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John Coffey is a supporting character of the Stephen King multiverse, serving as the deuteragonist of the novel The Green Mile and its film adaptation of the same name. He was an innocent inmate placed on death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary for a crime he never committed.
He was best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and other honors, and for playing Kingpin in Daredevil and Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (both 2003).
The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The serial novel was originally released in six volumes before being republished as a single-volume work.
Dec 10, 1999 · The Green Mile: Directed by Frank Darabont. With Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan. A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments.
John Coffey is the deuteragonist of the 1996 Stephen King book and 1999 movie The Green Mile. He was played by the late Michael Clarke Duncan, who also played Balthazar in The Scorpion King and Tug in Disney’s Brother Bear.
John Coffey : [Coffey stares at Paul] Just to help. [John suddenly reaches out of the prison bars, grabs Paul and aggressively holds him up close. Thinking he is being attacked, Del starts screaming for the other guards as Paul instinctively tries to reach for his revolver]
Feb 8, 2022 · Standing taller than the jail cell door that housed him, John Coffey is used as a scapegoat for the horrific crime of the raping and murdering of two small white...
John Coffey Character Analysis. Despite his intimidating size, John Coffey is sensitive and non-violent. He is mostly illiterate (the only thing he can spell is his own name) and, like a child, is afraid of the dark. In prison, he spends most of his time crying for the suffering of other people.
One day, John Coffey (Michael Clark Duncan), a giant African American man convicted of sexually assaulting and killing two young white girls, arrives on death row. However, he is shy, soft-spoken, and emotional.
Feb 21, 2024 · John Coffey's smile at his execution hints at a deeper knowledge and acceptance of his fate, symbolizing his role as a messianic figure. With fantasy elements combined with the prison drama in its powerful ending, there are many audiences who still seek to have The Green Mile explained.
