Age | 56 |
Birthday | 10 November, 1967 |
Birthplace | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
Height | 6' 1" (185 cm) |
Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
Hair Color | Brown - Dark |
Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Claim to Fame | his roles as Black Dynamite in the 2009 blaxploitation action comedy film Black Dynamite, as well as the Adult Swim adult animated blaxploitation comedy series of the same name, CIA Agent Al Simmons/Spawn in the 1997 superhero film Spawn, Marcus Williams in the TBS/Oprah Winfrey Network sitcom Tyler Perry‘s For Better or Worse, Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger in the CW superhero action-adventure series Arrow, Mike Tyson in the 1995 HBO television biographical sports drama Tyson, Dr. Derrick Hatcher in the ABC medical drama series Wonderland, Marcus Williams in the comedy-drama films Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), Major Jackson “Jax” Briggs in the YouTube action/martial arts web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Cyborg Seth in the 1999 science fiction action film Universal Soldier: The Return, Ellis Hayes in the CBS drama series Clubhouse, John "Falcon" Chapman in the 2014 action-adventure film Falcon Rising, Orlando Hudson in the 2018 crime-mystery film Making a Killing, and Sparks in the 2021 action thriller film Rogue Hostage |
Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) is an American actor, director and martial artist. He was the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, starring 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 film Tyson. He also played the title role in the blaxploitation parody film Black Dynamite, as well as the animated series of the same name.