Michael Ealy

Acting

Born 1973-08-03 Washington, District of Columbia, USA 65 credits

Awards

Nominated for 2 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Awards

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2 nominated

2007 Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated Sleeper Cell
2006 Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated Their Eyes Were Watching God

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 1 nominated

2014 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Almost Human

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 1 nominated

2011 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated For Colored Girls

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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.

Michael Ealy

Awards

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2 nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 1 nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 1 nominated

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