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.
Known for
Reasonable Doubt
The Devil You Know
Bel-Air
The Afterparty
Fatale
Really Love
aTypical Wednesday
Stumptown
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Jacob's Ladder
Stucco
A Black Lady Sketch Show
The Intruder
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Westworld
Match Game
To Tell the Truth
Barbarians Rising
The Perfect Guy
Secrets and Lies
Celebrity Name Game
Think Like a Man Too
About Last Night
Almost Human
Last Vegas
The Following
Unconditional
Common Law
Think Like a Man
Underworld: Awakening
Margaret
For Colored Girls
Takers
The People Speak
FlashForward
The Good Wife
Seven Pounds
Miracle at St. Anna
Californication
Put It in a Book
Sleeper Cell
Jellysmoke
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Never Die Alone
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
November
2 Fast 2 Furious
Justice
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bad Company
Barbershop
Kissing Jessica Stein
Madigan Men
ER
Law & Order