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Michael B. Jordan, the middle of three children, was born in Santa Ana, California and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Donna (Davis), a high school counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. His middle name, Bakari, means "noble promise" in Swahili. (He is not related to, or named after, basketball legend Michael Jordan.)
Jordan has starred in three of the most critically acclaimed television dramas of the past decade. First, Jordan played the hard-shelled but softhearted Wallace in HBO's dramatic hit series The Wire (2002). He then went on to star as quarterback Vince Howard on Friday Night Lights (2006) (NBC), before playing a recovering alcoholic, Alex, on NBC's Parenthood (2010).
Jordan successfully took on his first major leading film role when he starred as Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station (2013). The film is an account of Oscar's controversial slaying by police officers on a San Francisco train platform. The cast includes Octavia Spencer and Melonie Diaz, and was produced by Forest Whitaker (Significant Films). It premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival where it received the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Film. It also screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category. The has garnered many awards including Best First Feature at the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards, Outstanding Independent Motion Picture at the 2014 NAACP Image Awards and the 2014 Stanley Kramer Award from the Producer's Guild of America. The 2013 New York Film Critics Circle honored it with Best First Film and the picture was also chosen as one of the Top Ten Films at the 2013 National Board of Review Awards, where Jordan took home the award for Breakthrough Actor. Jordan also won the 2013 Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Actor.
In 2015, Jordan starred in Josh Trank's Fantastic Four (2015), playing the role of 'Johnny Storm' aka 'The Human Torch', opposite Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, and Kate Mara for 20th Century Fox. The film was released on August 7th 2015. Jordan previously starred in 20th Century Fox's box office hit Chronicle (2012) (which was also directed by Trank), a supernatural thriller that follows three Portland teens (MBJ, Dane Dehaan, and Alex Russell) as they develop incredible powers after exposure to a mysterious substance; That Awkward Moment (2015) opposite Zac Efron and Miles Teller for Focus Films; and the George Lucas produced film Red Tails (2012), the story of the first African American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during WWII aka The Tuskegee Airmen.
Jordan reunited with Ryan Coogler for Creed (2015), starring alongside Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson. The film was released on Thanksgiving 2015 by MGM and Warner Brothers. A devoted fan of comic books growing up, Jordan starred as the villain, Eric Killmonger, in the 2018 box office smash Black Panther (2018). In 2018, he is also starring as Guy Montag in the HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury's science fiction classic Fahrenheit 451 (2018).
He resides in Los Angeles, where he supports the charity Lupus LA.- Actor
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963. He was the fourth of five children born to James and Deloris. James Jordan was a mechanic and Deloris Jordan was a bank teller. Soon after Michael's birth, James and Deloris felt that the streets of Brooklyn were unsafe to raise a family, so they moved the family to Wilmington, North Carolina.
As a youngster, Michael immediately became interested in sports. However, it was baseball not basketball that was his first love. He would play catch in the yard with his father, who loved baseball. He soon started to play basketball to try and follow in the footsteps of his older brother, Larry, whom he idolized growing up.
At Laney High School, as a sophomore, he decided to try out for the varsity team but was cut because he was raw and undersized. The following summer, he grew four inches and practiced tirelessly. The hard work paid off as he averaged 25 points per game in his last two years and was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team as a senior.
Following high school, he earned a basketball scholarship from North Carolina University where he would play under legendary coach Dean Smith. In his first year, he was named ACC Freshman of the Year. He would help lead the Tarheels to the 1982 NCAA Championship, making the game-winning shot.
After winning the Naismith College Player of the Year award in 1984, Jordan decided to leave North Carolina to enter the NBA draft. Although he decided to leave college early, he would later return to the university in 1986 to complete his degree in geography.
In the 1984 NBA draft, he was selected with the third overall pick by the Chicago Bulls. As a rookie for the Bulls, he made an immediate impact, averaging an amazing 28.2 points a game, including six games where he scored 40+ points. He was selected to the NBA All-Star Game and named Rookie of the Year. This would just be the beginning of a career filled with awards and accolades. In the upcoming years, he would go on to win five regular season MVP awards, six NBA championships, six NBA finals MVP awards, three All-Star game MVP awards, and a defensive player of the year award.
In 1993, tragedy struck Jordan's seemingly perfect life. On July 23, 1993, his father, James, was murdered off Interstate 95 in North Carolina. Two locals had robbed him, shot him in the chest and threw his body in a swamp.
Three months later on October 6, 1993, following a run of three consecutive NBA championships, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball citing that "he no longer had the desire to play." Now "retired" at age 33, it was uncertain what Jordan would do next. Would he take a year off out of the public eye to grieve and then come back to the Bulls? Would he go out and look for a white collar job in the field of geography, his college major? Or would he take up a completely different hobby like golf?
In early 1994, Jordan decided to take up a new hobby alright. However, it wasn't golf. It was baseball. Despite not playing baseball since high school some 13 years ago, he signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox in 1994. He played one unspectacular season for the Double-A Birmingham Barons.
On March 18, 1995, Jordan, a man of few words since his retirement, sent two important words to media sources everywhere: "I'm Back". He celebrated his return to the NBA by doing what he always did best: winning. Although the Bulls would lose in the playoffs to the Orlando Magic, it was obvious that Jordan was still the same superstar player. He would go on to lead the Bulls to three more consecutive NBA championships and etch his place in the history as the "NBA's greatest player of all-time".
On January 13, 1999, Jordan re-announced his retirement, saying that "he was 99.9 percent sure that he would never play again". Soon after, Jordan became part owner of the Washington Wizards.
Near the start of the 2001-02 season, there were hints that Jordan may try another comeback to the NBA. On September 25, 2001, Jordan confirmed those rumors, announcing that he would once again return to the NBA as a member of the Wizards. His two seasons in Washington were mediocre at best. His statistics were solid and he showed some flashes of his old self but he could not lead the Wizards to the playoffs and missed several games due to injury. He retired for good following the 2002-03 season and was subsequently dismissed as president of the Washington Wizards.
In June 2006, he became part owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Later that year, he filed for divorce from Juanita, his wife of 17 years. They have three children together.- Actor
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Jordan Christopher Michael was born on 24 March 1979 in Mill Valley, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Motorama (1991), The Favor (1994) and The Heat of the Beat.- Michael Jordan Craven was born and raised in Southern California. Growing up Michael always knew that he was destined to entertain audiences. After some time spent playing sports, he eventually made his transition to a career in acting. Since then, he has appeared in a number of television and film productions.
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- Jordan Michael Thompson was raised in the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee. He was acting from an early age and always excelled in painting and the arts. During college a chance meeting with an agent brought him to Hollywood.
Jordan has studied for many years with one of Hollywood's beloved acting coaches, John Kirby. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he made his on-screen debut with a leading role in "Blue Boy". The film had its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. A second leading role entitled "Ghost Light" from the American Film Institute and Lucas Films, went on to screen at festivals worldwide.
Jordan has also appeared on stage five times and his latest play "Washed in the Blood" won Best in Show at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Just this year, Jordan has completed another leading role for festival circuit and just finished shooting a feature film entitled, "Boys About Town". - Michael A. Jordan is known for Creed III (2023) and Dinner for Four (2023).
- Jordan Michael Green is known for God Save the Queens (2022), Equal (2020) and Dear White People (2017).
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Jordan Michael Blake is known for Our Souls (2010), Harry & Judy (2015) and Yeye Bells Shiver (2013).- Michael D. Jordan is known for The Saga of Saint Nick: Nicholas of Myra - Part II and Nicholas of Myra: The Story of Saint Nicholas.
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Jordan Michael Brinkman is an American actor and musician. Born in Utah to John and Kristy Brinkman, and raised in Texas, his interest in the performing arts began at a young age when he learned that people provide the voices for cartoons. Having a knack for impressions and a desire to entertain, he memorized entire movies and TV episodes to perform them for friends. The pivotal moment for him occurred when Sonny Melendrez came to his elementary school to give a motivational speech and talk about his career in voiceover and radio. In high school, he and his older brother, along with a friend, came up with ideas and stories for a cartoon series to which they intended to lend their voices. It was during this time that he discovered his love of both playing the guitar, and the theatre. It was there that he began to demonstrate his range as an actor, performing first as the bombastic Matamore in The Illusion, and then the timid George Tesman in Hedda Gabler. Following high school he served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, after which he enrolled at Central Texas College with the intent of pursuing a degree in Drama. Twice nominated for the Irene Ryan scholarship, he participated in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. It was through a cast mate that he got a taste of working in front of the camera when she had him tag along to work as a background actor on Revolution (2012). During school and after obtaining his associates of drama, he continued to work as a background extra, as well as in community theater productions, and short films. Since then he has appeared in films such as Trippin' to the Altar (2016), Camino (2016), and Hollow Scream (2018), and has worked as a stand in on Rooster Teeth's Lazer Team (2015) and Lazer Team 2 (2017). He lives in the Central Texas area where he continues to work as an actor and musician.- Additional Crew
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Michael Jordan was born on 3 October 1985 in Michigan, USA. He is an editor, known for John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) and A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011).- Michael V. Jordan is known for No Man's Law (2021), I Am Mine Alone (2022) and The Kiss of A Vampire.
- Michael Shepherd Jordan is known for Foil Me: The Series (2010), Crazy Fast (2019) and Dracena (2022).
- Jordan Michael is known for August (2011) and 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony (2021).
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Jordan Michael Coulson, currently serves as Marketing Manager for AdvancedSupps.com, 2 Gold's Gyms, Brown Golf Managent & IV San Bernard and is a Professional film & TV actor.
Jordan is the former Host & Producer of "Initial Reaction" morning radio show and "Fresh Set" Saturday night radio show on 98.9 FM. Jordan is former Creative & Marketing Director for VegasFuel Energy Drink Jordan is a Professional Video & Podcast Producer. Acting credits include Captain America: Winter Soldier, Night at Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Salt, Step Up, America's Most Wanted, Dominos Pizza, Baltimore Ravens & much more.
Jordan graduated from Towson University with a degree in Electronic Media and film. Jordan has appeared in films such as Step-Up, Annapolis, The Bourne Ultimatum and Night at the Museum 2. Jordan has starred in several independent films and national commercials for Domino's Pizza, The Baltimore Ravens and Union Memorial Hospital.- Producer
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As a child, Jordan grew up in a single parent home constantly moving to different cities within Southern California. In elementary school Jordan Michael Martinez competed in tournament Chess eventually becoming a "Western, United States Chess Champion". At seventeen, during the surge in troop numbers in the Middle East, Jordan asked both his parents to sign off for military recruitment. He enlisted in the United States Army and became an Army Paratrooper. Most of his time overseas was spent in the volatile area of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan in support of, "Operation Enduring Freedom".
Overseas he conducted Civil Military Operations, patrols, atmospherics, worked closely with USAID, Psychological Operations and local contractors to help bring stability to the Afghan people. Later in his career he finished his service serving with United States Joint Forces, Japan. Jordan believed at one point his true calling was to become an Army Special Forces General. After an unexpected loss he chose to turn to his true passion in life, film Directing. Ever since that moment he has never looked back. While in undergrad at "California State University, Fullerton", Jordan worked in Hollywood in stunts, directing shorts, music videos and even as a manager for musical artist/songwriter, "Brenton Wood".
Just recently, Jordan finished USC's MFA Cinematic Arts - Production program and resides in Los Angeles where he pursues his passion in Directing. During his time at USC he has become proficient in multiple technical skills including special effects. His life long mission in life is to tell authentic stories from the Global War on Terror, shed light on Veteran's issues including suicide and help build Latino inclusion within the film industry.- Additional Crew
Michael Jordan is known for Starfighter 3000 (1994).- Sound Department
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Michael Jordan is known for Hard (2014).- Michael Jordan is known for Assault on VA-33 (2021).