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.
Filmography
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Movies 33
TV Shows 26
self 6
Narrator 1
Reasonable Doubt (2022)
The Devil You Know (2022)
Bel-Air (2022)
The Afterparty (2022)
Fatale (2020)
Really Love (2020)
aTypical Wednesday (2020)
Stumptown (2019)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Jacob's Ladder (2019)
Stucco (2019)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
The Intruder (2019)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
Westworld (2016)
Match Game (2016)
To Tell the Truth (2016)
Barbarians Rising (2016)
The Perfect Guy (2015)
The Signal (2015)
Secrets and Lies (2015)
Celebrity Name Game (2014)
Think Like a Man Too (2014)
About Last Night (2014)
Almost Human (2013)
Last Vegas (2013)
The Following (2013)
Unconditional (2012)
Common Law (2012)
Think Like a Man (2012)
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Margaret (2011)
For Colored Girls (2010)
Takers (2010)
The People Speak (2009)
FlashForward (2009)
The Good Wife (2009)
Seven Pounds (2008)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Californication (2007)
Put It in a Book (2007)
The Megan Mullally Show (2006)
Sleeper Cell (2005)
Jellysmoke (2005)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Never Die Alone (2004)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
November (2004)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Justice (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Bad Company (2002)
Barbershop (2002)
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
Madigan Men (2000)
ER (1994)
Law & Order (1990)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1973-08-03 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceSilver Spring, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMichael Brown , Μάικλ Ίλι, 마이클 엘리
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