
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA
Michael Ealy
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Think Like a Man | Dominic | 2012 |
Jacob's Ladder | Jacob Singer | 2019 |
Never Die Alone | Michael | 2004 |
Miracle at St. Anna | Sergeant Bishop Cummings | 2008 |
Unconditional | Joe Bradford | 2012 |
Think Like a Man Too | Dominic | 2014 |
About Last Night | Danny | 2014 |
The Perfect Guy | Carter | 2015 |
Jellysmoke | Jacob | 2005 |
Really Love | 2020 | |
November | Jesse | 2005 |
Takers | Jake Attica | 2010 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God | Tea Cake | 2005 |
Underworld: Awakening | Detective Sebastian | 2012 |
The Intruder | Scott Russell | 2019 |
Fatale | Derrick Tyler | 2020 |
Seven Pounds | Ben's Brother | 2008 |
The Signal | Daniel Miller | 2015 |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Ricky | 2004 |
Barbershop | Ricky Nash | 2002 |
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | 2017 | |
Stucco | X | 2019 |
2 Fast 2 Furious | Slap Jack | 2003 |
Last Vegas | Ezra | 2013 |
For Colored Girls | Beau willie | 2010 |
Justice | Woody | 2003 |
The People Speak | Himself | 2009 |
Kissing Jessica Stein | Greg | 2002 |
Margaret | Dave the Lawyer | 2011 | Series | Cast | Year |
The Tony Danza Show | 2004 | |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003 | |
Sleeper Cell | Darwyn al-Sayeed | 2005 |
ER | 1994 | |
The Following | Strauss's Student | 2013 |
Madigan Men | 2000 | |
The Megan Mullally Show | 2006 | |
Common Law | Travis Marks | 2012 |
Almost Human | Dorian | 2013 |
The Following | Theo Noble / Mr. Salman | 2013 |
FlashForward | Marshall Vogel | 2009 |
Secrets and Lies | Eric Warner | 2015 |
Barbarians Rising | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2016 |
The Following | Sam Lewis | 2013 |
The Following | Theo Noble / Sam Lewis | 2013 |
The Following | Theo Noble | 2013 |
The Following | Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson | 2013 |
Californication | Ben | 2007 |
Stumptown | Miles Hoffman | 2019 |
Match Game | Himself - Panelist | 2016 |
Westworld | Jake | 2016 |
Westworld | Jake Reed | 2016 |
To Tell the Truth | Himself | 2016 |