Michael Ealy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 3, 1973 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Credits
- 65
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025TV
Ish Reinhart
A Journey to Sundance
2023Movie
Self
Reasonable Doubt
2022TV
Damon, Damon Cooke
The Devil You Know
2022Movie
Detective Joe McDonald
Is It Cake?
2022TV
Self - Judge
Bel-Air
2022TV
Reed Broderick
The Afterparty
2022TV
Quentin Deveraux
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022TV
Douglas
Fatale
2020Movie
Derrick Tyler
Really Love
2020Movie
Yusef Davis
aTypical Wednesday
2020Movie
Dr. Jones
Stumptown
2019TV
Miles Hoffman
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019TV
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Jacob's Ladder
2019Movie
Jacob Singer
Stucco
2019Movie
X
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019TV
Supreme Rameek
The Intruder
2019Movie
Scott
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017Movie
Westworld
2016TV
Jake Reed
Match Game
2016TV
Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
2016TV
Self - Panelist
Barbarians Rising
2016TV
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Perfect Guy
2015Movie
Carter Duncan
The Signal
2015Movie
Daniel Miller
Secrets and Lies
2015TV
Eric Warner
Celebrity Name Game
2014TV
Self
Think Like a Man Too
2014Movie
Dominic
About Last Night
2014Movie
Danny
Almost Human
2013TV
Dorian
Last Vegas
2013Movie
Ezra Clayton
The Following
2013TV
Theo Noble / Mr. Salman, Theo Noble, Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson, Strauss's Student, Sam Lewis, Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
Unconditional
2012Movie
Joe Bradford
Common Law
2012TV
Travis Marks
Think Like a Man
2012Movie
Dominic
Underworld: Awakening
2012Movie
Detective Sebastian
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011Movie
Self
Margaret
2011Movie
Dave the Lawyer
For Colored Girls
2010Movie
Beau Willie
Takers
2010Movie
Jake Attica
The People Speak
2009Movie
Self
FlashForward
2009TV
Marshall Vogel
The Good Wife
2009TV
Derrick Bond
Seven Pounds
2008Movie
Ben's Brother
Miracle at St. Anna
2008Movie
Sergeant Bishop Cummings
Californication
2007TV
Ben
Put It in a Book
2007Movie
Akmed
The Megan Mullally Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
Sleeper Cell
2005TV
Darwyn al-Sayeed
Jellysmoke
2005Movie
Jacob
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005Movie
Tea Cake
The Tony Danza Show
2004TV
Self
Never Die Alone
2004Movie
Michael
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004Movie
Ricky
November
2004Movie
Jesse
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003Movie
Slap Jack
Justice
2003Movie
Woody
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
Bad Company
2002Movie
G-Mo
Barbershop
2002Movie
Ricky Nash
Kissing Jessica Stein
2002Movie
Greg
Madigan Men
2000TV
ER
1994TV
Rick Kendrick, Ryan Kendrick
Law & Order
1990TV
Private Nelson
The Magnificent Seven
TV
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