Michael Duncan is an American actor, the famous death row inmate from the film "The Green Mile"

American actor Michael Duncan - the owner of a very rare artistic role, the performer of the roles of giants. Was on the special account in casting agencies. Michael Duncan, whose height was 1.96 meters, and weight - 142 kilograms, was invited to the role of big guys, the appearance of which on the screen always led the audience into raptures.

Biography

Michael Duncan was born in 1957, on December 10, in the city of Chicago, Illinois. The boy grew up without a father, his mother Jean Duncan was a weak, sickly woman without education. It was interrupted by casual earnings. In addition to Michael, his younger sister Judy grew up in the family. When Michael was eighteen years old, he went to work for a security agency. High growth and impressive weight helped him to make a good career.

Once a smiling, charming giant was noticed by the agents of the Touchstone Pictures studio, and Michael Duncan was invited to take part in the fantastic action movie Armageddon. His role was small, but still it was a real debut in a big movie. The character played by Michael was called Bugai, which was quite in line with Duncan's appearance.

Then there were several roles in other movies, such as "Nine Yards", "The Scorpion King", "Planet of the Apes". In addition to participating in the filming, Michael Duncan was engaged in voice acting animation films. His voice says Vahir from the movie "Panda Kung Fu."

Starring role

The main role of Michael in his entire career was John Coffey in the movie "The Green Mile", filmed in 1999 by director Frank Darabontom. Michael's partner in the shootings was the popular actor Tom Hanks.

John Coffey, a black man of enormous stature, was sentenced to death for a serious crime. In prison, while waiting for the execution of the verdict, John reveals psychic abilities. He heals from the serious internal disease of the warder Paul Edgcombe. Wonders work in the cell, the prison governor asks John to cure his wife from a brain tumor.

When Coffey contacted the woman, trying to help her, the disease passed to him. In prison, John returns completely exhausted and sick. At this time it turns out that the judicial sentence against him was erroneous, he is innocent and is to be released. However, Coffey is striving for freedom, he is trying to make it so that he is all the same put on an electric chair, explaining this by the fact that there is nothing left in life that is worth living for.

The character of John Coffey is quite complicated, and not every performer could have played it, but still brilliantly coped with the role of Michael Duncan. The films in which he participated after the Green Mile were no longer so interesting.

For the role of the prisoner John Coffey, the actor received a nomination for "Oscar" and "Golden Globe." He did not get the cherished statuette, but the outlook for the future loomed rosy.

Michael Clarke Duncan: Movies

During his career, the actor starred in more than fifty films, the selected list of which is given below:

• "On the bumps" (2012), Roger.
• "The Native Brother" (2012), Addison.
• "Seeker" (2012), Leo Knox.
• "Cross" (2011), Erlik.
• "The Road to Redemption" (2010), Auge.
• "The Big Man Salmon" (2009), Cleon Salmon.
• "Streetfighter" (2009), Balrog.
• "Roscoe Jenkins" (2008), Otis.
• "The Whirlwind" (2007), Phil.
• "Mimzy Universe" (2007), Nathan Brodman.
• "One side" (2007), the general.
• "The King of the Road" (2006), Lucius Washington.
• "School of Scoundrels" (2006), Lesher.
• "The Island" (2005), Stark Weszer.
• "City of Sins" (2004), Manute.
• "The Bounty Hunter" (2004), Franklin.
• "The Ring of the Dragon" (2004), Moor Tarik.
• "Spy" (2004), Phipps.
• "Kim Almighty" (2003), Wade.
• "Two people" (2003), Jerome.
• "Daredevil" (2003), Kingpin.
• "The Scorpion King" (2001), Baltazar.
• "They call me Sirr" (2001), Griffin.
• "Planet of the Apes" (2001), Attar.
• "Agent Spot" (2001), Axel Murdoch.
• "Nine yards" (2001), Figuero.
• "The Green Mile" (1999), John Coffey.
• "Breakfast of the Champions" (1998), Eli.
• "Striptease Club" (1998), bodyguard.
• "Night at Roxberry" (1998), a bouncer.
• "Armageddon" (1998), "The Bugay".

In 2012, Michael Clarke Duncan, the films with which the viewers watched with increasing interest, starred for the last time.

Disease and death of the actor

On the night of July 13, 2012, Duncan's heart stopped. This happened against the background of progressive spasms of the coronary arteries. In time, the ambulance, prompted by Michael's friend, arrived in time and provided the necessary assistance. The actor was saved. Then the doctors offered him an urgent hospitalization, but Duncan refused.

Duncan's condition worsened, and on September 3 he died in a Los Angeles clinic from an extensive heart attack.