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. Jordan worked as a child model for several companies and brands, including Modell's sporting goods and Toys "R" Us, before deciding to embark on a career as an actor.
He attended Newark Arts High School, where his mother works, and where he played basketball.
Jordan's family spent two years in California before moving to Newark, New Jersey. He has a sister, Jamila, and a younger brother, Khalid, who in 2010 signed to be a football player at Howard University. Michael Bakari Jordan was born on February 9, 1987, in Santa Ana, California, to Donna and Michael A. 2.2 2009–2012: Friday Night Lights and Parenthood.In the same year, The New York Times ranked him #15 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. In 2020, Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, as well as People 's Sexiest Man Alive. In 2018, Jordan received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, as a producer on the television film Fahrenheit 451. His other film performances include Red Tails (2012), Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), where he portrayed Bryan Stevenson. Jordan initially broke out in television roles, including Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002) 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). Jordan reprised the role of Creed in Creed II (2018), and Killmonger in What If.? (2021), and is set to star and make his directorial debut in Creed III (2022). He is known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Donnie Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all three of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler.
Michael Bakari Jordan ( / b ɑː ˈ k ɑː r iː/ born February 9, 1987) is an American actor and film producer.