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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,[1] starring as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn.[note 1] 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.

Michael Jai White
White at the MagicCity ComicCon, January 2016
Born	(1967-11-10) November 10, 1967 (age 55) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor martial artist
Years active	1989-present
Spouse(s)	Courtenay Camille Chatman (m. 2005–2011) Gillian Iliana Waters (m. 2015)
Children	3

Early life

White is a martial artist in nine different styles: Shōtōkan, Goju-Ryu (for which he studied under Master Eddie Morales where he learned to sharpen his Goju karate technique), Taekwondo, Kobudō, Tang Soo Do, Wushu, Jiu Jitsu, Kyokushin and Boxing,[2][3] with a specific focus in Kyokushin Karate (although his style incorporates aspects of many different martial arts forms).[4] White started training in the martial arts at the age of four in Jiujitsu. He next took up Shōtōkan and moved on to other styles later.[5]

White is a former special education teacher and taught students with behavioral problems for three years.[6] He cites his history in education as the reason why, despite his personal love for the music genre on "a lot of levels", he cannot "in good [conscience]" have a positive opinion on hip hop or "excuse some of [its] pervasive and destructive elements", mainly due to his experience with youngsters who had difficulty seeing the difference between it and real life.[6]

Acting career

White's first major starring role and breakout performance was in the 1995 HBO film Tyson, as heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. He portrayed the eponymous character in the 1997 movie Spawn, making him the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture.[1] His work in Spawn earned him a nomination for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award. White starred opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in Universal Soldier: The Return, in 1999. A few years earlier, he acted in Full Contact, with Jerry Trimble. In 2001, he also starred opposite fellow martial artist Steven Seagal in Exit Wounds. In 2003, he starred in Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey's music video "I Know What You Want". Since 2003, in addition to his on screen roles, White has been doing voice work, including in Static Shock and Justice League. White showcases his martial arts skills in the direct-to-DVD film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing. He also appears in Michelle Yeoh's Silver Hawk in 2004. He appeared in Kill Bill: Volume 2, although his role was cut from the theatrical release. His film Why Did I Get Married? opened at number one at the box office on October 12, 2007.

White played the role of the mob boss Gambol in the 2008 film The Dark Knight. He also starred in the film Blood and Bone and the blaxploitation homage Black Dynamite, both released in 2009. White wrote the scripts for both Black Dynamite and his upcoming 3 Bullets in which he stars with Bokeem Woodbine.

On March 30, 2010, White appeared on The Mo'Nique Show to promote his film Why Did I Get Married Too. The two joked about the acclaim that comes with winning an Oscar. In May of that year he appeared in the music video for Toni Braxton's new song "Hands Tied" from her album Pulse, as well as the Nicki Minaj music video for "Your Love" as Nicki's sensei and love interest.

He also starred in Kevin Tancharoen's short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth,[7] as Jax Briggs, and reprised the role in Mortal Kombat: Legacy, a webseries from the same director. He recently posted on Twitter that he would not be returning to the role for the second season, but would return for the 2013 film.

White made his directorial debut and starred in Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown, which was released on home video on September 13, 2011.[8]

White also provided the voice of Green Lantern in the video game Justice League Heroes.[9]

In October 2019, White announced the spiritual successor to Black Dynamite titled The Outlaw Johnny Black officially entered pre-production. Despite the Indiegogo campaign not reaching its goal, he was still able to secure enough backers and additional donors to get the project off the ground. It is currently available for pre-order on the official website, although a release date has not been announced or confirmed.

In October 2020, White's latest film Welcome to Sudden Death debuted on Netflix and became one of the most watched films on the platform.[10] The Universal Pictures Home Entertainment release is a remake of the 1995 movie Sudden Death starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

On July 12, 2021, White laid out a vision for starting a movie studio in New Haven, CT called "Jaigantic Studios."[11] He wants to create a studio district on New Haven's Quinnipiac River waterfront.[12]

Personal life

From 2005 to 2011, White was married to Courtenay Chatman and together they have a daughter named Morgan. In addition, White has two sons.[13][14] In February 2014, White announced his engagement to actress Gillian Iliana Waters.[14] In April 2015, White penned an open letter via Facebook entitled "Apologies to My Ex's", where he credited Waters for helping him become, "the very best version of myself."[15] In July 2015, White married Waters in Thailand.[16]

In 2014, White was honored with the Fists of Legends Decade Award at the Urban Action Showcase & Expo at HBO.[17] On November 8, 2019, he assumed "The Mantle of The Black Dragon" from Ron van Clief, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, and Taimak, in a ceremony at the 2019 Urban Action Showcase & Expo at AMC 25, NYC.[18]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Toxic Avenger Part II	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
	The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie	Apocalypse, Inc. Executive
1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	Audience Man
	True Identity	Alley Guy #1
1992	Universal Soldier	Soldier
1993	Full Contact	Low-Ball
1994	On Deadly Ground	Oil Worker
	Lion Strike	Silvio
1995	Ballistic	Quint
	Tyson	Mike "Iron Mike" Tyson	TV Movie
1996	Captive Heart: The James Mink Story	Elroy	TV Movie
	Shaughnessy	Carpenter	TV Movie
	2 Days in the Valley	Buck
1997	City of Industry	Odell Williams
	Spawn	CIA Agent Al Simmons / Spawn
1998	Ringmaster	Demond
	Thick as Thieves	Pointy
1999	Breakfast of Champions	Howell
	Mutiny	Ben Cooper	TV Movie
	Universal Soldier: The Return	S.E.T.H. Super UniSol
2000	The Bus Stop	Unknown	Short
	Freedom Song	Coleman Vaughnes	TV Movie
2001	Exit Wounds	Sergeant Lewis Strutt
2002	Trois 2: Pandora's Box	Hampton Hines
2003	Justice	Tre
	Hotel	Unknown	TV Movie
2004	Silver Hawk	Morris
2006	Undisputed II: Last Man Standing	George "The Iceman" Chambers	Video
	Getting Played	Actor	TV Movie
2007	Why Did I Get Married	Marcus
2008	The Dark Knight	Gambol
2009	Black Dynamite	Black Dynamite
	The Legend of Bruce Lee	Ali	Video
	Blood and Bone	Isaiah Bone
	Three Bullets	The Man	Short
2010	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Marcus
	Mortal Kombat: Rebirth	Captain Jackson "Jax" Briggs	Video Short [19]
	One Angry Juror	Derrick	TV Movie
2011	Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown	Casey "Case" Walker Jr.	Video
	Tactical Force	SWAT Sergeant Tony Hunt
2012	We the Party	Officer Davis
	Freaky Deaky	Donnell Lewis
	The Philly Kid	Arthur Letts
	Somebody's Child	Douglas	TV Movie
2013	Fedz	"Big D"
2014	Android Cop	Hammond
	Falcon Rising	John "Falcon" Chapman
	Skin Trade	FBI Agent Reed
2015	Chocolate City	Princeton
	Chain of Command	James Webster
2016	Vigilante Diaries	Barrington	[20][21]
	The Asian Connection	Greg "Greedy Greg"
	Never Back Down: No Surrender	Casey "Case" Walker Jr.	Video
	The Crooked Man	Milo	TV Movie
2017	S.W.A.T.: Under Siege	"Scorpion"
	Chocolate City: Vegas Strip	Princeton
	Cops and Robbers	Michael
2018	Accident Man	Mick
	Making a Killing	Orlando Hudson
	Dragged Across Concrete	"Biscuit"
	Every Day Is Christmas	Justin	TV Movie
2019	The Hard Way	Payne
	Triple Threat	Devereaux
	Undercover Brother 2	Undercover Brother
2020	Welcome to Sudden Death	Jesse	Video
2021	Batman: Soul of the Dragon	Bronze Tiger (voice)
	Assault on VA-33	Chief Malone
	Take Back	Brian
	Send It!	Coach
	Rogue Hostage	Sparks
	Black Friday	Archie
TBA	The Commando	James Baker
	HeadShop	Reverend Carter	Direct-to-video; filming
	The Outlaw Johnny Black	Johnny Black	Direct-to-video, also director
	Juvenal Llera Gwapo!
	Dead Zone

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Saved by the Bell	Military Police Man #2	Episode: "Wrestling with the Future"
1993	Renegade	Luther, Dawn's Boyfriend	Episode: "Vanished"
1994	Martin	Valdez	Episode: "Arms Are for Hugging"
	Living Single	Steve	Episode: "Hot Fun in the Wintertime"
1995	NYPD Blue	Officer Reggie Fancy	2 Episodes
	JAG	Navy Petty Officer Peter Quinn / Lieutenant Martin Payne	Episode: "Brig Break"
2000	Wonderland	Dr. Derrick Hatcher	Main Cast
2001	Boston Public	Darren Schofield	Episode: "Chapter Eighteen"
	Soul Food	Russell Banks	Episode: "Who Do You Know?"
2003	CSI: Miami	Officer Roy Bailey	Episode: "Hard Time"
	Justice League	Doomsday (voice)	Episode: "A Better World, Part 1"
2003–2004	Static Shock	Osebo (voice)	2 Episodes
2004–2005	Clubhouse	Ellis Hayes	Recurring Cast
2005	Justice League Unlimited	Doomsday (voice)	Episode: "The Doomsday Sanction"
2006	Windfall	Michael	Episode: "Priceless"
2008	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	Bryan	Recurring Cast: Season 3
2010	The Boondocks	Bushido Brown / Cop (voice)	Episode: "Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy"
2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Tattooed Man (voice)	Episode: "The Scorn of the Star Sapphire!"
2011–2017	Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse	Marcus Williams	Main Cast
2011–2015	Black Dynamite	Black Dynamite / Jim Kelly / CIA Member (voice)	Main Cast
2012	Aqua Something You Know Whatever	Zucotti Manicotti (voice)	Episode: "Zucotti Manicotti"
2013–2014, 2018–2019	Arrow	Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger	Guest (season 2), recurring (season 7); 10 episodes
2017	Insecure: Due North	Zeke	Episode: "201"
	Insecure	Zeke	2 Episodes
2018–2020	The Family Business	Vegas Duncan	Recurring Cast
2020	Black-ish	Vincent	Episode: "Dad Bod-y of Work"
	Pump	Eric	Main Cast

Stunts

Year	Title	Role
1992	Prototype	Stunts
1994	On Deadly Ground	Stunts

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2006	Justice League Heroes	John Stewart/Green Lantern
2007	The Underground Bounty Hunter	Hatch
2022	Marvel's Midnight Suns	Eric Brooks/Blade

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Mortal Kombat: Legacy	Captain Jackson 'Jax' Briggs	2 episodes
2012	Métal Hurlant Chronicles	Teague	Episode: "King's Crown"
2014	Métal Hurlant Chronicles	Balt	Episode: "The Endomorphe"
2016	Enter the Dojo	Himself	Episode: "How to Fight a Clown"

Music videos

Year	Video	Performer
2003	"I Know What You Want"	Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey featuring The Flipmode Squad
2010	"Your Love"	Nicki Minaj
2010	"Hands Tied"	Toni Braxton
2012	"Let's Go"	Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo
2021	Where I Belong	Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey

Notes

References

22.^https://www.familytreenow.com/search/people/results?first=Michael&middle=Jai&last=White&dobyyyy=1964&rid=asa&smck=FT_juX0AYSsyu_h-lluOXQ Correct date of birth.

External links

• Official website
• Michael Jai White at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Michael Jai White

Michael Richard Jai White (* 10. November 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Stuntkoordinator und Schauspieler. Er tritt als Schauspieler überwiegend in Martial-Arts-Filmen auf. Der mehrmalige Karate-Champion war unter anderem für Kampfszenen in verschiedenen Steven-Seagal- und Jean-Claude-Van-Damme-Filmen verantwortlich.

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[es] Michael Jai White

Michael Jai White (nacido el 10 de noviembre de 1967 en Brooklyn, New York, Estados Unidos), es un actor de cine y televisión y artista marcial estadounidense, más conocido por sus actuaciones en películas de acción y artes marciales como Undisputed II: Last Man Standing en 2006, Black Dynamite en 2009 y Tactical Force en 2011.

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[ru] Уайт, Майкл Джей

Майкл Джей Уайт (англ. Michael Jai White; род. 10 ноября 1967, Бруклин, Нью-Йорк, США) — американский актёр и мастер боевых искусств. Стал первым афроамериканцем, сыгравшим супергероя, исполнив главную роль в блокбастере 1997 года «Спаун». Кроме того, Уайт известен по ролям Сета в боевике «Универсальный солдат 2: Возвращение», Джакса в веб-сериале «Смертельная битва: Наследие», а также участию в кино- и телеадаптациях различных комиксов. Также в 90-е годы Майкл Джей Уайт снимался в шоу «Зона Боёв», посвящённом боям без правил. Бойцы, победившие на арене давали интервью Брэду и Майку. Майком был именно Майкл Джей Уайт.

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