Michael B. Jordan

Michael Bakari Jordan bɑːˈkɑːri bahKARee born February 9 1987 is an American actor producer and director His accolades include an Academy Award three Actor Awards and a Producers Guild Award in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film 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 Peoples 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 20032006 and the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights 20092011 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 Jordans film breakthrough came as Oscar Grant in Ryan Cooglers biopic Fruitvale Station 2013 for which his performance received critical praise He earned further acclaim for his performances in Cooglers subsequent films including Creed 2015 Black Panther 2018 and Sinners 2025 the latter earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor Jordan reprised his role of Donnie Creed in Creed II 2018 and Creed III 2023 the latter of which also marked his directorial debut His other films include Chronicle 2012 That Awkward Moment 2014 Fantastic Four 2015 and Just Mercy 2019 Aside from filmmaking Jordan is also a coowner of Premier League club AFC Bournemouth Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael B Jordan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia