Michael Ealy
Acting
Born: Aug 03, 1973
From: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Devil You Know | Detective Joe McDonald | 2022 | 6.7 |
| Fatale | Derrick Tyler | 2020 | 6.045 |
| Really Love | Yusef Davis | 2020 | 6.5 |
| Jacob's Ladder | Jacob Singer | 2019 | 4.4 |
| The Intruder | Scott | 2019 | 6.1 |
| Stucco | X | 2019 | 5.2 |
| August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | 2017 | 1.0 | |
| The Perfect Guy | Carter Duncan | 2015 | 5.719 |
| The Signal | Daniel Miller | 2015 | 6.1 |
| Think Like a Man Too | Dominic | 2014 | 6.416 |
| About Last Night | Danny | 2014 | 5.978 |
| Last Vegas | Ezra Clayton | 2013 | 6.401 |
| Think Like a Man | Dominic | 2012 | 6.801 |
| Underworld: Awakening | Detective Sebastian | 2012 | 6.334 |
| Unconditional | Joe Bradford | 2012 | 6.6 |
| Margaret | Dave the Lawyer | 2011 | 6.333 |
| Takers | Jake Attica | 2010 | 6.242 |
| For Colored Girls | Beau willie | 2010 | 6.7 |
| The People Speak | Self | 2009 | 7.2 |
| Seven Pounds | Ben's Brother | 2008 | 7.601 |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Sergeant Bishop Cummings | 2008 | 6.1 |
| Put It in a Book | Akmed | 2007 | — |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God | Tea Cake | 2005 | 5.671 |
| Jellysmoke | Jacob | 2005 | 5.0 |
| November | Jesse | 2004 | 4.88 |
| Never Die Alone | Michael | 2004 | 5.504 |
| Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Ricky | 2004 | 6.023 |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | Slap Jack | 2003 | 6.518 |
| Justice | Woody | 2003 | 5.0 |
| Barbershop | Ricky Nash | 2002 | 6.4 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1973 |
| From | Washington, District of … |