Michael Ealy

Known for ActingBorn 1973-08-03 (age 52)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Westworld

Madigan Men

Bel-Air

The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

ER

The Good Wife

Seven Pounds

Californication

Barbarians Rising

Secrets and Lies

Almost Human

Sleeper Cell

Stumptown

The Afterparty

The People Speak

Law & Order

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Is It Cake?

FlashForward

The Following

Common Law

Think Like a Man

The Devil You Know

For Colored Girls

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

Unconditional

Really Love

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Match Game

2 Fast 2 Furious

Think Like a Man Too

Last Vegas

Barbershop

Underworld: Awakening

The Tony Danza Show

Margaret

Takers

The Intruder

The Signal

Fatale

Reasonable Doubt

Miracle at St. Anna

aTypical Wednesday

About Last Night

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Kissing Jessica Stein

The Perfect Guy

To Tell the Truth