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Tom Hanks, David Morse, Barry Pepper, and Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile (1999)

Steve Buscemi, Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Owen Wilson in Armageddon (1998)

Michael Clarke Duncan in Armageddon (1998)

Michael Clarke Duncan in Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet (2001)

Michael Clarke Duncan and Lance Anderson in Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet (2001)

Michael Clarke Duncan, Moby, and Shirley Manson in The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (2000)

Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile (1999)

Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ken Hudson Campbell, and Greg Collins in Armageddon (1998)

Still of Michael Clarke Duncan and Kent Moran in The Challenger (September 11th, 2015).

Still of Kent Moran and Michael Clarke Duncan in The Challenger (September 11, 2015).

Charlie Sheen and Michael Clarke Duncan in Two and a Half Men (2003)

Michael Clarke Duncan in Two and a Half Men (2003)

Michael Clarke Duncan in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan and Geoff Stults in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan and L.Q. Jones in Renegade (1992)

Christina Applegate, Michael Clarke Duncan, and David Faustino in Married... with Children (1987)

Michael Clarke Duncan in From the Rough (2013)

Michael Clarke Duncan and George Stults in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan and Maddie Hasson in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan, Adina Porter, Arjay Smith, and Geoff Stults in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and 50 Cent in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan, Adina Porter, and Geoff Stults in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Geoff Stults, and 50 Cent in The Finder (2012)

Eric Roberts, Michael Clarke Duncan, Toby Hemingway, and Maddie Hasson in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan, John Sanderford, and Geoff Stults in The Finder (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan and Geoff Stults in An Orphan Walks Into a Bar (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan in An Orphan Walks Into a Bar (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan and Brett Davern in An Orphan Walks Into a Bar (2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised on Chicago's South Side by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let him, afraid that he would get hurt. He then turned to acting and dreamed of becoming a famous actor.

After graduating from high school and attending community college, he worked digging ditches at People's Gas Company in Chicago. When he quit his job and headed to Hollywood, he landed small roles while working as a bodyguard. Duncan's role in the movie Armageddon (1998) led to his breakthrough performance in The Green Mile (1999), when his Armageddon co-star Bruce Willis called director Frank Darabont, suggesting Duncan for the part of convict John Coffey. He landed the role and won critical acclaim as well as many other Awards and Nominations, including an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

After suffering a heart attack on July 13, 2012, he was taken to a Los Angeles hospital, in which his girlfriend Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth tried to save his life with CPR. Unfortunately, on September 3, 2012, Michael Clarke Duncan died at age 54 from respiratory failure.

Michael Clarke Duncan at an event for The Island (2005)

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