“I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than anything else, and don’t let anybody tell you that you cannot do it because you can.”
–Michael Clarke Duncan, Academy Award-nominated actor
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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in 1999′s The Green Mile, died today at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center. He was 54. The actor had been hospitalized in July following a heart attack. Although Duncan was best known for playing a death row inmate alongside Tom Hanks in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Green Mile, the actor appeared in dozens of film and TV projects throughout his career, including The Green Lantern,Armageddon, Sin City and The Scorpion King on the feature side and TV’s The Finder and Chuck. He just recently completed In The Hive with director Robert Townsend and the boxing drama The Challenger.
Learn more about his life and career here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clarke_Duncan
Blair Underwood has signed a major development/talent holding deal with Universal Television. Under the pact, the studio will develop a starring vehicle for the actor, with him and Tagline Television attached to produce.