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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
Luke Cage
for Luke Cage in The Underworld 40 Underworld
Suggested by vadim_havard
The movie opens with Matt Murdock and Peter Parker getting ready to face Mephisto alongside all of their friends. We see heroes like Luke Cage, Mr. Fantastic, Ironman, and Namor all getting ready to fight for their plane of existence. Once all the heroes get to the Underworld, they go war with the demons while Matt, Luke, and Peter go to face Mephisto. Mephisto tells them they shouldn't have come back and are going to die for their ignorance. As the war rages on Matt and Peter have trouble fighting Mephisto while Luke Cage has already been taken down. Just then Danny shows up and attacks Mephisto but is thrown backwards into Luke. We see in the war the X-Men, the Avengers, the Inhumans, the Defenders, the X-Force, and the Fantastic Four have come to help. Just as the war seems lost Matt gets up and walks over to Mephisto. Peter tries to stop Matt but it's no use, Matt asks Mephisto why all of this had to happen and Mephisto tells him that people have died and come back to life through the ages because it was supposed to happen with the timeline, but Matt wasn't supposed to come back and so now, he must torture Matt forever. Matt offers to be killed as long as in return he stays away from the surface world. Mephisto agrees and Matt is killed causing all the heroes to go home and Matt to be erased from existence as if he were never even there.
