Michael Bakari Jordan took birth in Santa Ana, California and is an actor by profession. He grew up in a regular household confined to his parents, an elder sister and a younger brother. His family shifted their base from California to Newark, New Jersey after spending about two years in California. For Jordan, acting was not the obvious career choice though he did some modeling assignments before entering the film industry. In 1999, he worked in two television series for single episodes. Hardball became his first major film. Later, he featured in HBO series, The Wire. He did guest appearances and music videos as well. To name a few, he worked in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Assistants, and The Notice. From 2009 to 2011, he played the character of Vince Howard in Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights is an American drama serial ce >> Read More... .
He even grabbed TV’s Sexiest Man title in 2011. He has also starred in movies such as Fantastic Four Click to look into! >> Read More... , Fruitvale Station, and Red Tails Click to look into! >> Read More... . Out of these, Fruitvale made him earn numerous awards and nominations. The two famous American magazines namely Entertainment Weekly and GQ, mentioned his name amongst the 2013 breakout stars. He turned to voice-over artist for Justice League Click to look into! >> Read More... : The Flashpoint Paradox and for some games such as Xbox 360 and Gears of War 3. He worked real hard for his role in Rocky Sequel Creed and received appreciation for the same in the year 2015. Creed, earned him the best actor award from Boston Online Film Critics Association.
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Michael Bakari Jordan is a Hollywood actor. He has done several famous roles like the human torch in the Fantastic Four and Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station in 2013. He has done many roles in the TV Series like CSI: Crime Investigation, All My Children, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Michael was born on 9 February 1989 in Santa Ana, California. He spent most of his childhood in Newark, New Jersey and studied at Newark Arts High School. Bakari is the second child of his parents, Michael A Jordan and Donna.
Before starting his professional career in acting, Jordan did modeling for companies. He first appeared as an actor in Cosby and then in The Sopranos in only one of the episodes. His first prominent role was in Hardball,; Jordan did many small roles like this from then onwards, and he appeared as Wallace in The Wire. Michael did many Guest appearances and was seen in CSI: Crime Investigation, Without Trace, and in Cold Case. He was even in the video of “Did You Wrong” by rapper Pleasure P. Michael guest-starred in an episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent and appeared in “Hot Spot” episode of Burn Notice.
Michael starred in the Friday Night Lights, NBC Drama as Vince Howard in 2009 and portrayed the character for next two seasons continuously. In the same year, he landed a great role in another series, Parenthood. George Lucas George, born on May 14 1944, grew up in Modesto, C >> Read More... produced a movie titled Red Tails in 2012 and Jordan was part of the cast in the film. The most iconic role that he has played so far was the role of a shooting victim, Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station in 2013. Michael was ranked at the #80 spot by Buddy TV in the List of TVs Sexiest Man in 2011, and he was considered one among the 55 faces chosen for future by Nylon Magazine’s issue of young Hollywood. He has been named as one of the 30 people under 30 who are changing world by the Time Magazine and by Entertainment Weekly and GQ he has been considered 2013’s Breakout Stars.
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