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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The Devil You Know
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Bel-Air
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The Afterparty
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A Journey to Sundance
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2020
Really Love
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aTypical Wednesday
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Stumptown
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Jacob's Ladder
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Stucco
X
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A Black Lady Sketch Show
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2019
The Intruder
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Westworld
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2016
Match Game
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2016
To Tell the Truth
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2016
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2015
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Celebrity Name Game
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2014
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2013
Last Vegas
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2012
Common Law
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2009
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2009
Seven Pounds
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2008
Miracle at St. Anna
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2007
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2007
The Megan Mullally Show
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2006
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2005
Jellysmoke
Jacob
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Tea Cake
2005
The Tony Danza Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2004
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2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Ricky
2004
November
Jesse
2004
2 Fast 2 Furious
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2003
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
2003
Bad Company
G-Mo
2002
Barbershop
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2002
Kissing Jessica Stein
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2002
Madigan Men
(1 episode)
2000
ER
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1994
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1994
Law & Order
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1990
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