Michael Bakari Jordan is an American actor and producer. He is known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station, boxer Adonis. Creed in the Rocky sequel film Creed, and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther. Jordan’s television roles include Wallace in the HBO series The Wire and Vince Howard in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights. He also appeared on the soap opera All My Children.
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Michael Bakari Jordan is an American actor and producer. He is known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station, boxer Adonis. Creed in the Rocky sequel film Creed, and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther. Jordan’s television roles include Wallace in the HBO series The Wire and Vince Howard in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights. He also appeared on the soap opera All My Children. His other film performances include Red Tails, Chronicle, That Awkward Moment, and Fantastic Four, in which he played the Human Torch. In 2020, Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, as well as the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. He was born in Santa Ana, California, the son of Donna and Michael Jordan. He has a sister, Jamila, and a younger brother, Khalid, who in 2010 signed to be a football player at Howard University.
His family spent two years in California before moving to Newark, New Jersey. He attended Newark Arts High School, where his mother works, and where he played basketball. Jordan worked as a child model for several companies and brands, before deciding to embark on a career as an actor. He launched his career as a professional actor in 1999, when he appeared briefly in single episodes of the television series Cosby and The Sopranos. His first principal film role followed in 2001 when he was featured in Hardball, which starred Keanu Reeves. In March 2003, he joined the cast of All my Children, replacing Chadwick Boseman, playing Reggie Montgomery, a troubled teenager, until June 2006 when Jordan was released from his contract. In 2008, Jordan appeared in the music video \”Did You Wrong\” by R&B artist Pleasure P.
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