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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 3, 1973
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As
- Michael Brown
- Μάικλ Ίλι
- 마이클 엘리
- مایکل ایلی
Michael Ealy
1.9 Popularity
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
7.5
Ish Reinhart
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025
0.0
Self
A Journey to Sundance
2023
6.4
Damon
Reasonable Doubt
2022
6.7
Detective Joe McDonald
The Devil You Know
2022
6.9
Self - Judge
Is It Cake?
2022
7.8
Reed Broderick
Bel-Air
2022
7.2
Quentin Deveraux
The Afterparty
2022
6.6
Douglas
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022
6.0
Derrick Tyler
Fatale
2020
6.5
Yusef Davis
Really Love
2020
Credits
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
as Ish Reinhart
2025
7.5
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
0.0
Reasonable Doubt
as Damon
2022
6.4
The Devil You Know
as Detective Joe McDonald
2022
6.7
Is It Cake?
as Self - Judge
2022
6.9
Bel-Air
as Reed Broderick
2022
7.8
The Afterparty
as Quentin Deveraux
2022
7.2
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
as Douglas
2022
6.6
Fatale
as Derrick Tyler
2020
6.0
Really Love
as Yusef Davis
2020
6.5
aTypical Wednesday
as Dr. Jones
2020
6.0
Stumptown
as Miles Hoffman
2019
7.2
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
3.6
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Jacob's Ladder
as Jacob Singer
2019
4.3
Stucco
as X
2019
5.2
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Supreme Rameek
2019
7.0
The Intruder
as Scott
2019
6.1
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
1.0
Westworld
as Jake Reed
2016
8.0
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.4
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.2
Barbarians Rising
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2016
7.4
The Perfect Guy
as Carter Duncan
2015
5.7
🎬
The Signal
as Daniel Miller
2015
6.1
Secrets and Lies
as Eric Warner
2015
7.3
Celebrity Name Game
as Self
2014
5.3
Think Like a Man Too
as Dominic
2014
6.4
About Last Night
as Danny
2014
6.0
Almost Human
as Dorian
2013
7.4
Last Vegas
as Ezra Clayton
2013
6.4
The Following
as Theo Noble
2013
6.9
The Following
as Theo Noble / Mr. Salman
2013
6.9
The Following
as Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson
2013
6.9
The Following
as Strauss's Student
2013
6.9
The Following
as Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
2013
6.9
The Following
as Sam Lewis
2013
6.9
Unconditional
as Joe Bradford
2012
6.6
Common Law
as Travis Marks
2012
6.8
Think Like a Man
as Dominic
2012
6.8
Underworld: Awakening
as Detective Sebastian
2012
6.3
Margaret
as Dave the Lawyer
2011
6.3
For Colored Girls
as Beau willie
2010
6.6
Takers
as Jake Attica
2010
6.2
The People Speak
as Self
2009
7.2
FlashForward
as Marshall Vogel
2009
7.0
The Good Wife
as Derrick Bond
2009
7.6
Seven Pounds
as Ben's Brother
2008
7.6
Miracle at St. Anna
as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
2008
6.1
Californication
as Ben
2007
7.6
Put It in a Book
as Akmed
2007
0.0
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.2
Sleeper Cell
as Darwyn al-Sayeed
2005
7.4
Jellysmoke
as Jacob
2005
1.0
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Tea Cake
2005
5.4
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
Never Die Alone
as Michael
2004
5.4
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Ricky
2004
6.0
November
as Jesse
2004
4.8
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Slap Jack
2003
6.5
Justice
as Woody
2003
1.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Bad Company
as G-Mo
2002
5.5
Barbershop
as Ricky Nash
2002
6.4
Kissing Jessica Stein
as Greg
2002
6.0
Madigan Men
2000
6.0
ER
as Rick Kendrick
1994
7.8
ER
as Ryan Kendrick
1994
7.8
Law & Order
as Private Nelson
1990
7.4
🎬
The Greatest
as Malcolm X
N/A
0.0