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Jordan in 2014, photo by PrPhotos<\/p><\/div>\n

Birth Name: Michael Bakari Jordan<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: February 9, 1987<\/p>\n

Ethnicity: African-American<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael B. Jordan is an American actor, producer, and director. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor<\/a> for Sinners<\/em> (2025). His roles also include the films Hardball<\/em> (2001), Blackout<\/em> (2007), Pastor Brown<\/em>, Red Tails<\/em>, Chronicle<\/em>, Fruitvale Station<\/em>, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox<\/em>, That Awkward Moment<\/em>, Fantastic Four<\/em> (2015), Creed<\/em>, and its sequels; Black Panther<\/em>, and its sequel; Fahrenheit 451<\/em> (2018), Just Mercy<\/em>, Without Remorse<\/em>, and A Journal for Jordan<\/em>; the shows The Wire<\/em>, All My Children<\/em>, The Assistants<\/em>, Friday Night Lights<\/em>, Parenthood<\/em>, Gen:Lock<\/em>, Love, Death & Robots<\/em>; and America the Beautiful<\/em>; the video games NBA 2K17<\/em>, Wilson’s Heart<\/em>, and Creed: Rise to Glory<\/em>; and the music videos for “Did You Wrong” and “Family Feud.” He directed the film Creed III<\/em>, which he also starred in.<\/p>\n

Michael is the son of Donna (Davis) and Michael Jordan. He is not related to basketball player of (almost) the same name, Michael Jordan<\/a>. He was born in Orange, California, and raised mostly in Newark, New Jersey. His parents are both African-American.<\/p>\n

Michael was selected People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive<\/a>” 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<\/a>, in 1996, is the first, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson<\/a>, in 2016, Idris Elba<\/a>, in 2018, and John Legend<\/a>, in 2019, are the others, fitting both criteria).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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