Michael Jai White 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
American actor Born: November 10, 1964 (age 56 years), Brooklyn, New York, United States Height: 1.85 m Martial arts: Taekwondo, Chinese martial arts, Jujutsu, Kyokushin, Shotokan, Tang Soo Do, Gōjū-ryū, Okinawan kobudō TV shows: Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Black Dynamite, MORE Spouse: Gillian Iliana Waters (m. 2015), Courtenay Chatman (m. 2005–2011) Birthday: November 10, 1967 Age: 53 Years, 53 Year Old Males Sun Sign: Scorpio Also Known As: Michael Richard Jai White Born In: Brooklyn, New York Famous As: Actor Actors Black Actors Height: 6’1″ (185 cm), 6’1″ Males Spouse/Ex-: Gillian Iliana Waters (2015 – Present), Courtenay Chatman (M. 2005 – Div. 2011) Children: Jai Jordan White, Morgan Michelle White U.S. State: New Yorkers, African-American From New Yorkers
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From 2005 to 2011, White was married to Courtenay Chatman and together they have a daughter named Morgan. In addition, White has two sons. In February 2014, White announced his engagement to actress Gillian Iliana Waters. In April 2015, White penned an open letter via Facebook entitled “Apologies to My Ex’s”, where he credited Waters for helping him become, “the very best version of myself.” In July 2015, White married Waters in Thailand. In 2014, White was honored with the Fists of Legends Decade Award at the Urban Action Showcase & Expo at HBO. On November 8, 2019, he assumed “The Mantle of The Black Dragon” from Ron van Clief, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, and Taimak, in a ceremony at the 2019 Urban Action Showcase & Expo at AMC 25, NYC. He married Courtney Chatham in 2005 and got divorced in 2011. He later married actor Gillian Iliana Waters in an extravagant ceremony in Thailand in 2015, after dating her for two years. He has three children, including a daughter from his first marriage and two sons from a previous relationship. Michael Jai White has 26 martial-arts titles to his credit that include the ‘US Open,’ the ‘North American Open,’ and the ‘New England Grand Champion.’ Has a black belt in eight different styles of martial arts Was a junior high school teacher for three years Gained his first major starring role as Mike Tyson in Tyson in 1995 Was the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture with his role in Spawn Joined the Kyokushin Karate School as a spiritual partner White is a martial artist in eight different styles: Shōtōkan, Goju-Ryu (for which he studied under Master Eddie Morales where he learned to sharpen his Goju karate technique), Taekwondo, Kobudō, Tang Soo Do, Wushu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Kyokushin, with a specific focus in Kyokushin Karate (although his style incorporates aspects of many different martial arts forms). White started training in the martial arts at the age of seven in Jujutsu. He next took up Shōtōkan and moved on to other styles later. White is a former special education teacher and taught students with behavioral problems for three years. He cites his history in education as the reason why, despite his personal love for the music genre on “a lot of levels”, he cannot “in good [conscience]” have a positive opinion on hip hop or “excuse some of [its] pervasive and destructive elements”, mainly due to his experience with youngsters who had difficulty seeing the difference between it and real life.
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