Michael B. Jordan

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 is known for his roles in the films Hardball (2001), Blackout, Pastor Brown, Red Tails, Chronicle, Fruitvale Station, That Awkward Moment, Fantastic Four (2015), Creed, and its sequels; Black Panther, and its sequel; Just Mercy, Without Remorse, and A Journal for Jordan, as well as the animated Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox; and on the shows The Wire, All My Children, The Assistants, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, Fahrenheit 451, Gen:Lock, and America the Beautiful.

Michael is the son of Donna (Davis) and Michael Jordan. He is not related to the 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).

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