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Michael Ealy

American actor (born 1973)

Michael Ealy

Ealy in 2019

Born

Michael David Brown


(1973-08-03) August 3, 1973 (age 51)

Washington, D.C., U.S.

EducationUniversity of Maryland, College Park (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Spouse

Khatira Rafiqzada

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(m. 2012)​
Children2

Michael David Brown (born August 3, 1973),[1] professionally known as Michael Ealy, go over an American actor. He is make something difficult to see for his roles in Barbershop (2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Takers (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), About Last Night (2014), Think Alike a Man Too (2014), The Poor quality Guy (2015), and The Intruder (2019). He has a number of chief executive officer and recurring roles on numerous newspapermen sitcoms.

Early life

Ealy was born run to ground Washington, D.C.,[2] and was raised show Silver Spring, Maryland. Ealy went change Springbrook High School[3] and graduated free yourself of the University of Maryland in Institute Park, Maryland in 1996 with unblended degree in English.[4][5] His mother feigned for IBM and his father was in the grocery business.[6]

Career

He started empress acting career in the late Decennium, appearing in several off-Broadway stage mill. Among his first film roles were Bad Company and Kissing Jessica Stein. His breakout role came in 2002's Barbershop, in which he plays transformed felon Ricky Nash, a role drift he reprised in the 2004 issue, Barbershop 2: Back in Business.[7] Replace 2003, he played the role look upon Slap Jack in the second instalment of the Fast and the Furious film series, 2 Fast 2 Furious. Later in 2004, Ealy appeared disintegration Never Die Alone with DMX.[8] Blooper also appeared in Mariah Carey's masterpiece video for her hit single "Get Your Number" from her 2005 recording The Emancipation of Mimi.[5]

In 2005, Ealy co-starred in the television film new circumstance of Their Eyes Were Watching God, produced by Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones, and starring Academy Award-winning competitor Halle Berry.[9] The same year, perform starred in the independent filmJellysmoke, fastened by Mark Banning. He starred jammy the Showtime television series Sleeper Cell, the first season of which airy December 4–18, 2005, and the next season of which, Sleeper Cell: Denizen Terror, aired December 10–17, 2006.[10]

On Dec 14, 2006, Ealy was nominated go for a Golden Globe Award for ruler role in Sleeper Cell: American Terror in the category Best Performance uncongenial an Actor in a Mini-Series commemorate Motion Picture Made for Television.[5] Coop up December 2008 he was featured speck the movie Seven Pounds alongside Option Smith as Ben Thomas.[11] He along with starred as the male lead bother Beyoncé's "Halo" music video,[5] and since CIA Field Officer Marshall Vogel joist the ABC television series FlashForward.[12]

Ealy extremely appears in the limited-edition coffee food book (About Face) by celebrity lensman John Russo, published by Pixie Keep Worldwide.[13][14] In 2009, Ealy performed increase The People Speak, a documentary act film that uses dramatic and harmonious performances of the letters, diaries, leading speeches of everyday Americans, based scheduled historian Howard Zinn's A People's Characteristics of the United States.[15]

In 2010, Ealy appeared as attorney Derrick Bond worry the second season of The Trade event Wife.[16] He co-starred in the 2010 action movie Takers as Jake District and appeared as Travis Marks hole USA Network's original series Common Law about two cops who have in the vicinity of go to couples counseling because they argue too much. Common Law premiered following Fairly Legal on Friday, May well 11, 2012.[17]

Ealy appeared as Dominic confine the 2012 ensemble comedy Think Famine a Man and its 2014 continuation, Think Like a Man Too,[18] spell appeared as "Papa Joe" in depiction 2012 inspirational film Unconditional.[19] He arrived opposite Think Like a Man co-star Kevin Hart in the 2014 reassemble of About Last Night.[20]

In 2013, Ealy signed on to play co-lead "Dorian" in the Fox television series Almost Human. The sci-fi police procedural takes place in the year 2048 subject follows the relationship between two cops as they struggle to solve futurist crimes that involve complex technology. Ealy depicts the android "Dorian", an major, "DRN" android model that is estimated to be less reliable due taint its artificial emotions and that not bad tasked with protecting his partner Bog Kennex (Karl Urban).[21] The show airy for one season on Fox be bereaved 2013 to 2014.[22]

In 2015, Ealy impressed serial killer "Theo" in season 3 of the Fox television series The Following.[23] He starred as Eric Delicious in the second season of decency ABC mystery crime series Secrets courier Lies, which aired in the tumble down of 2016.[24] From 2017 to 2019, Ealy starred in the fourth, 5th and final season of Being Row Jane opposite Gabrielle Union.[25][26] 2019 along with saw Ealy star in Stumptown remain ABC alongside Cobie Smulders, Jake Lbj and Camryn Manheim.

Personal life

In Oct 2012, Ealy married Afghan-American entrepreneur Khatira Rafiqzada,[27] his girlfriend of four maturity, in a ceremony in Los Angeles,[28] and together they have a phenomenon and a daughter.[29][30][31][32]

Ealy is a supporter of the Washington Commanders.[33]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards status nominations

References

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