---
name: "Michael Ealy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-ealy"
fi1m_id: "michael-ealy"
imdb_id: "nm1013003"
tmdb_id: 8177
wikidata_id: "Q786003"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 August 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T03:10:37.919720+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Ealy

## Identity

Michael Ealy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-ealy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-ealy
- **IMDb ID:** nm1013003
- **TMDB ID:** 8177
- **Wikidata ID:** Q786003
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ealy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8177

Actor. Born 3 August 1973 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 August 1973, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2011
- **Also known as:** Michael Brown , Michael David Brown
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 61 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ealy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8177

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*2 Fast 2 Furious*](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Ealy is an American actor. Born Michael David Brown on 3 August 1973 in Washington, D.C., he was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a degree in English.

He began his career in the late 1990s with off-Broadway stage productions. His first film roles included *Bad Company* (2002) and *Kissing Jessica Stein* (2001). Ealy's breakthrough came with *Barbershop* (2002), in which he played Ricky Nash, a role he reprised in the 2004 sequel. In 2003 he appeared as Slap Jack in *2 Fast 2 Furious*.

Subsequent credits include *Seven Pounds* (2008), *Takers* (2010), *Think Like a Man* (2012) and the television series *Sleeper Cell* (2005–2006). He has been married to Khatira Rafiqzada since 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Margaret* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Dave the Lawyer — [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Fi1m 61, as Slap Jack — [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Terminal List: Dark Wolf* (2025), series, as Ish Reinhart
- *Reasonable Doubt* (2022), series, as Damon, Damon Cooke
- *The Devil You Know* (2022), as Detective Joe McDonald
- *Bel-Air* (2022), series, as Reed Broderick
- *The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window* (2022), series, as Douglas
- *The Afterparty* (2022), series, as Quentin Deveraux
- *Fatale* (2020), as Derrick Tyler
- *Really Love* (2020), as Yusef Davis
- *aTypical Wednesday* (2020), as Dr. Jones
- *Stumptown* (2019), series, as Miles Hoffman
- *Jacob's Ladder* (2019), as Jacob Singer · Executive Producer
- *Stucco* (2019), as X
- *A Black Lady Sketch Show* (2019), series, as Supreme Rameek
- *The Intruder* (2019), as Scott
- *August 28: A Day in the Life of a People* (2017), Actor
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Jake Reed — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Perfect Guy* (2015), as Carter Duncan · Executive Producer
- *The Signal* (2015), as Daniel Miller
- *Secrets and Lies* (2015), series, as Eric Warner
- *Think Like a Man Too* (2014), as Dominic
- *About Last Night* (2014), as Danny
- *Almost Human* (2013), series, as Dorian
- *Last Vegas* (2013), as Ezra Clayton
- *The Following* (2013), series, as Theo Noble, Theo Noble / Mr. Salman, Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson, Theo Noble / Sam Lewis, Sam Lewis, Strauss's Student
- *Unconditional* (2012), as Joe Bradford
- *Common Law* (2012), series, as Travis Marks
- *Think Like a Man* (2012), as Dominic
- *Underworld: Awakening* (2012), as Detective Sebastian
- *Margaret* (2011), as Dave the Lawyer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *For Colored Girls* (2010), as Beau Willie
- *Takers* (2010), as Jake Attica
- *FlashForward* (2009), series, as Marshall Vogel
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Derrick Bond — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Seven Pounds* (2008), as Ben's Brother
- *Miracle at St. Anna* (2008), as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
- *Californication* (2007), series, as Ben
- *Put It in a Book* (2007), as Akmed
- *Sleeper Cell* (2005), series, as Darwyn al-Sayeed
- *Jellysmoke* (2005), as Jacob
- *Their Eyes Were Watching God* (2005), as Tea Cake
- *Never Die Alone* (2004), as Michael
- *Barbershop 2: Back in Business* (2004), as Ricky
- *November* (2004), as Jesse
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), as Slap Jack — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)
- *Justice* (2003), as Woody
- *Bad Company* (2002), as G-Mo
- *Barbershop* (2002), as Ricky Nash
- *Kissing Jessica Stein* (2002), as Greg
- *Madigan Men* (2000), series, Actor
- *ER* (1994), series, as Rick Kendrick, Ryan Kendrick — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Private Nelson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Magnificent Seven*, series, as Vin Tanner

## Gallery

- ![Michael Ealy](https://film.one/media/person/460867/gallery-9bf67d6191c5.jpg) Michael Ealy — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Michael_Ealy_October_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Ealy_October_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/460867/gallery-aeeedb37a52e.jpg) Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024) — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083057597%29.jpg/1280px-Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083057597%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/460867/gallery-26a2b6b0da3a.jpg) Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024) — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083892101%29.jpg/1280px-Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083892101%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/460867/gallery-76eecbe4f707.jpg) Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024) — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083894086%29.jpg/1280px-Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083894086%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Ealy](https://film.one/media/person/460867/gallery-7b39168fecfe.jpg) Michael Ealy — Image via TMDB
- ![Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/460867/gallery-dc88b3616ee4.jpg) Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024) — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083914131%29.jpg/1280px-Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083914131%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/460867/gallery-acc3b6b0e9b0.jpg) Governor Moore Attends Bowie State University's Homecoming Parade by Pat Siebert at 3300 Robert S. Crain Hwy, Bowie, MD 20716 (2024) — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083941051%29.jpg/1280px-Bowie_State_University_Homecoming_Parade_%2854083941051%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 2014: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (nominated), for *Almost Human*
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 2011: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (nominated), for *For Colored Girls*
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2007: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special (nominated), for *Sleeper Cell*
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2006: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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