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Michael Ealy
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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 Univer…
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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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2025
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
TV show Ish Reinhart
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2023
A Journey to Sundance
Movie Self
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2022
Reasonable Doubt
TV show Damon
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2022
The Devil You Know
Movie Detective Joe McDonald
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2022
Is It Cake?
TV show Self - Judge
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2022
Bel-Air
TV show Reed Broderick
- 2022
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2022
The Afterparty
TV show Quentin Deveraux
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2020
Fatale
Movie Derrick Tyler
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2020
Really Love
Movie Yusef Davis
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2020
aTypical Wednesday
Movie Dr. Jones
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2019
Stumptown
TV show Miles Hoffman
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Jacob's Ladder
Movie Jacob Singer
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2019
Stucco
Movie X
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2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV show Supreme Rameek
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2019
The Intruder
Movie Scott
- 2017
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2016
Westworld
TV show Jake Reed
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2016
Match Game
TV show Self - Panelist
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2016
To Tell the Truth
TV show Self - Panelist
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2016
Barbarians Rising
TV show Himself - Narrator (voice)
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2015
The Perfect Guy
Movie Carter Duncan
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2015
The Signal
Movie Daniel Miller
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2015
Secrets and Lies
TV show Eric Warner
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2014
Celebrity Name Game
TV show Self
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2014
Think Like a Man Too
Movie Dominic
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2014
About Last Night
Movie Danny
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2013
Almost Human
TV show Dorian
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2013
Last Vegas
Movie Ezra Clayton
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2013
The Following
TV show Theo Noble
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2012
Unconditional
Movie Joe Bradford
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2012
Common Law
TV show Travis Marks
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2012
Think Like a Man
Movie Dominic
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2012
Underworld: Awakening
Movie Detective Sebastian
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2011
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
Movie Self
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2011
Margaret
Movie Dave the Lawyer
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2010
For Colored Girls
Movie Beau Willie
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2010
Takers
Movie Jake Attica
