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Michael B. Jordan
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Michael Bakari Jordan II (/bɑːˈkɑːri/ bah-KAR-ee; born February 9, 1987) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Adonis Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler. Jordan reprised his role of Creed in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023); the latter also marked his directorial debut. Jordan initially broke out in television, playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002). He went on to play Reggie Montgomery on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and Vince Howard in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he portrayed Bryan Stevenson. He has also starred in and produced the HBO film Fahrenheit 451 (2018), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2020 and 2023. Also in 2020, he was named People's Sexiest Man Alive, and The New York Times ranked him 15th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. Jordan is also a co-owner of English Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael B. Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Bakari Jordan II (/bɑːˈkɑːri/ bah-KAR-ee; born February 9, 1987) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Adonis Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler. Jordan reprised his role of Creed in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023); the latter also marked his directorial debut. Jordan initially broke out in television, playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002). He went on to play Reggie Montgomery on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and Vince Howard in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he portrayed Bryan Stevenson. He has also starred in and produced the HBO film Fahrenheit 451 (2018), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2020 and 2023. Also in 2020, he was named People's Sexiest Man Alive, and The New York Times ranked him 15th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. Jordan is also a co-owner of English Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael B. Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Daily Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Bones
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Without a Trace
Cold Case
The Late Late Show with James Corden
House
The Sopranos
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Love, Death & Robots
Lie to Me
Marvel Studios Legends
The Boondocks
Ridiculousness
The Wire
Raising Dion
Number One on the Call Sheet
Burn Notice
Cosby
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Parenthood
Space Jam: A New Legacy
What If...?
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kin
Red Tails
Friday Night Lights
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Hardball
Chronicle
I Helped Destroy People
Black Panther
Fantastic Four
I Am Legend 2
Creed II
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Fruitvale Station
Sinners
Creed
America the Beautiful
Rainbow Six
Creed IV
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Creed III
Just Mercy
Production Credits
Delphi
Creed II
Creed III
Iron Curtain
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The Greatest
Creed IV
Just Mercy
61st Street
The Dwelling
Kin
I Helped Destroy People
Rainbow Six
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
I Am Legend 2
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