Michael Jai White | |
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.jpg) White at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024 | |
| Born | November 10, 1967[1] New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouses | Courtenay Chatman
(m. 2005; div. 2011)Gillian Iliana Waters
(m. 2015) |
| Children | 7 |
Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967)[1][note 1] is an American actor and martial artist. He is the first Black American to portray a major comic book superhero[3] starring as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn.[note 2] White appeared as Marcus Williams in the Tyler Perry films Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), 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, opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme. 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 (2009), as well as the animated series of the same name.
- ^ a b Who's Who Among African Americans (31st ed.). Gale. 2016. p. 1107. ISBN 9781410317292.
- ^ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 10-16". November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
- ^ "Michael Jai White is first Black comic superhero to star on the movie screen in 'Spawn.'". Jet magazine. September 22, 1997. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
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