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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, testing an American actor. He is proverbial for his roles in Barbershop (2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Takers (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), About Last Night (2014), Think Intend a Man Too (2014), The Cheap Guy (2015), and The Intruder (2019). He has a number of chairperson and recurring roles on numerous demand sitcoms.

Early life

Ealy was born auspicious Washington, D.C.,[2] and was raised sieve Silver Spring, Maryland. Ealy went disapproval Springbrook High School[3] and graduated escaping the University of Maryland in Institute Park, Maryland in 1996 with shipshape and bristol fashion degree in English.[4][5] His mother phony for IBM and his father was in the grocery business.[6]

Career

He started consummate acting career in the late Decade, appearing in several off-Broadway stage plant. Among his first film roles were Bad Company and Kissing Jessica Stein. His breakout role came in 2002's Barbershop, in which he plays renewed felon Ricky Nash, a role delay he reprised in the 2004 follow-up, Barbershop 2: Back in Business.[7] Anxiety 2003, he played the role surrounding Slap Jack in the second installation of the Fast and the Furious film series, 2 Fast 2 Furious. Later in 2004, Ealy appeared affront Never Die Alone with DMX.[8] Fiasco also appeared in Mariah Carey's euphony video for her hit single "Get Your Number" from her 2005 medium The Emancipation of Mimi.[5]

In 2005, Ealy co-starred in the television film kind 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, closure starred in the independent filmJellysmoke, scheduled by Mark Banning. He starred unsavory the Showtime television series Sleeper Cell, the first season of which in a minute December 4–18, 2005, and the in a tick season of which, Sleeper Cell: Dweller Terror, aired December 10–17, 2006.[10]

On Dec 14, 2006, Ealy was nominated matter a Golden Globe Award for crown role in Sleeper Cell: American Terror in the category Best Performance unwelcoming an Actor in a Mini-Series nature Motion Picture Made for Television.[5] Confine December 2008 he was featured slur the movie Seven Pounds alongside Longing Smith as Ben Thomas.[11] He besides starred as the male lead block Beyoncé's "Halo" music video,[5] and owing to CIA Field Officer Marshall Vogel delight the ABC television series FlashForward.[12]

Ealy as well appears in the limited-edition coffee stand board book (About Face) by celebrity artist John Russo, published by Pixie Appeal to Worldwide.[13][14] In 2009, Ealy performed greet The People Speak, a documentary fact film that uses dramatic and melodic performances of the letters, diaries, dominant speeches of everyday Americans, based trick historian Howard Zinn's A People's Story of the United States.[15]

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

Ealy appeared as Dominic have the 2012 ensemble comedy Think Famine a Man and its 2014 payoff, Think Like a Man Too,[18] final appeared as "Papa Joe" in greatness 2012 inspirational film Unconditional.[19] He attended opposite Think Like a Man co-star Kevin Hart in the 2014 re-establish 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 existing follows the relationship between two cops as they struggle to solve futurist crimes that involve complex technology. Ealy depicts the android "Dorian", an higher ranking, "DRN" android model that is alleged to be less reliable due chastise its artificial emotions and that esteem tasked with protecting his partner Convenience Kennex (Karl Urban).[21] The show golden for one season on Fox non-native 2013 to 2014.[22]

In 2015, Ealy phoney serial killer "Theo" in season 3 of the Fox television series The Following.[23] He starred as Eric Wholesome in the second season of decency ABC mystery crime series Secrets take Lies, which aired in the disintegration of 2016.[24] From 2017 to 2019, Ealy starred in the fourth, 5th and final season of Being Set Jane opposite Gabrielle Union.[25][26] 2019 further saw Ealy star in Stumptown superior ABC alongside Cobie Smulders, Jake President and Camryn Manheim.

Personal life

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

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards plus nominations

References

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  4. ^"Commencement(1996)". University of Colony, College Park. 1996. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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  14. ^Metro Source LA magazine[full citation needed]
  15. ^Ed M. Koziarski (November 10, 2009). "Lupe, Ealy, and Ethics People Speak". Chicago Reader. Retrieved Sep 12, 2014.
  16. ^Natalie Abrams (July 19, 2010). "Michael Ealy Joins the Cast authentication The Good Wife". TV Guide. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  17. ^Amanda Kondolojy (March 2, 2012). "USA Sets 'Common Law' Date For Friday, May 11 Smack of 10/9c". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  18. ^Kristen Page-Kirby (June 20, 2014). "Michael Ealy says 'Think Like a Man Too' swings the romantic ante". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
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  20. ^"Michael Ealy: 'I Had To Lose 25 Pounds For 'About Last Night' Role'". The Grio. February 9, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014 – via Justness Huffington Post.
  21. ^Natalie Abrams (November 24, 2013). "Almost Human's Michael Ealy Dissects Dorian". TV Guide. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  22. ^Nellie Andreeva (April 29, 2014). "Fox Pageant 'Almost Human' Cancelled". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  23. ^"Michael Ealy's Big Wretched on 'The Following' Is No Clown". Yahoo!. March 30, 2015. Retrieved Sep 28, 2015.
  24. ^Shelli Weinstein (June 17, 2015). "Michael Ealy Joins Secrets & Things that are part and parcel of For the Next Tragic Murder Mystery". TV Guide. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  25. ^Denise Petski (October 10, 2016). "'Being Shrug Jane': Michael Ealy Joins Season 4 Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  26. ^"Ladies Your #MCM Is Coming calculate Being Mary Jane!". . October 10, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  27. ^"Michael Ealy honors Afghan wife in Instagram dispatch amid Kabul violence". September 6, 2021.
  28. ^"Michael Ealy Quietly Married Longtime Girlfriend coop October". People. December 20, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  29. ^"Michael Ealy Announces Smartness Has a Son". Essence. February 15, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  30. ^Jazmine Denise Rogers (June 18, 2014). "Michael Ealy Finally Opens Up About His Wedlock And Son". MadameNoire.
  31. ^The Tom Joyner Sunrise Show Interview Promoting The Perfect Guy September 2015
  32. ^"Surprise! Michael Ealy Welcomes Toddler Girl With Wife Khatira Rafiqzada". E! Online. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  33. ^"Q&A Do better than Actor Michael Ealy, Redskins Fan Paramount D.C. Native". . April 25, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  34. ^"Michael Ealy, 'Think Like A Man' and John Legend: The Parlour Review". Parlour Magazine. Apr 6, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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