Biography of Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor who is best known for his roles in Beyoncé’s “Halo” music video (2009), Barbershop (2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Takers (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), About Last Night (2014), Think Like a Man Too (2014), The Perfect Guy (2015) and The Intruder (2019). He was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland as Michael Brown.
Ealy started his career as an ‘off-Broadway’ stage actor and became famous for his breakout role in the movie ‘Barbershop’ in 2002. He has been featured in music videos by notable artists such as Maria Carey and Beyoncé. In 2006, Michael received a ‘Golden Globe nomination in the category ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television for his role in ‘Sleeper Cell: American Terror’.
He grew up in Silver Springs Maryland and had his high school education at Spring High School. He later joined the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland for higher education.
Michael Ealy Age
How old is Michael Ealy? Ealy It is 49 years from 2022. He was born about August 3, 1973, in Washington, DC in the United States of America. Furthermore, Michael celebrates his birthday on August 3 and his birth sign is Virgo.
wife Michael Ealy
Ealy is married to his wife Khatita Rafiqzada. They married in 2012 in a ceremony in Los Angeles and together they were blessed with a son named Elijah and a daughter named Harlem.
Michael Ealy’s Height
Ealy is approx. height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.77m) and weighs 76kg (approximately 167.5 pounds).
Michael Ealy family
Ealy was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Silver Springs, Maryland by her loving parents. His father was a supermarket entrepreneur while his mother worked for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
Twin Brother Michael Ealy
They say Ealy has a twin brother Jesse Williams. However, the truth is that they come from different backgrounds even though they share looks and careers. Jesse is from Chicago, Illinois, raised by mixed-race parents, a Swedish mother and an African-American father from Georgia.
Michael Ealy Children, Children
Ealy and his wife Khatira are parents to his two children; his firstborn Elijah Brown born in 2014, and their daughter named Harlem.
Michael Ealy Net Worth
Ealy have an estimate net worth of $3 million. His income is mainly attributed to his success as an actor.
Michael Ealy’s Career
In the late 1990s, he began his acting career by acting in various off-Broadway stage productions. Bad Company and Kissing Jessica Stein were two of her first film roles. His breakout role came in 2002’s Barbershop, in which he plays reformed criminal Ricky Nash, a role he reprized in the 2004 sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business.
In the second installment of the Fast and Furious film franchise, 2 Fast 2 Furious, he played Slap Jack. In 2004, Ealy starred opposite DMX in the film Never Die Alone. Mariah Carey’s popular single “Get Your Number” from her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi featured him in a music video.
In 2005, Ealy co-starred in the Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones-produced television film adaptation of Their Eyes Were Watching God, starring Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry. In the same year, he starred in Mark Banning’s independent film Jellysmoke. He starred in the Showtime television series Sleeper Cell, which aired December 4-18, 2005, and Sleeper Cell: American Terror, which aired December 10-17, 2006.
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On December 14, 2006, Ealy was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television category for his role in Sleeper Cell: American Terror.
On December 14, 2006, Ealy was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television category for his role in Sleeper Cell: American Terror. In December 2008, he starred opposite Will Smith as Ben Thomas in the film Seven Pounds. He also starred as CIA Field Officer Marshall Vogel in the ABC television series FlashForward and as the male lead in Beyoncé’s “Halo” music video.
Ealy is also featured in Pixie Press Worldwide’s limited edition coffee table book (About Face) by celebrity photographer John Russo. He is currently focusing on his own writing projects. In 2009, Ealy starred in The People Speak, a documentary based on historian Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History of the United States, which employs dramatic and musical interpretations of letters, diaries and speeches by ordinary Americans.
Ealy starred in the 2012 comedy Think Like a Man and its 2014 sequel Think Like a Man Too as Dominic, and in the inspirational 2012 film Unconditional as “Papa Joe”. In the 2014 remake of About Last Night, he starred opposite Think Like a Man co-star Kevin Hart.
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In 2013, Ealy joined the Fox television series Almost Human as co-lead “Dorian”. The science fiction police procedure takes place in 2048 and chronicles the friendship between two police officers as they try to solve futuristic crimes involving advanced technology. Ealy plays the “Dorian” android, an older “DRN” type of android who is tasked with protecting his sidekick John Kennex (Karl Urban) and is considered less trustworthy due to his fake emotions. The show aired for one season on Fox from 2013 to 2014.
In season 3 of the Fox television series The Following, Ealy played the serial killer “Theo”. In the fall of 2016, he starred as Eric Warner in the second season of the ABC mystery crime series Secrets and Lies. Since 2017, Ealy has starred opposite Gabrielle Union in the fourth season of Being Mary Jane.
