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Michael Ealy

Michael Ealy

Birthday: 1973-08-03 | Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA

Michael Brown (born August 3, 1973), professionally known as Michael Ealy, was born on August 3, 1973 in Silver Spring, Maryland. He attended SpringbrookHigh School and the University of Maryland, College Park. Ealy started his acting career in the late-1990s, appearing in a number of off-Broadway stage productions. Among his first film roles were Bad Company and Kissing Jessica Stein. His breakout role came in 2002's Barbershop, in which he plays reformed street thug Ricky Nash, a role that he reprised in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business. In 2003, he played the role of Slap Jack in the second installment of the Fast and the Furious film series, 2 Fast 2 Furious. Later in 2004, Ealy appeared in Never Die Alone with DMX. In 2005, Ealy co-starred in the telefilm version of Their Eyes Were Watching God, produced by Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones, and starring Academy Award-winning actress HalleBerry. The same year, he starred in the independent film Jellysmoke, directed by Mark Banning. He starred in the Showtime television series Sleeper Cell and Sleeper Cell: American Terror. On December 14, 2006, Ealy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in Sleeper Cell: American Terror in the category Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. In December 2008 he was featured in the movie Seven Pounds alongside Will Smith as Ben Thomas. He also starred as CIA Field Officer Marshall Vogel in the ABC television series FlashForward. In 2010 Ealy starred in the action-thriller Takers and in the drama For Colored Girls. Also in 2010, Ealy signed on to play an attorney, Derrick Bond in the TV series, The Good Wife.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Devil You Know

as    Detective Joe McDonald

2020
Fatale

as    Derrick Tyler

2020
aTypical Wednesday

as    Dr. Jones

2020
Really Love

as    Yusef Davis

2019
Jacob's Ladder

as    Jacob Singer

2019
Stumptown

as    Miles Hoffman

2019
The Intruder

as    Scott

2016
Barbarians Rising

as    Himself - Narrator (voice)

2015
The Perfect Guy

as    Carter Duncan

2015
Secrets and Lies

as    Eric Warner

2014
About Last Night

as    Danny

2014
Think Like a Man Too

as    Dominic

2013
Almost Human

as    Dorian

2013
Last Vegas

as    Ezra Clayton

2012
Underworld: Awakening

as    Detective Sebastian

2012
Think Like a Man

as    Dominic

2012
Unconditional

as    Joe Bradford

2012
Common Law

as    Travis Marks

2010
Takers

as    Jake Attica

2008
Seven Pounds

as    Ben's Brother

2008
Miracle at St. Anna

as    Sergeant Bishop Cummings

2005
Sleeper Cell

as    Darwyn al-Sayeed

2005
Jellysmoke

as    Jacob

2005
November

as    Jesse

2004
Never Die Alone

as    Michael

2004
2003
2 Fast 2 Furious

as    Slap Jack