Michael Jai White

(1967-)

American actor

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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.

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Born	Michael Richard Jai White 10 November 1967 (age 57) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Courtenay Chatman 1978- · American doctor · m. 2005; div. 2011 info edit

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Tasha Smith · 1971- · American actress, director and producer info edit view couple »

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