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Michael B. Jordan

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Michael B. Jordan
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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.
BornFebruary 9, 1987
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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Keanu Reeves, A. Delon Ellis Jr., Julian Griffith, Bryan Hearne, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Perkins, DeWayne Warren, Lance Staedler, Brian Michael Reed, and Alex Telles in Hardball (2001)
Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson in Creed III (2023)
Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors, and Tony Weeks in Creed III (2023)
Michael B. Jordan, The Kid Mero, and Desus Nice in 110% Polyester (2021)
Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams in A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Michael B. Jordan in A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse (2021)
Michael B. Jordan and Merab Ninidze in Without Remorse (2021)
Michael B. Jordan and Lauren London in Without Remorse (2021)
Michael B. Jordan and Jodie Turner-Smith in Without Remorse (2021)
Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse (2021)
Michael B. Jordan and Jodie Turner-Smith in Without Remorse (2021)

Known for

Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther
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  • Erik Killmonger
  • 2018
Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan in Creed (2015)
Creed
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  • Adonis Johnson
  • 2015
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station
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  • Oscar Grant
  • 2013
Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan in Creed II (2018)
Creed II
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  • Adonis Johnson
  • 2018

Credits

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Actor

  • Creed III
    • Post-production
  • Methuselah
    • Pre-production
  • Thomas Crown Affair Project
    • Pre-production
  • Wrong Answer
    • In Development
  • Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    • (uncredited)
  • Ja'Siah Young in Raising Dion (2019)
    Raising Dion
  • Golshifteh Farahani, Michael B. Jordan, Kôichi Yamadera, Asia Kate Dillon, and Maisie Williams in Gen: Lock (2018)
    Gen: Lock
    • (voice) ...
  • A Journal for Jordan (2021)
    A Journal for Jordan
  • Josh Keaton, Jeffrey Wright, Lake Bell, Chadwick Boseman, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Hudson Thames, Hayley Atwell, and Ross Marquand in What If...? (2021)
    What If...?
    • (voice)
  • Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions (2021)
    Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions
  • Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Gabriel Iglesias, Fred Tatasciore, Eric Bauza, LeBron James, and Zendaya in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
    Space Jam: A New Legacy
  • Love, Death & Robots (2019)
    Love, Death & Robots
  • Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse (2021)
    Without Remorse
  • Snoh Aalegra: Whoa (2019)
    Snoh Aalegra: Whoa
  • Alicia Keys feat. Miguel: Show Me Love (2019)
    Alicia Keys feat. Miguel: Show Me Love
  • Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Karan Kendrick, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Just Mercy (2019)
    Just Mercy
  • Michael B. Jordan in Coach: Words Matter (2019)
    Coach: Words Matter
  • Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan in Creed II (2018)
    Creed II
  • Michael B. Jordan in Creed: Rise to Glory (2018)
    Creed: Rise to Glory

Producer

  • Creed III
    • Post-production
  • Static Shock
    • In Development
  • Methuselah
    • Pre-production
  • The Broken Earth
    • In Development
  • Thomas Crown Affair Project
    • Pre-production
  • Courtney B. Vance in 61st Street (2022)
    61st Street
  • Golshifteh Farahani, Michael B. Jordan, Kôichi Yamadera, Asia Kate Dillon, and Maisie Williams in Gen: Lock (2018)
    Gen: Lock
  • A Journal for Jordan (2021)
    A Journal for Jordan
    • (produced by)
  • David Makes Man (2019)
    David Makes Man
  • Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse (2021)
    Without Remorse
    • (produced by, p.g.a.)
  • Ja'Siah Young in Raising Dion (2019)
    Raising Dion
  • Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Karan Kendrick, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Just Mercy (2019)
    Just Mercy
  • Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan in Creed II (2018)
    Creed II
  • James Franco, Michael B. Jordan, Zoë Kravitz, Jack Reynor, Lily Gao, and Myles Truitt in Kin (2018)
    Kin
    • (as Michael B Jordan)
  • Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon in Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
    Fahrenheit 451
  • Souled Out

Director

  • Creed III
    • Post-production
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Michael B. Jordan | Career Retrospective
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Michael B. Jordan | Career Retrospective
Michael B. Jordan and Denzel Washington Answer Fan Questions
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Michael B. Jordan and Denzel Washington Answer Fan Questions
The Rise of Michael B. Jordan
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The Rise of Michael B. Jordan
This Scene Required the Most Extreme Training in 'Tom Clancy's Without Remorse'
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This Scene Required the Most Extreme Training in 'Tom Clancy's Without Remorse'
July's Most Anticipated Streaming Titles
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July's Most Anticipated Streaming Titles
Who Nearly Starred in 'Justice League?'
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Who Nearly Starred in 'Justice League?'
Michael B. Jordan | Top Breakout Stars of 2018 | Supercut
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Michael B. Jordan | Top Breakout Stars of 2018 | Supercut
IMDbrief: Meet the Top Stars & Breakout Stars of 2018
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IMDbrief: Meet the Top Stars & Breakout Stars of 2018
"That's Direct Influence"
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"That's Direct Influence"
"I Parked It Right Here"
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"I Parked It Right Here"
"Baseball"
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"Baseball"
Chronicle
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Chronicle

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    • February 9, 1987
    • Santa Ana, California, USA
    • Michael Jordan(Not Related)
  • Other works
    Appeared in The Wire (2002) BET Promo Shoot commercial.
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    • 15 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials

Did you know

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    Was home schooled but was allowed to play on the basketball team at New Jersey's Newark Arts High School.
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    [on growing up] Newark isn't a playground. I had friends that sold drugs, stole cars. Being African-­American and driving a nicer car than cops thought I should [a BMW at age 16] gave me problems.
    • Often works with Ryan Coogler.
    • Without Remorse
      (2021)
      $15,000,000

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