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Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan

7 films · 553 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19982011

Born 10 December 1957 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · died 3 September 2012

Michael Clarke Duncan was an American film and television actor, best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in the feature film The Green Mile, which netted him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 553 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19982011

  • Saturn Awards
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

How their films are shot

Measured across 553 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Michael takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Michael takes.

Time of day

Night53%
Day33%
Interior6%
Golden hour6%

Lighting

Low key53%
Natural32%
High key9%
Silhouette5%

Shot size

Medium34%
Closeup27%
Wide27%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level75%
Low angle13%
High angle9%

Mood

Neutral42%
Tense27%
Ominous8%
Mysterious7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 553 frames from Michael Clarke Duncan's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.