Michael Jai White

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actor film director human martial artist screenwriter

Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films such as "Spawn," "Black Dynamite," and numerous Tyler Perry productions.

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Michael Jai White canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
martial artist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1967-11-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Central High School (Bridgeport, Connecticut) ⓘ
Southern Connecticut State University ⓘ
University of Connecticut ⓘ
Yale School of Drama (studied acting workshops; non-degree) ⓘ
surface form: Yale University (drama-related study, non-degree/short-term)
ethnicGroup African-American ⓘ
familyName White ⓘ
genre action film ⓘ
blaxploitation parody ⓘ
martial arts film ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
hasBlackBeltIn Cobra Kai karate (American karate styles / eclectic systems) ⓘ
Kyokushin karate ⓘ
Karate ⓘ
surface form: Shotokan karate

Taekwondo ⓘ
hasChild several children (names not all publicly disclosed) ⓘ
hasPracticedMartialArt Brazilian jiu-jitsu ⓘ
Tang Soo Do ⓘ
Wushu ⓘ
knownFor being one of the first African-American actors to portray a major comic-book superhero in a film ⓘ
languagesSpoken English ⓘ
marriageStart 2015 ⓘ
name Michael Jai White self-link ⓘ
notableWork Black Dynamite ⓘ
Blood and Bone ⓘ
For Better or Worse ⓘ
Never Back Down ⓘ
surface form: Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown

Never Back Down: No Surrender ⓘ
Spawn ⓘ
Spawn: The Movie ⓘ
Why Did I Get Married? ⓘ
surface form: Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (stage and film franchise)

Undisputed ⓘ
surface form: Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

Why Did I Get Married Too? ⓘ
Why Did I Get Married? ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
martial artist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
portrayed Al Simmons / Spawn ⓘ
Black Dynamite ⓘ
surface form: Black Dynamite (character)

Jax Briggs ⓘ
Marcus Williams ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Gillian Iliana Waters ⓘ
yearsActive 1980s–present ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Why Did I Get Married? → stars → Michael Jai White ⓘ
Exit Wounds → starring → Michael Jai White ⓘ
Breakfast of Champions → hasCastMember → Michael Jai White ⓘ
“He Wasn’t Man Enough” by Toni Braxton → featuresArtistInVideo → Michael Jai White ⓘ
subject surface form: He Wasn’t Man Enough
Spawn (1997 film) → starring → Michael Jai White ⓘ
Why Did I Get Married Too? → starredActor → Michael Jai White ⓘ
Michael Jai White → name → Michael Jai White self-link ⓘ