Michael Ealy is an American actor. Among his most well-known roles are Takers, Barbershop, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Think Like a Man, About Last Night, Think Like a Man Too, The Perfect Guy, and The Intruder. He began his career as a ‘off-Broadway’ stage actor before breaking out in the film ‘Barbershop’ in 2002.
Michael Ealy Age
Ealy is 49 years old as of August 2022. He was born Michael Brown on 3 August 1973 in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.
Michael Ealy Education
Ealy attended Springbrook High School and earned a degree in English from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.
Michael Ealy Height
Ealy stands at an average height of 5 Feet 10 Inches (1.77 m) tall.
Michael Ealy Parents
Ealy was born on August 3, 1973, in Washington, DC, and was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. His mother was an ‘IBM’ employer, and his father was in the grocery business.
Michael Ealy Wife – Children
In October 2012, Ealy married his four-year girlfriend, Afghan entrepreneur Khatira Rafiqzada, in a ceremony in Los Angeles. They have two children: a son and a daughter.
Michael Ealy Barbershop
His breakthrough role came in Barbershop, a 2002 film in which he played a reformed felon named Ricky Nash. He played the same role again in Barbershop 2:The business is back.From a Brown story, Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, and Marshall Todd wrote and directed the 2002 American comedy-drama film Barbershop.
Michael Ealy 2 Fast 2 Furious
He appeared as Slap Jack in 2 Fast 2 Furious, the sequel to the Fast and the Furious film series, in 2003.John Singleton directed the 2003 action film 2 Fast 2 Furious, which was written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas and told by Brandt, Haas, and Gary Scott Thompson.It is the Fast & Furious sequel and the second film in the Fast & Furious series. Paul Walker portrays Brian O’Conner, and Tyrese Gibson and Eva Mendes also star.In the movie, Brian O’Conner, a former LAPD officer, and Roman Pearce, played by Gibson, go undercover for the U.S. Customs Service to capture a drug lord in exchange for their criminal records being erased.
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Michael Ealy Career
Ealy began his career in a number of ‘off-Broadway’ stage productions. In 2001 and 2002, he appeared in films such as ‘Killing Jessica Stein’ and ‘Bad Company.’ He was offered the role of a reformed street thug named ‘Ricky Nash’ in the American comedy film ‘Barbershop’ in 2002. This was his breakthrough performance. The plot revolved around the social life of a Chicago barbershop. He returned to the role of ‘Nash’ in the sequel, ‘Barbershop 2: Back in Business,’ in 2004. Ealy appeared as ‘Slap Jack’ in the second installment of the ‘Fast and the Furious’ film series, ‘2 Fast 2 Furious,’ in 2003. Ealy played a street racer in the film, driving a gold ‘Toyota Supra.’
Ealy co-starred in ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God,’ a ‘ABC’ telefilm series produced by Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones and starring ‘Academy Award’ winner Halle Berry. It was based on the novel of the same name by Zora Neale Hurston. He also appeared in Mark Banning’s independent film ‘Jellysmoke,’ as well as the ‘Showtime’ TV series ‘Sleeper Cell’ and ‘Sleeper Cell: American Terror.’ Ealy was nominated for a ‘Golden Globe Award’ in the category ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television’ on December 14, 2006, for his role in ‘Sleeper Cell: American Terror.’ In the series, Ealy played an undercover federal agent snooping on a group of Islamic extremist terrorists in Los Angeles.
He appeared in the action thriller ‘Takers’ and the drama ‘For Colored Girls’ in 2010. The same year, Ealy was cast as ‘Derrick Bond,’ an attorney in the American legal and political drama TV series ‘The Good Wife.’ Ealy starred as ‘Dominic’ in the ensemble romantic comedy ‘Think Like a Man’ in 2012. He also appeared in the inspirational film ‘Unconditional’ the same year as ‘Papa Joe.’ In 2013, he co-starred as ‘Dorian’ in Fox’s futuristic TV series ‘Almost Human.’ ‘Dorian,’ Ealy’s character, was an old ‘DRN’ android model regarded as less reliable due to its artificial emotions and in charge of protecting his partner, ‘John Kennex,’ played by Karl Urban. The show aired on ‘Fox’ for one season.
In season 3 of the ‘Fox’ TV series ‘The Following,’ he played a serial killer named ‘Theo.’ He appeared in the American romantic thriller film ‘The Perfect Guy’ the same year. In the fall of 2016, he starred as ‘Eric Warner’ in the second season of the ‘ABC’ mystery crime series ‘Secrets and Lies.’ In 2017, Ealy co-starred with Gabrielle Union in the fourth season of the American drama TV series ‘Being Mary Jane.’ The thrillers ‘The Intruder’ and ‘Fatale,’ both directed by Deon Taylor, are among Ealy’s upcoming projects. Ealy will play a married man who is duped into a murder plot by a seductive police detective played by ‘Hillary Swank.’ Both films are set to be released in 2019.
Michael Ealy Net Worth
Is Michael Ealy rich? Ealy has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
