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Michael Richard Jai White is an American actor, director, and martial artist. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White appeared as Marcus Williams in the Tyler Perry films Why Did I Get Married? and Why Did I Get Married Too?, and starred as the character on the TBS/OWN comedy-drama television series Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse. White portrayed Jax Briggs in Mortal Kombat: Legacy and the Cyborg Seth in Universal Soldier, the return. He portrayed boxer Mike Tyson in the 1995 HBO television movie Tyson. He also played the title role in the blaxploitation parody film Black Dynamite, as well as the animated series of the same name.
Born
Friday, 10 November 1967
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Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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One More Shot | Robert Jackson | 2024 |
Outlaw Johnny Black | Outlaw Johnny Black | 2023 |
MR-9: Do or Die | Duke | 2023 |
The Island | Mark | 2023 |
Come Out Fighting | Sergeant AJ 'Red' McCarron | 2023 |
A Snowy Day in Oakland | Reverend Carter | 2023 |
You're Not Alone | Keith Mitchell | 2023 |
As Good as Dead | Bryant | 2022 |
The Hit | Brooke | 2022 |
Dead Zone | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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One More Shot | Robert Jackson | 2024 |
Outlaw Johnny Black | Outlaw Johnny Black | 2023 |
MR-9: Do or Die | Duke | 2023 |
The Island | Mark | 2023 |
Come Out Fighting | Sergeant AJ 'Red' McCarron | 2023 |
A Snowy Day in Oakland | Reverend Carter | 2023 |
You're Not Alone | Keith Mitchell | 2023 |
As Good as Dead | Bryant | 2022 |
The Hit | Brooke | 2022 |
Dead Zone | 2022 | |
Kingdom Business | Julius 'Caesar' Jones / Julius “Caesar” Jones | 2022 |
FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
We Need to Talk About Cosby | Self | 2022 |
The Commando | James Baker | 2022 |
Black Friday | Archie | 2021 |
Rogue Hostage | Sparks | 2021 |
Send It! | Coach | 2021 |
Take Back | Brian | 2021 |
Assault on VA-33 | Chief Malone | 2021 |
Bisping | Self | 2021 |
Batman: Soul of the Dragon | Ben Turner / Bronze Tiger (voice) | 2021 |
Welcome to Sudden Death | Jesse / Jesse Freeman | 2020 |
GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
Pump | Eric | 2020 |
Undercover Brother 2 | Undercover Brother / Narrator | 2019 |
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Himself / Self | 2019 |
Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
In Search of the Last Action Heroes | Himself / Self | 2019 |
The D.L. Hughley Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
The Hard Way | Payne | 2019 |
Triple Threat | Devereaux | 2019 |
Dragged Across Concrete | Biscuit / 'Biscuit' | 2019 |
Every Day Is Christmas | Justin | 2018 |
Collider Live | Self | 2018 |
Making a Killing | Orlando Hudson | 2018 |
The Family Business | Vegas Duncan / Vegas | 2018 |
Accident Man | Mick | 2018 |
Cops and Robbers | Michael | 2017 |
S.W.A.T.: Under Siege | Scorpion | 2017 |
Insecure | Zeke | 2016 |
The Crooked Man | Milo | 2016 |
Chocolate City: Vegas | Princeton | 2016 |
Vigilante Diaries | Barrington | 2016 |
Never Back Down: No Surrender | Case Walker | 2016 |
The Asian Connection | Greedy Greg | 2016 |
Chain of Command | James Webster | 2015 |
Chocolate City | Princeton | 2015 |
Skin Trade | Reed | 2015 |
The Real Miyagi | Self | 2015 |
Beyond the Game | Self | 2014 |
Black-ish | Vincent | 2014 |
Falcon Rising | John 'Falcon' Chapman | 2014 |
Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
Android Cop | Hammond | 2014 |
Generation Iron | Himself / Self | 2013 |
The Real | Self | 2013 |
Fedz | Big D (as Micheal White) / Big D | 2013 |
The Cinema Couch | Self - Guest | 2013 |
Real Husbands of Hollywood | Self | 2013 |
Metal Hurlant Chronicles | Balt / Teague | 2012 |
Arrow | Ben Turner / Bronze Tiger | 2012 |
Somebody's Child | Douglas | 2012 |
The Philly Kid | Arthur Letts | 2012 |
Freaky Deaky | Donnell Lewis | 2012 |
We the Party | Officer Davis | 2012 |
Ask Dr. Nandi | Himself / Self | 2012 |
For Better or Worse | Marcus Williams | 2011 |
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown | Case Walker | 2011 |
Tactical Force | Hunt | 2011 |
Black Dynamite | Black Dynamite / CIA Member / Jim Kelly | 2011 |
DPTV Networks | Self | 2011 |
Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
Mortal Kombat: Legacy | Major Jackson 'Jax' Briggs | 2011 |
Way Black When: Primetime | Self | 2011 |
One Angry Juror | Derrick | 2010 |
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth | Jackson Briggs | 2010 |
Why Did I Get Married Too? | Marcus | 2010 |
WWE NXT | Self | 2010 |
Black Dynamite | Black Dynamite | 2009 |
The Legend of Bruce Lee | Ali | 2009 |
Li Xiao Long chuan qi | Ali | 2009 |
Blood and Bone | Isaiah Bone | 2009 |
Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Tattooed Man | 2008 |
The Dark Knight | Gambol | 2008 |
Justice | Tre | 2008 |
The Tyler Perry Show | Self / Himself | 2008 |
Why Did I Get Married? | Marcus | 2007 |
House of Payne | Bryan | 2006 |
Windfall | Michael | 2006 |
Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing | George Chambers | 2006 |
Getting Played | Actor | 2005 |
The Boondocks | Bushido Brown / Cop | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
UnConventional | Himself / Self | 2004 |
Clubhouse | Ellis Hayes | 2004 |
Justice League Unlimited | Doomsday | 2004 |
Silver Hawk | Morris | 2004 |
CSI: Miami | Officer Roy Bailey | 2002 |
Pandora's Box | Hampton Hines / Hampton / Mia's lover | 2002 |
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros | Spawn (archive footage) / Spawn | 2001 |
Justice League | Doomsday | 2001 |
Exit Wounds | Lewis Strutt | 2001 |
Boston Public | Darren Schofield | 2000 |
Static Shock | Osebo | 2000 |
Soul Food | Russell Banks | 2000 |
Wonderland | Dr. Derrick Hatcher / Tammy Banger | 2000 |
Freedom Song | Coleman Vaughnes | 2000 |
Universal Soldier: The Return | SETH | 1999 |
Breakfast of Champions | Howell | 1999 |
Thick as Thieves | Pointy | 1999 |
Mutiny | Ben Cooper | 1999 |
Ringmaster | Demond / Starletta's boyfriend | 1998 |
Spawn | Spawn / Al Simmons | 1997 |
City of Industry | Odell Williams | 1997 |
2 Days in the Valley | Buck | 1996 |
Shaughnessy | Carpenter | 1996 |
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | Elroy | 1996 |
JAG | Petty Officer First Class Peter Quinn / Lt. Martin Payne | 1995 |
Tyson | Mike Tyson | 1995 |
Ballistic | Quint | 1995 |
Lion Strike | Silvio | 1994 |
On Deadly Ground | Oil Worker | 1994 |
NYPD Blue | Off. Reginald 'Reggie' Fancy | 1993 |
Living Single | Steve | 1993 |
Full Contact | Low-Ball | 1993 |
Prototype | Prototype | 1992 |
Renegade | Luther - Dawn's boyfriend | 1992 |
Martin | Valdez | 1992 |
Universal Soldier | Soldier | 1992 |
True Identity | Alley Guy #1 | 1991 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Audience Man | 1991 |
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | Apocalypse, Inc. Executive | 1989 |
Saved by the Bell | Military Police Man #2 | 1989 |
The Toxic Avenger Part II | Apocalypse Inc. Executive | 1989 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Outlaw Johnny Black | 2023 |
You're Not Alone | 2023 |
As Good as Dead | 2022 |
The Commando | 2022 |
Take Back | 2021 |
Black Dynamite | 2011 |
Blood and Bone | 2009 |
PVC-1 | 2007 |