Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Ealy
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 33Series: 28Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 8177
IMDb ID: nm1013003
Known for: Acting
Born: August 3, 1973
Age: 52
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q786003
Also known as
Michael Brown • Μάικλ Ίλι • 마이클 엘리 • مایکل ایلی
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)
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 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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Ealy.
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023 Movie
6.7
The Devil You Know
as Detective Joe McDonald
2022 Movie
6.0
Fatale
as Derrick Tyler
2020 Movie
6.5
Really Love
as Yusef Davis
2020 Movie
6.0
aTypical Wednesday
as Dr. Jones
2020 Movie
4.3
Jacob's Ladder
as Jacob Singer
2019 Movie
5.2
Stucco
as X
2019 Movie
6.1
The Intruder
as Scott
2019 Movie
1.0
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017 Movie
5.7
The Perfect Guy
as Carter Duncan
2015 Movie
6.4
Think Like a Man Too
as Dominic
2014 Movie
6.0
About Last Night
as Danny
2014 Movie
6.4
Last Vegas
as Ezra Clayton
2013 Movie
6.6
Unconditional
as Joe Bradford
2012 Movie
6.8
Think Like a Man
as Dominic
2012 Movie
6.3
Underworld: Awakening
as Detective Sebastian
2012 Movie
6.3
Margaret
as Dave the Lawyer
2011 Movie
6.7
For Colored Girls
as Beau willie
2010 Movie
6.2
Takers
as Jake Attica
2010 Movie
7.2
The People Speak
as Self
2009 Movie
7.6
Seven Pounds
as Ben's Brother
2008 Movie
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna
as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
2008 Movie
Put It in a Book
as Akmed
2007 Movie
1.0
Jellysmoke
as Jacob
2005 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Ealy.
7.5
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
as Ish Reinhart • 1 eps
2025 Series
6.4
Reasonable Doubt
as Damon • 9 eps
2022 Series
6.9
Is It Cake?
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.7
Bel-Air
as Reed Broderick • 4 eps
2022 Series
6.6
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
as Douglas • 5 eps
2022 Series
7.2
The Afterparty
as Quentin Deveraux • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Stumptown
as Miles Hoffman • 18 eps
2019 Series
3.5
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 3 eps
2019 Series
7.0
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Supreme Rameek • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.0
Westworld
as Jake Reed • 2 eps
2016 Series
6.4
Match Game
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
2016 Series
5.7
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist • 2 eps
2016 Series
7.4
Barbarians Rising
as Himself - Narrator (voice) • 4 eps
2016 Series
7.4
Secrets and Lies
as Eric Warner • 10 eps
2015 Series
5.3
Celebrity Name Game
as Self • 3 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Almost Human
as Dorian • 13 eps
2013 Series
6.9
The Following
as Theo Noble • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.8
Common Law
as Travis Marks • 12 eps
2012 Series
7.0
FlashForward
as Marshall Vogel • 10 eps
2009 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Derrick Bond • 12 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Californication
as Ben • 5 eps
2007 Series
4.2
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.4
Sleeper Cell
as Darwyn al-Sayeed • 18 eps
2005 Series