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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Reasonable Doubt as Damon
- 2022 · Bel-Air as Reed Broderick
- 2022 · The Afterparty as Quentin Deveraux
- 2022 · The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window as Douglas
- 2019 · Stumptown as Miles Hoffman
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Supreme Rameek
- 2016 · Westworld as Jake Reed
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Barbarians Rising as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Secrets and Lies as Eric Warner
- 2014 · Celebrity Name Game as Self
- 2013 · Almost Human as Dorian
- 2013 · The Following as Theo Noble
- 2013 · The Following as Theo Noble / Mr. Salman
- 2013 · The Following as Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson
- 2013 · The Following as Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
- 2013 · The Following as Sam Lewis
- 2013 · The Following as Strauss's Student
- 2012 · Common Law as Travis Marks
- 2012 · Underworld: Awakening as Detective Sebastian
- 2009 · FlashForward as Marshall Vogel
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Derrick Bond
- 2007 · Californication as Ben
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Sleeper Cell as Darwyn al-Sayeed
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 1994 · ER as Rick Kendrick
- 1994 · ER as Ryan Kendrick
- 1990 · Law & Order as Private Nelson
- Future · The Greatest as Malcolm X
- 2022 · The Devil You Know as Detective Joe McDonald
- 2021 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2020 · Fatale as Derrick Tyler
- 2020 · Really Love as Yusef Davis
- 2020 · aTypical Wednesday as Dr. Jones
- 2019 · Jacob's Ladder as Jacob Singer
- 2019 · Stucco as X
- 2019 · The Intruder as Scott
- 2017 · August 28: A Day in the Life of a People as
- 2015 · The Perfect Guy as Carter Duncan
- 2015 · The Signal as Daniel Miller
- 2014 · Think Like a Man Too as Dominic
- 2014 · About Last Night as Danny
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Ezra Clayton
- 2012 · Unconditional as Joe Bradford
- 2012 · Think Like a Man as Dominic
- 2011 · Margaret as Dave the Lawyer
- 2010 · For Colored Girls as Beau willie
- 2010 · Takers as Jake Attica
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2008 · Seven Pounds as Ben's Brother
- 2008 · Miracle at St. Anna as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
- 2007 · Put It in a Book as Akmed
- 2005 · Jellysmoke as Jacob
- 2005 · Their Eyes Were Watching God as Tea Cake
- 2004 · Never Die Alone as Michael
- 2004 · Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Ricky
- 2004 · November as Jesse
- 2003 · 2 Fast 2 Furious as Slap Jack
- 2003 · Justice as Woody
- 2002 · Bad Company as G-Mo
- 2002 · Barbershop as Ricky Nash
- 2002 · Kissing Jessica Stein as Greg
- 2000 · Madigan Men as