Michael Ealy
Acting
71
Acting Credits
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025
as Ish Reinhart
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
The Devil You Know
2022
as Detective Joe McDonald
The Afterparty
2022
as Quentin Deveraux
Bel-Air
2022
as Reed Broderick
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022
as Douglas
Reasonable Doubt
2022
as Damon
Is It Cake?
2022
as Self - Judge
Reasonable Doubt
2022
as Damon Cooke
Fatale
2020
as Derrick Tyler
Really Love
2020
as Yusef Davis
aTypical Wednesday
2020
as Dr. Jones
Jacob's Ladder
2019
as Jacob Singer
The Intruder
2019
as Scott
Stucco
2019
as X
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Supreme Rameek
Stumptown
2019
as Miles Hoffman
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Barbarians Rising
2016
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
Westworld
2016
as Jake Reed
To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
The Perfect Guy
2015
as Carter Duncan
The Signal
2015
as Daniel Miller
Secrets and Lies
2015
as Eric Warner
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Dominic
About Last Night
2014
as Danny
Celebrity Name Game
2014
as Self
Last Vegas
2013
as Ezra Clayton
Almost Human
2013
as Dorian
The Following
2013
as Theo Noble / Mr. Salman
The Following
2013
as Theo Noble
The Following
2013
as Theo Noble / Terrance Jackson
The Following
2013
as Strauss's Student
The Following
2013
as Sam Lewis
The Following
2013
as Theo Noble / Sam Lewis
Think Like a Man
2012
as Dominic
Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Detective Sebastian
Unconditional
2012
as Joe Bradford
Common Law
2012
as Travis Marks
Margaret
2011
as Dave the Lawyer
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011
as Self
Takers
2010
as Jake Attica
For Colored Girls
2010
as Beau Willie
The People Speak
2009
as Self
FlashForward
2009
as Marshall Vogel
The Good Wife
2009
as Derrick Bond
Seven Pounds
2008
as Ben's Brother
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
Put It in a Book
2007
as Akmed
Californication
2007
as Ben
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
as Tea Cake
Jellysmoke
2005
as Jacob
Sleeper Cell
2005
as Darwyn al-Sayeed
November
2004
as Jesse
Never Die Alone
2004
as Michael
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
as Ricky
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
as Slap Jack
Justice
2003
as Woody
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Barbershop
2002
as Ricky Nash
Kissing Jessica Stein
2002
as Greg
Bad Company
2002
as G-Mo
Madigan Men
2000
ER
1994
as Rick Kendrick
ER
1994
as Ryan Kendrick
Law & Order
1990
as Private Nelson