Biography
An American actor and professional martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved as a teen to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he graduated from Central High School in 1988. White started martial arts training at the age of seven and is now an accomplished m...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Trouble Man!
2025
as Jaxen
Jaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger...
Trouble Man!
2025
Writer, Director
Jaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger...
Scream Before You Die
2024
as Joe Washington
A woman is kidnapped, tortured and left for dead. The killers think they got away with it. They have no idea who or what is coming for them.
Sunset Superman
2024
as JT
JT must fix his grandmother's leaky sink while simultaneously keeping her oblivious to a deadly home invasion.
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
as Self
Follows multi-talented and versatile Chuck Zito: Boxer, martial arts expert, bodyguard, stunt man, actor, and ex-president of the New York Hells Angel...
One More Shot
2024
as Robert Jackson
Following the attack on the black site in Poland, Navy SEAL Jake Harris is ordered to escort terrorist suspect Amin Mansur to Washington D.C. for inte...
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Outlaw Johnny Black
Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a p...
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
Director, Writer, Producer
Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a p...
MR-9: Do or Die
2023
as Duke
Elite Bangladeshi CIA agent Masud Rana – codename MR-9 – teams up with an American CIA operative to bring down an international criminal organization ...
The Island
2023
as Mark
When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon...
Come Out Fighting
2023
as Sergeant AJ 'Red' McCarron
In WWII, a squad of U.S. African-American soldiers are sent on a rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their lost commanding officer and a downe...
You're Not Alone
2023
as Keith Mitchell
When his flight is delayed coming home from a business trip, Keith Mitchell has to leave his daughter Alexis, who’s stuck at home under house arrest, ...
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
as Reverend Carter
A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime...
As Good as Dead
2022
as Bryant
An ex-cop in self-imposed witness protection in Mexico becomes a target when a fight video of his apprentice goes viral.
As Good as Dead
2022
Producer, Writer
An ex-cop in self-imposed witness protection in Mexico becomes a target when a fight video of his apprentice goes viral.
The Hit
2022
as Brooke
Features a bromance with a killer twist.
Dead Zone
2022
as Boss
To stop the collapse of humanity, an elite team of soldiers must descend on a radiation-poisoned town and perform the ultimate stealth mission using h...
The Commando
2022
as James Baker
An elite DEA agent returns home after a failed mission when his family makes an unexpected discovery in their house – a stash of money worth $3 millio...
The Commando
2022
Executive Producer
An elite DEA agent returns home after a failed mission when his family makes an unexpected discovery in their house – a stash of money worth $3 millio...
Black Friday
2021
as Archie
A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.
Take Back
2021
as Brian
Zara and Brian are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara's secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race...
Rogue Hostage
2021
as Sparks
A former Marine races against time to save a group of hostages -- including his young daughter and a congressman — when armed militants take over his ...
Send It!
2021
as Coach
An extreme sportsman's life forever changes upon departing his simple Texas roots to compete in the world's most prestigious Kiteboarding Championship...
Assault on VA-33
2021
as Chief Malone
Decorated army veteran Jason Hill is on a routine visit to the local VA hospital when organized terrorists infiltrate the building and take hostages, ...
Bisping
2021
as Self
After a tumultuous decade-long career filled with injuries and missed opportunities, 38-year-old UFC middleweight Michael Bisping finally got his due,...
Batman: Soul of the Dragon
2021
as Ben Turner / Bronze Tiger (voice)
Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner a...
Welcome to Sudden Death
2020
as Jesse Freeman
Jesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball ...
Undercover Brother 2
2019
as Undercover Brother / Narrator
Sixteen years ago, Undercover Brother and his younger brother were hot on the heels of the leader of a racist, worldwide syndicate, but accidentally g...
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019
as Himself
The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
as Self
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong ...
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
2019
as Self
The history of warfare as it relates to global Black society, broken down into 7 chapters that examines the ways the system of racism wages warfare fr...
Triple Threat
2019
as Devereaux
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries...
The Hard Way
2019
as Payne
After learning of his brother's death during a mission in Romania, a former soldier joins two allies to hunt down a mysterious enemy and take his reve...
Dragged Across Concrete
2019
as 'Biscuit'
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes th...
Every Day Is Christmas
2018
as Justin
Shrewd money manager Alexis Taylor gets the holiday visit of a lifetime. A self-proclaimed workaholic who ‘humbugs’ love, Alexis ends up embracing the...
Making a Killing
2018
as Orlando Hudson
Three morticians get caught in a web of greed and deceit, involving buried treasure and a tangled love affair, in this modern day crime mystery that i...
Accident Man
2018
as Mick
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who ac...
Cops and Robbers
2017
as Michael
A police hostage negotiator plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a cornered bank robber who is hell bent on getting out of the bank and humili...
S.W.A.T.: Under Siege
2017
as Scorpion
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before...
The Crooked Man
2016
as Milo
While at a slumber party, twelve-year-old Olivia is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend after singing a song, created by a recl...
Vigilante Diaries
2016
as Barrington
The Vigilante Diaries is a high octane action-adventure film featuring 90's movie heroes, explosive action, and international espionage. The film revo...
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016
as Princeton
The Chocolate City dancers come together to save their club from foreclosure. They decide to enter a national stripper competition, traveling all the ...
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
as Case Walker
Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again.
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
Writer, Director
Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again.
The Asian Connection
2016
as Greedy Greg
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target ...
Chain of Command
2015
as James Webster
After finding his brother murdered after returning from duty, Webster searches for the perpetrators, but discovers a conspiracy that cuts deep inside ...
Chocolate City
2015
as Princeton
Life for a struggling college student changes in an instant when he meets the owner of a male strip club who convinces him to give amateur night a whi...
The Real Miyagi
2015
as Self
The life of Fumio Demura, the greatest karate master of a generation.
Beyond the Game
2014
as Himself
In a reality show that’s too real, the contestants are dying. Now only one will survive… Beyond The Game! Kill or be Killed! Beyond the Game has conte...
Skin Trade
2014
as Reed
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective...
Falcon Rising
2014
as John 'Falcon' Chapman
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
Android Cop
2014
as Hammond
In the year 2045, a Los Angeles Police Department detective and his new android partner enter the Zone, a forbidden section of the city plagued with a...
Generation Iron
2013
as Self
Generation Iron - examines the professional sport of bodybuilding today and gives the audience front row access to the lives of the top 7 bodybuilders...
Fedz
2013
as Big D
In London, just a few years from now, the government have enforced a curfew - no civilians on the streets after dark. A terrorist group have threatene...
Somebody's Child
2012
as Douglas
A woman (Lynn Whitfield) dying of kidney disease learns that God works in mysterious ways after convincing her son (Michael Jai White) to help a repen...
The Philly Kid
2012
as Arthur Letts
A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the ...
Freaky Deaky
2012
as Donnell Lewis
Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.
We the Party
2012
as Officer Davis
In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, social media, fitting in, standing out, and finding th...
Tactical Force
2011
as Hunt
A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned ...
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
2011
as Case Walker
Four fighters from different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the trait...
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
2011
Director
Four fighters from different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the trait...
One Angry Juror
2010
as Derrick
Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
as Marcus
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas i...
Black Dynamite
2009
as Black Dynamite
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded...
Black Dynamite
2009
Screenplay
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded...
The Legend of Bruce Lee
2009
as Ali
The story of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee following him from Hong Kong to America and back again. Movie edit made from the 50 episode Chi...
Blood and Bone
2009
as Isaiah Bone
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Blood and Bone
2009
Co-Producer
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
The Dark Knight
2008
as Gambol
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the rema...
Why Did I Get Married?
2007
as Marcus
Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their ann...
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
2006
as George Chambers
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the...
Getting Played
2005
as Actor
Three smart and sexy friends, Andrea, Lauren and Emily, are fed up with being played by the men in their lives. To prove that all men are predictable ...
UnConventional
2004
as Self
Halloween 2003 marked the 13th anniversary of the Chiller Theatre Horror Movie Convention ... but there was nothing conventional about it. UnConventio...
Silver Hawk
2004
as Morris
Lulu Wong, a rock star and philanthropist, fights injustice as her superhero alter-ego Silver Hawk. When the criminal baddie Wolfe sets a plan in moti...
Justice
2003
as Tre
A comic strip writer in NYC, still grieving over the death of a friend in 9/11, gets his publisher to agree to a limited run of "Justice", a comic boo...
Pandora's Box
2002
as Hampton Hines
Stuck in a dull marriage, successful shrink Mia DuBois follows a patient's advice and exposes her wild side at a private underground club, where she m...
The Making of Exit Wounds
2002
as Self
Behind the scenes of Andrzej Bartkowiak's 'Exit Wounds'
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Spawn (archive footage)
The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the mode...
Exit Wounds
2001
as Lewis Strutt
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds ...
Freedom Song
2000
as Coleman Vaughnes
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle ...
Universal Soldier: The Return
1999
as SETH
Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When SETH, the supercomputer-controlled ultra-warrior...
Thick as Thieves
1999
as Pointy
Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own...
Breakfast of Champions
1999
as Howell
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day,...
Mutiny
1999
as Ben Cooper
Fact-based story about 300 predominantly black sailors who were killed on July 17, 1944 while loading munitions on a ship in San Francisco. Three week...
Ringmaster
1998
as Demond
Jerry Springer stars as more or less himself, the host of a raunchy, controversial and popular Los Angeles talk show which features everyday people wi...
Spawn
1997
as Al Simmons / Spawn
After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected to see his beloved ...
The Making of 'Spawn'
1997
as Self
Documentary on the making of the 1997 film 'Spawn.'
Spawn The Director's Cut
1997
as Al Simons / Spawn
Spawn. The scarred warrior and fearless dark hero with the skills of an assassin, the weapony of an extraterrestrial army and the supernatural ability...
City of Industry
1997
as Odell Williams
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Buck
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
as Carpenter
Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-town sheriff.
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
as Elroy
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excell...
Tyson
1995
as Mike Tyson
The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the W...
Ballistic
1995
as Quint
Jesse Gavin is an undercover cop, part of an elite police team and highly skilled in lethal martial arts! She is suspended from the force after a witn...
Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike
1995
as Silvio
Dr. Johnny Woo becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around th...
On Deadly Ground
1994
as Oil Worker (uncredited)
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care w...
On Deadly Ground
1994
Stunts
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care w...
Full Contact
1993
as Low-Ball
Luke Powers travels to L.A. to find that his brother has been murdered in a back alley martial arts tournament. Luke enters the tournament circuit to ...
Universal Soldier
1992
as Soldier
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldi...
True Identity
1991
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
as Audience Man
The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create ...
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
1989
as Apocalypse, Inc. Executive
Desperate to raise money for the experimental surgery that could restore his blind fiancee's eyesight, Toxie accepts a lucrative job with the evil mul...
The Toxic Avenger Part II
1989
as Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Melvin Junko was a nerdy weakling until he fell into a vat of toxic waste, turning him into the first ever superhuman creature from New Jersey. This t...
To Live and Die in the Midwest
N/A
When an indie movie comes to a small western Colorado town, the seemingly impossible task of creating an art community in an oil town becomes feasible...
Fight Or Flight
N/A
Sam Hayden is an assassin of assassins, completing every assignment, no matter how dangerous, with ruthless precision. Sam’s next assignment is to tak...
Hostile Takeover
N/A
as Pete
Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at...
Drive Through Fire
N/A
The story follows an addict war veteran turned rideshare driver who helps a terrified passenger escape a human trafficking ring serving wealthy client...
Spymasters
N/A
A CIA agent must monitor and potentially kill his ex-lover, a shadowy agency figure who manipulates global power players through psychological tactics...
Karate Ghost
N/A
Set in a town ruled by absurd karate law, lonely teen Bobby forms an unlikely bond with the ghost of his late father’s favorite action hero, Johnny Ma...