Giant Troll | 2011-04-08 |
Movie | Cross | Erlik | 2011-05-21 |
Movie | A Crush on You | 'Big Jim' Nelson | 2011-06-11 |
Movie | Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit | Slash (voice) | 2011-07-11 |
Movie | Green Lantern | Kilowog (voice) | 2011-06-14 |
Movie | Redemption Road | Augy | 2011-08-26 |
Movie | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Sam (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
Movie | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | Balrog | 2009-02-27 |
Movie | The Slammin' Salmon | Cleon Salmon | 2009-12-11 |
Movie | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Sheriff Otis Jenkins | 2008-02-08 |
Movie | American Crude | Spinks | 2008-06-03 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Commander Vachir (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
Movie | Delgo | Elder Marley (voice) | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Slipstream | Mort / Phil Henderson / Patrolman | 2007-02-10 |
Movie | The Last Mimzy | Nathanial Broadman | 2007-02-09 |
Movie | The Making of God of War II | Atlas | 2007-03-13 |
Series | Chuck | Colt | 2007-09-24 |
Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Lucius Washington | 2006-08-04 |
Movie | Brother Bear 2 | Tug (voice) | 2006-08-17 |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Movie | Air Buddies | Wolf (voice) | 2006-12-12 |
Movie | One Way | The General | 2006-10-21 |
Movie | School for Scoundrels | Lesher | 2006-09-29 |
Movie | D.E.B.S. | Mr. Phipps | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | Racing Stripes | Clydesdale (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
Movie | Sin City | Manute | 2005-04-01 |
Movie | The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses | Big Daddy (voice) | 2005-01-11 |
Movie | The Island | Starkweather Two Delta / Jamal Starkweather | 2005-07-21 |
Movie | 2005 Chicago White Sox: The Official World Series Film | narrator | 2005-10-26 |
Movie | Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone | Stinktooth (voice) | 2005-05-17 |
Series | Loonatics Unleashed | Unknown | 2005-09-17 |
Movie | Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | The Stork (voice) | 2005-07-23 |
Movie | George and the Dragon | Tarik | 2004-03-28 |
Series | CSI: NY | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Movie | Pursued | Franklin | 2004-12-21 |
Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Wilson Fisk / the Kingpin | 2003-07-11 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
Movie | Daredevil | Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin | 2003-02-14 |
Movie | Brother Bear | Tug (voice) | 2003-10-23 |
Movie | George of the Jungle 2 | Mean Lion (voice) | 2003-08-18 |
Movie | Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time | Future Wade (voice) | 2003-11-28 |
Series | Two and a Half Men | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | George Lopez | Unknown | 2002-03-27 |
Movie | The Scorpion King | Balthazar | 2002-04-18 |
Series | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Unknown | 2002-07-20 |
Series | Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | See Spot Run | Murdoch | 2001-03-02 |
Movie | Cats & Dogs | Sam (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
Movie | They Call Me Sirr | Coach Griffin | 2001-11-01 |
Movie | Planet of the Apes | Attar | 2001-07-25 |
Movie | The Whole Nine Yards | Franklin 'Frankie Figs' Figueroa | 2000-02-18 |
Movie | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Himself - 'John Coffey' | 2000-06-13 |
Series | Static Shock | Unknown | 2000-09-23 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Breakfast of Champions | Eli | 1999-02-18 |
Movie | The Green Mile | John Coffey | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | The Underground Comedy Movie | Gay Virgin | 1999-05-14 |
Movie | Caught Up | Random Dead Guy | 1998-02-27 |
Movie | The Players Club | Bodyguard | 1998-04-08 |
Movie | A Night at the Roxbury | Roxbury Bouncer | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Bulworth | Bouncer | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | Armageddon | Bear | 1998-07-01 |
Series | King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
Series | Built to Last | 1997-09-24 | |
Movie | Back in Business | Huge Guard | 1997-05-29 |
Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Sparks | Frank | 1996-08-26 |
Series | The Jamie Foxx Show | Unknown | 1996-08-28 |
Movie | Friday | Craps Player (uncredited) | 1995-04-26 |
Series | The Wayans Bros. | Unknown | 1995-01-11 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Man in the Bar | 1990-09-10 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |