Why isn't Michael Jai White a bigger action star?

[the cac mamba]

dude was actually fukkin ill in the dark knight

also, http://www.thecoli.com/threads/so-has-michael-jai-white-been-blackballed-by-hollywood.40224/ shyts been done already

 

[Bud Bundy]

not that good of an actor.

plus i think wesley snipes prob got all the roles he was up for. dude was lucky to get spawn.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

He must be an a$$hole in real life or something. I can think of so many roles he would have been perfect for but didn't get.

He should've been Rhodey in the Iron Man movies instead of Terrence Howard/Don Cheadle

 

[Born2BKing]

He must be an @sshole in real life or something. I can think of so many roles he would have been perfect for but didn't get.

He should've been Rhodey in the Iron Man movies instead of Terrence Howard/Don Cheadle

I actually think he would have been dope as Django too

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Maybe,just maybe, it's because he's a terrible actor who has zero range and zero charisma.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Because he's not a Cac

I guess thats why Wesley Snipes failed as an action star too? Oh,wait.

 

[tr2k]

Maybe,just maybe, it's because he's a terrible actor who has zero range and zero charisma.

http://weknowgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/you-done-fukked-up-now-gif.gif

 

[Roid Jones]

Dude aint got the charisma

Pretty much

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

When has there ever been a big action star that was black besides Will Smith? I mean Wesley was the closest thing, but then he started being in a bunch of straight to video/dvd movies and fizzled out. Will has that action nikka slot filled, and there isn't room for another.

 

[Christian3o5]

at least Nolan gave him 5 mins in The Dark Knight

 

[TheGodling]

I disagree about the lack of charisma, but it would help if he loosened up his image. He always seems so damn serious like you never even see him smile, so much they played into that perfectly with Black Dynamite.

Honestly, I think his physique might actually be the biggest problem. Wesley Snipes could stand next to a white man and not embarrass him. Ving Rhames and Michael Clarke Duncan had the luck of being so big they worked as the big guy. MJW on the other hand is so tall and muscular he'd make every white co-star look flabby & sick in comparison. Like, how would you do a buddy cop movie with MJW when he looks like he could handle shyt perfectly on his own? The white guy would be looking totally useless.

 

[tr2k]

Hes Bronze Tiger in the Arrow
and he sonned the fukk out of Kimbo

 

[Lewis Black]

None of them nikkas got more swag than Jai White. You haven't seen Black Dynamite?

You my breh but Michael j white aint had classic scenes like this my dude

 

[PoPimp84]

blade tv show

it was down to sticky and white for the role as blade, they picked sticky

lets be real white looks the part but he just doesnt have that extra it takes to be a lead actor

look at idris, white doesnt have that edge he has

acting chops? it doesnt apply for the blade character he is a g'd up killer that barely blinks. lets not act like wesley had to show range playing blade

 

[Master Teacher]

to those who say he can't act, go watch the HBO movie Tyson, he did a great job

to be real, nobody in hollywood probably writes scripts with him in mind, but I do, I just pitched my sci-fi to a studio and brought his name up, and they were
cool.
If the roles aren't there for him how do you expect him to get work

the black panther movie is on the way, had a conversation with corey mandel and he said his friend has been hired to write it
but who knows who is going to be get the lead