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.
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Movies (35)
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Self
El diablo que conoces
2022 · Detective Joe McDonald
Fatale: Juego Fatal
2020 · Derrick Tyler
Un romance de verdad
2020 · Yusef Davis
aTypical Wednesday
2020 · Dr. Jones
Alucinaciones del pasado
2019 · Jacob Singer, Executive Producer
Stucco
2019 · X
El intruso
2019 · Scott
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
The Perfect Guy
2015 · Carter Duncan, Executive Producer
The Signal
2015 · Daniel Miller
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Dominic
About Last Night
2014 · Danny
Last Vegas
2013 · Ezra
Unconditional
2012 · Joe Bradford
Think Like a Man
2012 · Dominic
Underworld: Awakening
2012 · Detective Sebastian
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011 · Self
Margaret
2011 · Dave the Lawyer
For Colored Girls
2010 · Beau Willie
Takers
2010 · Jake Attica
The People Speak
2009 · Self
Seven Pounds
2008 · Ben's Brother
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · Sergeant Bishop Cummings
Put It in a Book
2007 · Akmed
Jellysmoke
2005 · Jacob
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005 · Tea Cake
Never Die Alone
2004 · Michael
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004 · Ricky
November
2004 · Jesse
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003 · Slap Jack
Justice
2003 · Woody
Bad Company
2002 · G-Mo
Barbershop
2002 · Ricky Nash
Kissing Jessica Stein
2002 · Greg
TV shows (31)
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025 · Ish Reinhart
En busca de pruebas
2022 · Damon, Damon Cooke
¿Es pastel?
2022 · Self - Judge
Bel-Air
2022 · Reed Broderick
El día después
2022 · Quentin Deveraux
La mujer de la casa de enfrente de la chica en la ventana
2022 · Douglas
Stumptown
2019 · Miles Hoffman
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Supreme Rameek
Westworld
2016 · Jake Reed
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · Self
Match Game
2016 · Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
2016 · Self - Panelist
Bárbaros, el despertar
2016 · Himself - Narrator (voice)
Secretos y Mentiras
2015 · Eric Warner
Celebrity Name Game
2014 · Self
Almost Human
2013 · Dorian
The Following
2013 · Theo Noble / Mr. Salman, Theo Noble, Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson, Strauss's Student, Sam Lewis, Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
Common Law
2012 · Travis Marks
FlashForward
2009 · Marshall Vogel
The Good Wife
2009 · Derrick Bond
Californication
2007 · Ben
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Sleeper Cell
2005 · Darwyn al-Sayeed
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Madigan Men
2000
ER
1994 · Rick Kendrick, Ryan Kendrick
Law & Order
1990 · Private Nelson
The Magnificent Seven
· Vin Tanner