Cast & creator
Michael Ealy
Best known for Law & Order, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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.
Also known as: Michael Brown , Michael David Brown
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film credits
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television credits
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1990–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (74)
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Law & Order
Private Nelson
1990
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Westworld
Jake Reed
2016
The Good Wife
Derrick Bond
2009
ER
Rick Kendrick
1994ER
Ryan Kendrick
1994
Californication
Ben
2007The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Ish Reinhart
2025
The Following
Theo Noble
2013The Following
Theo Noble / Mr. Salman
2013The Following
Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson
2013The Following
Strauss's Student
2013The Following
Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
2013The Following
Sam Lewis
2013
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
2016
Match Game
Self - Panelist
2016
Reasonable Doubt
Damon
2022Reasonable Doubt
Damon Cooke
2022
FlashForward
Marshall Vogel
2009
Bel-Air
Reed Broderick
2022
Secrets and Lies
Eric Warner
2015
Celebrity Name Game
Self
2014
Stumptown
Miles Hoffman
2019
The Afterparty
Quentin Deveraux
2022
Seven Pounds
Ben's Brother
2008
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Supreme Rameek
2019
Common Law
Travis Marks
2012
Almost Human
Dorian
2013
Underworld: Awakening
Detective Sebastian
2012
Is It Cake?
Self - Judge
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Douglas
2022
Sleeper Cell
Darwyn al-Sayeed
2005
Last Vegas
Ezra Clayton
2013
Madigan Men
2000
Takers
Jake Attica
2010
Bad Company
G-Mo
2002
The Intruder
Scott
2019
Barbarians Rising
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2016
Barbershop
Ricky Nash
2002
Think Like a Man Too
Dominic
2014
Fatale
Derrick Tyler
2020
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Ricky
2004
The Perfect Guy
Carter Duncan
2015The Perfect Guy
Executive Producer
2015
About Last Night
Danny
2014
Think Like a Man
Dominic
2012
2 Fast 2 Furious
Slap Jack
2003
Miracle at St. Anna
Sergeant Bishop Cummings
2008
For Colored Girls
Beau Willie
2010
Margaret
Dave the Lawyer
2011
Never Die Alone
Michael
2004
The Devil You Know
Detective Joe McDonald
2022
Kissing Jessica Stein
Greg
2002
The People Speak
Self
2009
Really Love
Yusef Davis
2020The Magnificent Seven
Vin Tanner
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob Singer
2019Jacob's Ladder
Executive Producer
2019
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Tea Cake
2005
November
Jesse
2004
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Stucco
X
2019
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
Self
2011
Jellysmoke
Jacob
2005
Put It in a Book
Akmed
2007
Unconditional
Joe Bradford
2012
aTypical Wednesday
Dr. Jones
2020The Signal
Daniel Miller
2015
Justice
Woody
2003