Michael B. Jordan
Known For
Acting
Born
1987-02-09 in Santa Ana, California, USA
Biography
Michael Bakari Jordan (/bɑːˈkɑːri/ bah-KAR-ee; born February 9, 1987) is an American actor, producer, and director. His accolades include a Producers Guild Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2020 and 2023, People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2020, and The New York Times ranked him 15th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. Jordan initially broke out in television, playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002). He starred in the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). He later starred in and produced the HBO television film Fahrenheit 451 (2018), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Jordan's film breakthrough came with Oscar Grant in Ryan Coogler's biopic Fruitvale Station (2013), for which his performance received critical praise. He earned further acclaim for his performances in Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and Sinners (2025), all of which were written and directed by Coogler. Jordan reprised his role of Donnie Creed in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023); the latter also marked his directorial debut. His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he portrayed Bryan Stevenson. Aside from filmmaking, Jordan is also a co-owner of Premier League club AFC Bournemouth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael B. Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
House
as Will Westwood
Bones
as Perry Wilson
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Morris
The Daily Show
as Self
The Sopranos
as Rideland Kid
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Wire
as Wallace
The View
as Self
The View
as Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Danny Ford
Hot Ones
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Love, Death & Robots
as Terence