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Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) is an American actor and professional martial artist, who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African-American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved as a teen to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he graduated from Central High School in 1988. White started martial arts training at the age of seven and is now an accomplished martial artist, holding seven legitimate black belts in Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, Kobudo, Goju Ryu, Tang Soo Do, Wushu and Kyokushin, with a specific focus in Kyokushin (although his style incorporates aspects of many different martial arts forms). His first major starring role and breakout performance was in the 1995 HBO film Tyson, as heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. In 1997, he portrayed the eponymous character in the 1997 movie Spawn. His work in Spawn earned him a nomination for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Male Newcomer. White starred opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in Universal Soldier: The Return. 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 Static Shock, Justice League, and the Spawn animated series. 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. 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. White will make his directorial debut and star in Never Back Down 2, which is slated for a 2011 release. In August 2005 he wed his girlfriend of two years, Courtenay Chatman. The couple have a daughter named Morgan Michelle who was born on December 24, 2008. Michael has two sons from a previous relationship. He is an avid chess player, as seen in his movie Blood and Bone.
Michael Jai White
Optimus Prime
for Optimus Prime in The Transformers 3
Suggested by efrainflores
This is where stakes are really high. In this third movie, Spike and Carly are now living together in Chicago, with the Autobots continuing to work with NEST to take down any remaining Decepticons around the world. However, a new enemy comes and threatens to wreak havoc among the human race. He plans to bring back an army of a new wave of Decepticons and wipe out the whole human race starting with Chicago. Realizing the grave and terrible danger again, Spike and Carly must reunite with the Autobots one final time to stop this new enemy from destroying Earth and possibly making Earth the new Cybertron. This will level the stakes a lot more the original third movie tried to do. This will adapt one of the episodes "Divide and Conquer," along with having some of the same elements that the final battle had in the original movie, but this time a lot of people die. Some of the original Autobots will die as well, and some of the human allies will betray the Autobots and work for the Decepticons. Sentinel Prime will be introduced but he won't turn into the bad guy. However, he will be mind controlled by the Dark Energon in the 4th movie fighting Prime, and will continue doing that in the 5th final movie. And also Spike and Carly will be engaged at the end of this movie remake.
