Biography
Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist. Born on 10 November 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City, he moved as a teenager to Bridgeport, Connecticut, and graduated from Central High School.
White began training in martial arts at the age of seven and holds black belts in several styles, with a focus on Kyokushin. His breakout role came in the 1995 HBO film Tyson, playing boxer Mike Tyson. He starred as Al Simmons / Spawn in the 1997 film Spawn, becoming the first African-American actor to portray a major comic book superhero in a mainstream motion picture.
He has appeared in numerous action films and television series, including The Dark Knight (2008) as Gambol, the Why Did I Get Married? films as Marcus, and Arrow (2012–2019) as Ben Turner / Bronze Tiger. White has also worked as a director and voice actor.
