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Michael Ealy
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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…
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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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Michael Ealy's Filmography
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A Journey to Sundance
as Self
The Devil You Know
as Detective Joe McDonald
Fatale
as Derrick Tyler
Really Love
as Yusef Davis
aTypical Wednesday
as Dr. Jones
Jacob's Ladder
as Jacob Singer
Stucco
as X
The Intruder
as Scott
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
The Perfect Guy
as Carter Duncan
No Poster
The Signal
as Daniel Miller
Think Like a Man Too
as Dominic
About Last Night
as Danny
Last Vegas
as Ezra Clayton
Unconditional
as Joe Bradford
Think Like a Man
as Dominic
Underworld: Awakening
as Detective Sebastian
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
as Self
Margaret
as Dave the Lawyer
For Colored Girls
as Beau Willie
Takers
as Jake Attica
The People Speak
as Self
Seven Pounds
as Ben's Brother
Miracle at St. Anna
as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
Put It in a Book
as Akmed
Jellysmoke
as Jacob
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Tea Cake
Never Die Alone
as Michael
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Ricky
November
as Jesse
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Slap Jack
Justice
as Woody
Bad Company
as G-Mo
Barbershop
as Ricky Nash
Kissing Jessica Stein
as Greg