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