Michael Clarke Duncan
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PERSONAL DATA OF MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN
Born in: CHICAGO, Illinois (USA)
Born on: 10/12/1957
He dies at: Los Angeles, California, USA
He dies on: 03/09/2012
BIOGRAPHY OF MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN
Actor. He tells himself, jokingly, that the first person responsible for his imposing physical structure was his sister, who as a child played it to him with good reason and called it ‘basket of rushes’. Michael had had enough, began exercising to bulk up, and the balance of power was quickly reversed. From the height of his almost two meters (for 130 kilos of weight) Duncan seemed to have in all respects the physique of an American football player, and that would have been his path, if his mother had not categorically forbade him. “He didn’t want me to get hurt” – Duncan says today. She was the first to dream of a future as an actor for her son and to spur him to hold on when, arriving in Hollywood with $ 20 in his pocket and without knowing anyone, it seemed that for him the only place in the world of entertainment was that of bouncers in the club or bodyguard. Before that, Duncan – behind a degree in Communications from Alcorn State University (Mississippi) – had worked for the Chicago gas company, digging ditches with fellow workers who mocked him for his artistic ambitions and who had nicknamed it ‘Hollywood’. “Now that I’ve really gotten to Hollywood – he says now – maybe I’ll call them back”. In Hollywood, therefore, Duncan got a job in the security service for Will Smith. He was the first to give in to the insistence of this giant aspiring actor and to entrust him with a small television participation in “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”. From here, between a series of side parts and a commercial (as a drill sergeant for a brand of beer), Duncan went through a tough mess. The turning point, in 1998, came with “Armageddon”, in which he worked alongside Bruce Willis, playing the role of Bear, one of the drillers who set out for space to save the Earth from the threat of an asteroid. Willis himself played an essential part in Duncan’s career. Having read Stephen King’s “The Green Mile” and knowing that Frank Darabont was working on the film version, Willis immediately thought of Duncan for the role of John Coffey, the giant convict with the child’s mind and supernatural powers, and proposed him. in Darabont. From here to the nomination for the Oscar 2000 for Best Supporting Actor, the step was short.
THE MOST RECENT FILMS BY MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN
Dogs and Cats: Kitty’s Revenge 3D (Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore)
Role: Actor
Year: 2010
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Role: Actor
Year: 2009
The Slammin ‘Salmon
Role: Actor
Year: 2009
At home with my parents (Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins)
Role: Actor
Year: 2008 Go to the complete Filmography
THE MOST RECENT TV SERIES BY MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN
The Finder
Role: Actor
Year: 2012 Go to all TV series
THE MOST RECURRING GENRES BY MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN
Comedy: 24% Action: 21% Adventure: 10% Sci-Fi: 10%
THE STATISTICS OF MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN ON COMINGSOON.IT
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RECENT ROLES PLAYED BY MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN
| Movie | Role |
|---|---|
Dogs and Cats: Kitty’s Revenge 3D | Sam (original voice) |
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | Balrog |
The Slammin ‘Salmon | Cleon Salmon |
At home with my parents | Otis Jenkins |
Mimzy – the secret of the universe | Agent Nathanial Broadman |
Ricky Bobby: the story of a man who could count to one | Lucius Washington |
School for Scoundrels | Lesher |
Sin City | Manute |
The Island | Starkweather |
George and The Dragon | Tarik |
