Michael Ealy
Acting • Born 1973-08-03
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.
Filmography
70 credits
2 Fast 2 Furious
Movie • 2003
Slap Jack
November
Movie • 2004
Jesse
Barbershop
Movie • 2002
Ricky Nash
Never Die Alone
Movie • 2004
Michael
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Movie • 2004
Ricky
Takers
Movie • 2010
Jake Attica
Seven Pounds
Movie • 2008
Ben's Brother
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie • 2008
Sergeant Bishop Cummings
For Colored Girls
Movie • 2010
Beau willie
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Movie • 2005
Tea Cake
Think Like a Man
Movie • 2012
Dominic
Underworld: Awakening
Movie • 2012
Detective Sebastian
The Devil You Know
Movie • 2022
Detective Joe McDonald
Unconditional
Movie • 2012
Joe Bradford
Last Vegas
Movie • 2013
Ezra Clayton
Think Like a Man Too
Movie • 2014
Dominic
About Last Night
Movie • 2014
Danny
Put It in a Book
Movie • 2007
Akmed
The Perfect Guy
Movie • 2015
Carter Duncan
The Signal
Movie • 2015
Daniel Miller
Jellysmoke
Movie • 2005
Jacob
Justice
Movie • 2003
Woody
Margaret
Movie • 2011
Dave the Lawyer
The People Speak
Movie • 2009
Self
Jacob's Ladder
Movie • 2019
Jacob Singer
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Movie • 2017
The Intruder
Movie • 2019
Scott
Fatale
Movie • 2020
Derrick Tyler
Really Love
Movie • 2020
Yusef Davis
Stucco
Movie • 2019
X
Kissing Jessica Stein
Movie • 2002
Greg
aTypical Wednesday
Movie • 2020
Dr. Jones
Bad Company
Movie • 2002
G-Mo
A Journey to Sundance
Movie • 2023
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Sleeper Cell
TV • 2005
Darwyn al-Sayeed
ER
TV • 1994
Rick Kendrick
Madigan Men
TV • 2000
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV • 2019
Self
FlashForward
TV • 2009
Marshall Vogel
Almost Human
TV • 2013
Dorian
Common Law
TV • 2012
Travis Marks
Secrets and Lies
TV • 2015
Eric Warner
ER
TV • 1994
Ryan Kendrick
Barbarians Rising
TV • 2016
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Following
TV • 2013
Theo Noble
The Following
TV • 2013
Theo Noble / Mr. Salman
The Following
TV • 2013
Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson
The Afterparty
TV • 2022
Quentin Deveraux
Celebrity Name Game
TV • 2014
Self
The Following
TV • 2013
Strauss's Student
The Following
TV • 2013
Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
The Following
TV • 2013
Sam Lewis
Californication
TV • 2007
Ben
Bel-Air
TV • 2022
Reed Broderick
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
TV • 2022
Douglas
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV • 2019
Supreme Rameek
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Private Nelson
Reasonable Doubt
TV • 2022
Damon
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Derrick Bond
Stumptown
TV • 2019
Miles Hoffman
Match Game
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
Westworld
TV • 2016
Jake Reed
To Tell the Truth
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
TV • 2025
Ish Reinhart
Is It Cake?
TV • 2022
Self - Judge
Reasonable Doubt
TV • 2022
Damon Cooke