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Michael Clarke Duncan

1957 - 2012

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Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012) was an American actor. He is best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and other honors, and for playing Kingpin in Daredevil and Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (both 2003). He also appeared in movies such as Armageddon (1998), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Scorpion King (2002), Sin City (2005), and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), as well as in the role of Leo Knox in the television series Bones (2011) and its spin-off The Finder (2012); he also appeared in episodes of Two and a Half Men. He also had voice roles in films, including Brother Bear (2003), Kung Fu Panda (2008), and Green Lantern (2011); he had the voice role of Benjamin King in the video game Saints Row (2006). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Clarke Duncan is the 248th most popular actor (down from 202nd in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from United States (down from 377th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Actor.

Michael Clarke Duncan was most famous for his role as John Coffey in the movie The Green Mile.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Clarke Duncan ranks 248 out of 13,578. Before him are Anne Hathaway, Danny Trejo, Olivia de Havilland, John Malkovich, Geoffrey Rush, and Asta Nielsen. After him are Shirley Temple, Jodie Foster, Laura Antonelli, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, and Vanessa Redgrave.

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Among people born in 1957, Michael Clarke Duncan ranks 11. Before him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Donald Tusk, Jaggi Vasudev, Luis Antonio Tagle, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Dolph Lundgren. After him are Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Christopher Lambert, Adrian Smith, and Sid Vicious. Among people deceased in 2012, Michael Clarke Duncan ranks 17. Before him are Joseph Murray, Yitzhak Shamir, Ahmed Ben Bella, Theo Angelopoulos, George Tupou V, and Eric Hobsbawm. After him are Elinor Ostrom, Jon Lord, Ernest Borgnine, Roger Garaudy, Matilde Camus, and Tony Scott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Clarke Duncan ranks 558 out of 20,380. Before him are Ted Kaczynski (1942), Philip Roth (1933), Steve Wozniak (1950), Pontiac (1714), Dick Cheney (1941), and Herbert A. Hauptman (1917). After him are Charles M. Schulz (1922), Jesse James (1847), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Dan Brown (1964), Shirley Temple (1928), and Harper Lee (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Clarke Duncan ranks 130. Before him are Willem Dafoe (1955), Jim Belushi (1954), Kim Basinger (1953), Anne Hathaway (1982), Danny Trejo (1944), and John Malkovich (1953). After him are Shirley Temple (1928), Jodie Foster (1962), Jeff Bridges (1949), Lauren Bacall (1924), Rock Hudson (1925), and Viggo Mortensen (1958).

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