Michael Ealy
| Michael Ealy | |
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Ealy in 2012
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| Born |
Michael Brown August 3, 1973 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | late 1990s–present |
| Spouse(s) | Khatira Rafiqzada (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
Michael Brown (born August 3, 1973), professionally known as Michael Ealy, is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Barbershop (2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Takers (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), About Last Night (2014), Think Like a Man Too (2014), and The Perfect Guy (2015) . Ealy starred as Dorian the android in the Fox TV science fiction police drama series Almost Human.
Ealy was born in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. Ealy graduated from Springbrook High School and attended the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. His mother worked for IBM and his father was in the grocery business.
He 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. He also appeared in Mariah Carey's music video for her hit single "Get Your Number" from her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi.
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