Michael Clarke Duncan Biography

Fast Facts

• Raised by a single mother on the south side of Chicago
• Wanted to play football, but decided to pursue acting instead at the urging of his mother
• Worked as a ditch-digger for a gas company
• Worked as personal security for such stars as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence
• Won the 1999 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Green Mile
• Suffered a heart attack on July 13, 2012; remained hospitalized before passing away on September 3, 2012