Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 03, 1973
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Credits
65 titles
Michael Ealy
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Ish Reinhart
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Reasonable Doubt
Damon
The Devil You Know
Detective Joe McDonald
Is It Cake?
Self - Judge
Bel-Air
Reed Broderick
The Afterparty
Quentin Deveraux
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Douglas
Fatale
Derrick Tyler
Really Love
Yusef Davis
aTypical Wednesday
Dr. Jones
Stumptown
Miles Hoffman
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob Singer
Stucco
X
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Supreme Rameek
The Intruder
Scott
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Westworld
Jake Reed
Match Game
Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Barbarians Rising
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Perfect Guy
Carter Duncan
The Signal
Daniel Miller
Secrets and Lies
Eric Warner
Celebrity Name Game
Self
Think Like a Man Too
Dominic
About Last Night
Danny
Almost Human
Dorian
Last Vegas
Ezra Clayton
The Following
Theo Noble / Mr. Salman
Unconditional
Joe Bradford
Common Law
Travis Marks
Think Like a Man
Dominic
Underworld: Awakening
Detective Sebastian
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
Self
Margaret
Dave the Lawyer
For Colored Girls
Beau willie
Takers
Jake Attica
The People Speak
Self
FlashForward
Marshall Vogel
The Good Wife
Derrick Bond
Seven Pounds
Ben's Brother
Miracle at St. Anna
Sergeant Bishop Cummings
Californication
Ben
Put It in a Book
Akmed
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
Sleeper Cell
Darwyn al-Sayeed
Jellysmoke
Jacob