Name
Michael Ealy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-08-03 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
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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- 2003 2 Fast 2 Furious as Slap Jack
- 2004 November as Jesse
- 2002 Barbershop as Ricky Nash
- 2004 Never Die Alone as Michael
- 2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Ricky
- 2010 Takers as Jake Attica
- 2008 Seven Pounds as Ben's Brother
- 2008 Miracle at St. Anna as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
- 2010 For Colored Girls as Beau willie
- 2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God as Tea Cake
- 2012 Think Like a Man as Dominic
- 2012 Underworld: Awakening as Detective Sebastian
- 2022 The Devil You Know as Detective Joe McDonald
- 2012 Unconditional as Joe Bradford
- 2013 Last Vegas as Ezra Clayton
- 2014 Think Like a Man Too as Dominic
- 2014 About Last Night as Danny
- 2007 Put It in a Book as Akmed
- 2015 The Perfect Guy as Carter Duncan
- 2015 The Signal as Daniel Miller
- 2005 Jellysmoke as Jacob
- 2003 Justice as Woody
- 2011 Margaret as Dave the Lawyer
- 2009 The People Speak as Self
- 2019 Jacob's Ladder as Jacob Singer
- 2017 August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
- 2019 The Intruder as Scott
- 2020 Fatale as Derrick Tyler
- 2020 Really Love as Yusef Davis
- 2019 Stucco as X
- 2002 Kissing Jessica Stein as Greg
- 2020 aTypical Wednesday as Dr. Jones
- 2002 Bad Company as G-Mo
- 2023 A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2011 Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers' as Self
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Sleeper Cell ( 18 episodes ) as Darwyn al-Sayeed
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Rick Kendrick
- 2000 Madigan Men ( 1 episode )
- 2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 FlashForward ( 10 episodes ) as Marshall Vogel
- 2013 Almost Human ( 13 episodes ) as Dorian
- 2012 Common Law ( 12 episodes ) as Travis Marks
- 2015 Secrets and Lies ( 10 episodes ) as Eric Warner
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Ryan Kendrick
- 2016 Barbarians Rising ( 4 episodes ) as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2013 The Following ( 1 episode ) as Theo Noble
- 2013 The Following ( 1 episode ) as Theo Noble / Mr. Salman
- 2013 The Following ( 5 episodes ) as Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson
- 2022 The Afterparty ( 1 episode ) as Quentin Deveraux
- 2014 Celebrity Name Game ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2013 The Following ( 1 episode ) as Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
- 2013 The Following ( 1 episode ) as Sam Lewis
- 2013 The Following ( 1 episode ) as Strauss's Student
- 2007 Californication ( 5 episodes ) as Ben
- 2022 Bel-Air ( 4 episodes ) as Reed Broderick
- 2022 The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window ( 5 episodes ) as Douglas
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ( 1 episode ) as Supreme Rameek
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Private Nelson
- 2022 Reasonable Doubt ( 9 episodes ) as Damon
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 12 episodes ) as Derrick Bond
- 2019 Stumptown ( 18 episodes ) as Miles Hoffman
- 2016 Match Game ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panelist
- 2016 Westworld ( 2 episodes ) as Jake Reed
- 2016 To Tell the Truth ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 2006 The Megan Mullally Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 The Terminal List: Dark Wolf ( 1 episode ) as Ish Reinhart
- 2022 Is It Cake? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
- 2022 Reasonable Doubt ( 1 episode ) as Damon Cooke
- Soon The Magnificent Seven ( 8 episodes ) as Vin Tanner
