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Michael Clarke Duncan, film and voice actor, dead at 54

When many think of Michael Clarke Duncan, they think immediately of the movies he did, such as Green Mile (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination) and Armageddon (in which he was just awesome in). But those of us who game on a regular basis know his voice even more than his face.

If you’ve ever played a God of War game, you’ll recognize his voice. If you’ve ever played Saints Row, his deep bass will sound familiar. In fact, Duncan is credited with voicing a total of 10 video games: God of War Saga, God of War II, God of War III, Saints Row, The Suffering: Ties That Bind, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals, Star Trek: Klingon Academy, Soldier of Fortune and Panic in the Park.

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TCG_Returns4344d ago

Wow.Guy was a total badass & a great actor.Green mile still makes me tear up..

Gazondaily4344d ago

Oh man. That is sad news. And he died quite young. He was great actor. Rest in Peace.

Lord_Sloth4344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

Indeed. Always loved seeing him in Armageddon and Daredevil. Gonna miss the big-guy.

Rest in peace, brave prince.

StanSmith4344d ago

R.I.P. Micheal Clarke Duncan.

A fantastic actor, who will be missed greatly!

Literally the only actor who made me cry with his performance in The Green Mile.

MaxXAttaxX4344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

Oh man... :( R.I.P.

I remember he was Atlas in GOW2.

CommonSense4343d ago

He was great in Slammin Salmon

jony_dols4343d ago

Heard once that he would give $50 to anyone who recognized him on the street & could recite his full name!

Sounded like a genuinely nice guy, and was an underrated actor

mewhy324343d ago

My prayers to his family in this time of sorrow and loss.

Pushagree4343d ago

Died young? He was 54 years old. Weird how death always distorts perception.

Gazondaily4343d ago

@Pushagree

54 is young especially when considering the average life expectancy in the US is about 75+.

Nothing is distorted here.

Pushagree4343d ago (Edited 4343d ago )

If we were having a conversation about his age while he was still alive, no one would be referring to him as "young" at best, he is aged and at worst he is just plain old. Young is a term used for people ranging from ages 0-25.

I get that death sucks and all that, but there is a serious distortion going on here when you say that a 54 year old man "died young." He may have died early, unjusly, tragically, or simply wrongly. Those are adverbs I can accept. Young is not one of them.

Gazondaily4343d ago

"If we were having a conversation about his age while he was still alive, no one would be referring to him as "young" at best, he is aged and at worst he is just plain old"

But we aren't having a conversation about his age while he is alive. He isn't and that is the point you're failing to understand; 54 is quite a young age to die at. Do you honestly think he is "plain old" to die at age 54?

His age is being discussed in the context OF HIS death. My parents are around that age and God forbid, if they died today, I would definitely think that was too young.

Loki864343d ago (Edited 4343d ago )

Why is that everytime people are mourning someone's death, some idiot has to start up a worthless argument that means nothing. Have some respect or move on, no need some comment of a distorted sense of age.

Pushagree4343d ago

What you're failing to understand is that you are simply using the wrong word to describe his death. There is a big difference between dying young and dying early. A child/teenager dies young, Michael Duncan died early. I'm right, you're wrong. Let's just end it there and quit this argument before i'm further reminded of why english test scores keep getting lower and lower.

Bobby Kotex4343d ago

@Pushagree we do understand your point, and it's stupid.

No Way4343d ago

No.

Also, he didn't die at a young age, but he did died young.
He died young compared to how old some people live (100+).
He died young compared to what Septic said, at 75+ years.
That's a 20 year difference. He died young compared to 75.

I don't think anything here is really 'distorted' as you say.

DW744343d ago (Edited 4343d ago )

Pushagree:

There is a time and a place for the kind of argument you are making. And this isn't it. A lot of people loved this man. Thankfully your bubbles are spent. Too many folks, especially on this site, think that because being a dick is free (thanks to no real consequences), we should just all be dicks to each other. Stop being a dick.

CryWolf4343d ago (Edited 4343d ago )

Oh man. I can't believe he died I seen the Green Mile 100th of times and he also in God of wars 2 played as Atlas a total badass actor on screen and a voice actor he will be missed.

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HammadTheBeast4344d ago

He was also Atlas in GoW. Damn, he had a nice voice.

robinburks4344d ago

The first time I played God of War and heard that voice, I was like "YES!"

beerkeg4343d ago

I didn't realise he was in GoW. Just goes to show how many actors may have done voices to games you didn't realise. He had a memorable voice as well, I'm surprised I didn't recognize it.

I'll always remember him from The Green Mile though, one of the only films I've actually cried watching.

RIP Michael Clarke Duncan, I'll watch The Green Mile tonight in your honour. God bless.

Tsar4ever014344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

DAMMIT!! Another good actor lost.

Is it me, or these past few years we've been losing all types of celebs at a astonishing rate. You was FUN in ARMAGEDDON, You was moving & deep in GREEN MILE, You was just Right for SIN CITY.

Rest in peace, brotha blood. We hardly got to see & know you enough........

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Question_Mark4343d ago (Edited 4343d ago )

^ I think the point Mike was trying to make was that instead of "was" it should be "is". Just because he died doesn't make him any less of a badass.

PtRoLLFacE4344d ago

R.I.P papa bear! you ll be missed!

Awesome_Gamer4344d ago

Noooooooooooo, i love that guy :(

Gwyn-Lord-Of-Cinder4344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

Damn i just wached Talladaga Nights : Ricky Bobby last night damn.... R.I.P

Aceman184343d ago

wow no way this is very sad news
RIP Michael

Electroshocked4343d ago

I completely agree, he made me tear up quite a bit in The Green Mile, he was a great actor. I heard about this news this morning, very sad news.

Rest in peace, Michael Clarke Duncan, you will be missed.

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LackTrue4K4344d ago

can believe he pass away!!! was he not in the Expendables 2??? (i have yet to see it)

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Christopher4344d ago

That's Terry Crewes in the Expendables movies.

MidnytRain4344d ago

There's a racial statement to be made here. Anyway, HebrewHammer, this just shows that anonymous disagrees is an utterly pointless and confusing system.

BoNeSaW234344d ago

So you threaten to sodomize people at their funeral for disagrees? Classy bro!

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Relientk774344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

Omg that's so sad, I just saw him on TV last night, Talladega Nights was on

:-/

joab7774344d ago

He was recently in the show "the finder". He played a humble, nice guy who kicked bad guy a$$. I was waiting for season 2. I wonder if he had filmed any of it. If he did, I hope we get to see it. I knew he had had a heart attack but I was stunned to hear that he died.

DarkZane4343d ago (Edited 4343d ago )

Actually, The Finder was cancelled, there won't be a second season.

Samus HD4343d ago (Edited 4343d ago )

Hej I saw that too on TV..
@Relientk77 from which country are you?!

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Nacho_Z59d ago

I'm pretty sure it'd be a major mistake having Atreus as the main character in the next GoW. Seems to me like at best people tolerate him and his gameplay sections.

Ideally the story for the next game would be that Atreus has gone missing in Egypt, Kratos gets mad about it, picks up Mimir and goes on a god killing rampage.

Mad_Matt59d ago

If that is an option for the dev team then they need to make it a clean slate. No Atreus, No Mimir. That's what happened when he changed pantheons before. Lets Kratos be in that world. But it will be a difficult task to complete. Kratos and his past demons are getting a bit redundant as far as story telling goes.

Nacho_Z59d ago

Yeah there's not a lot of meat left on the bone story wise. Personally I'd happily accept any goofy reason they could come up with for why Kratos is in Egypt chopping off heads. I'm personally not that bothered about the finer points of the storytelling, although they do it well.

The_Hooligan58d ago

I would still like to have Mimir in the next game. They (devs) can justify it by saying that Mimir wants to gain knowledge about other realms/pantheons. Also, personally I think Alastair Duncan did a great job as Mimir and would love to see the continuation of the small banters Kratos and Mimir had in the past games.

goldwyncq58d ago

The point of Ragnarok's ending is to show that Atreus is his own man now. Having Daddy Kratos save him in Egypt after getting himself into trouble would just undo his entire character development.

Nacho_Z58d ago (Edited 58d ago )

The point was more to do with getting Atreus out of the way rather than him being saved. Let's say he's off on his own adventures then and invent another reason for Kratos to be in Egypt.

Could be that Kratos thinks he's been captured or killed as motivation but at the close of the game it turns out Atreus has been up to his own shady shenanigans.

Lionsguard59d ago

They need to bring back the "God of War" in God of War. I was expecting to unleash hell and fury in Asgard against Thor that they really talked up in the first game but all we got was brooding middle aged dad drunk in a beer hall. Ragnarok was still "good" but I left that game expecting a lot more.

InUrFoxHole59d ago

Tried Rag... just couldn't get into it. Felt like more of the same. I would welcome a Kratos only game again.

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