Michael Ealy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1973 (age 53)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
The Magnificent Seven
TV · as Vin Tanner · 8 eps
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
TV · as Ish Reinhart · 1 ep
A Journey to Sundance
Movie · as Self
The Devil You Know
Movie · as Detective Joe McDonald
The Afterparty
TV · as Quentin Deveraux · 1 ep
Bel-Air
TV · as Reed Broderick · 4 eps
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
TV · as Douglas · 5 eps
Reasonable Doubt
TV · as Damon, Damon Cooke · 9 eps
Is It Cake?
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep
Fatale
Movie · as Derrick Tyler
Really Love
Movie · as Yusef Davis
aTypical Wednesday
Movie · as Dr. Jones
Jacob's Ladder
Movie · as Jacob Singer
The Intruder
Movie · as Scott
Stucco
Movie · as X
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV · as Supreme Rameek · 1 ep
Stumptown
TV · as Miles Hoffman · 18 eps
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Movie
Barbarians Rising
TV · as Himself - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Match Game
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
Westworld
TV · as Jake Reed · 2 eps
To Tell the Truth
TV · as Self - Panelist · 2 eps
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Perfect Guy
Movie · as Carter Duncan
The Signal
Movie · as Daniel Miller
Secrets and Lies
TV · as Eric Warner · 10 eps
Think Like a Man Too
Movie · as Dominic
About Last Night
Movie · as Danny
Celebrity Name Game
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Last Vegas
Movie · as Ezra
Almost Human
TV · as Dorian · 13 eps
The Following
TV · as Theo Noble, Theo Noble / Mr. Salman, Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson, Theo Noble / Sam Lewis, Strauss's Student · 1 ep
Think Like a Man
Movie · as Dominic
Underworld: Awakening
Movie · as Detective Sebastian
Unconditional
Movie · as Joe Bradford
Common Law
TV · as Travis Marks · 12 eps
Margaret
Movie · as Dave the Lawyer
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
Movie · as Self
Takers
Movie · as Jake Attica
For Colored Girls
Movie · as Beau Willie
The People Speak
Movie · as Self
FlashForward
TV · as Marshall Vogel · 10 eps
The Good Wife
TV · as Derrick Bond · 12 eps
Seven Pounds
Movie · as Ben's Brother
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie · as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
Put It in a Book
Movie · as Akmed
Californication
TV · as Ben · 5 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Movie · as Tea Cake
Jellysmoke
Movie · as Jacob
Sleeper Cell
TV · as Darwyn al-Sayeed · 18 eps
November
Movie · as Jesse
Never Die Alone
Movie · as Michael
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Movie · as Ricky
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
2 Fast 2 Furious
Movie · as Slap Jack
Justice
Movie · as Woody
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barbershop
Movie · as Ricky Nash
Kissing Jessica Stein
Movie · as Greg
Bad Company
Movie · as G-Mo
Madigan Men
TV · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Rick Kendrick, Ryan Kendrick · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Private Nelson · 1 ep