Person profile

Michael Ealy

38%Slightly wokeWoke score · lower is better40% personal • 31% work

Published titles: 4
Crew roles: 0
Cast roles: 4
Profile updated: October 5, 2026
TMDB person ID: 8177

Personal context

Summary

Michael Ealy is an American actor known for roles in Barbershop, Think Like a Man, Almost Human, and The Perfect Guy. His work spans romantic comedy, crime drama, and thriller, with recurring roles as romantic leads and morally conflicted characters. In a 2022 interview, he argued for teaching children a fuller account of black history, including its history in Africa and the United States. He also appeared at a 2024 event supporting Angela Alsobrooks’s Senate campaign; no recurring activist affiliation or public statements on DEI are on record.

Known Work

Published titles

The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025
as Ish Reinhart
2%
Fatale
2020
as Derrick Tyler
34%
Stumptown
2019
as Miles Hoffman