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Jordan in 2014, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Michael Bakari Jordan
Place of Birth: Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 9, 1987
Ethnicity: African-American
Michael B. Jordan is an American actor, producer, and director. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Sinners (2025). His roles also include the films Hardball (2001), Blackout (2007), Pastor Brown , Red Tails , Chronicle , Fruitvale Station , Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox , That Awkward Moment , Fantastic Four (2015), Creed , and its sequels; Black Panther , and its sequel; Fahrenheit 451 (2018), Just Mercy , Without Remorse , and A Journal for Jordan ; the shows The Wire , All My Children , The Assistants , Friday Night Lights , Parenthood , Gen:Lock , Love, Death & Robots ; and America the Beautiful ; the video games NBA 2K17 , Wilson’s Heart , and Creed: Rise to Glory ; and the music videos for “Did You Wrong” and “Family Feud.” He directed the film Creed III , which he also starred in.
Michael is the son of Donna (Davis) and Michael Jordan. He is not related to basketball player of (almost) the same name, Michael Jordan . He was born in Orange, California, and raised mostly in Newark, New Jersey. His parents are both African-American.
Michael was selected People Magazine’s “ Sexiest Man Alive ” in 2020. He is the fifth non-white man, and the fifth man of significant African ancestry, to have been given this title by the magazine ( Denzel Washington , in 1996, is the first, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson , in 2016, Idris Elba , in 2018, and John Legend , in 2019, are the others, fitting both criteria).