Michael Clarke Duncan's last movie, 'The Challenger,' to open Dances With Films festival

May 13, 2015

Michael Clarke Duncan's last movie, 'The Challenger,' to open Dances With Films festival

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan -- who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as John Coffey in "The Green Mile" -- on Jan. 28, 2003. He died of a heart attack in 2012 at age 54.

By RAFER May 13, 2015

WHO Michael Clarke Duncan

THE MOVIE "The Challenger"

THE DEAL The late actor's final film is the opening-night selection for the Los Angeles festival Dances With Films, according to TheWrap. Duncan, an Oscar nominee for his role as a gentle giant in "The Green Mile," plays a boxing trainer who takes a struggling young man under his wing. The actor died of a heart attack in 2012 at the age of 54. The festival runs May 28 through June 7.

This article originally appeared on Newsday