Michael Clarke Duncan was an American actor best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile. He also appeared in motion pictures such as Friday, Armageddon, The Whole Nine Yards, Planet of the Apes, The Scorpion King, Daredevil, Sin City, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Duncan also had voice roles in films such as Brother Bear, Kung Fu Panda, and Green Lantern, and as Leo Knox in the TV series Bones.
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Michael Clarke Duncan was an American actor best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile. He also appeared in motion pictures such as Friday, Armageddon, The Whole Nine Yards, Planet of the Apes, The Scorpion King, Daredevil, Sin City, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Duncan also had voice roles in films such as Brother Bear, Kung Fu Panda, and Green Lantern, and as Leo Knox in the TV series Bones and its spin-off series The Finder. Duncan was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in a single-parent household with his sister, Judy, and mother, Jean Duncan, after his father left. He always wanted to act, but had to drop out of the Communications program at Alcorn State University to support his family when his mother became ill.
Duncan’s large frame—6 feet 5 inches and 315 pounds —helped him in his jobs digging ditches for Peoples Gas Company and being a bouncer at several Chicago clubs. Duncan played basketball at Kankakee Community College and for one season for the Alcorn state Braves. In 1979, he participated in the Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox, where he was among the first 100 people to run onto the field and he slid into third base. In July 2006, Duncan showed interest in returning for the role of the Kingpin, but stated that he would not be willing to regain the weight that he had lost. He stopped eating meat and later appeared in a PETA ad campaign, touting the health benefits and his increased strength from a vegetarian diet.
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