Michael B Jordan: Private Life, Filmography, Family, Net Worth And More

When people first see the name Michael B. Jordan, they wonder if it is in reference to basketball legend Micheal Jordan. In fact, Michael B. Jordan, who is a Hollywood actor, inserted his initial letter “B” to avoid confusion with the basketball legend. And no! They are in no way related to each other.

Michael B. Jordan has been in the entertainment business since 1999 when he made his film debut in a small role in the television series, The Sopranos and Cosby.

He first became known on television, in particular for his role as Wallace, a young dealer in the American police television series On Listen, and for that of Vince Howard, the quarterback of the last two seasons of the Friday Night Lights drama series.

Childhood

Son of a caterer and an artist and guidance counselor in a high school, he has an older sister and a younger brother. He began his career, very early, as a model, before being spotted by Bill Cosby. In 1999, Michael B. Jordan made his debut at the age of 12 in an episode of the television series Cosby and The Sopranos.

After a small role in the cinema ( Hardball in 2001), he landed a larger role in the first season of the multi-awarded and critically acclaimed series On Listen. He continued to learn his acting profession in the soap opera La Force du Destin, between 2003 and 2006, for about fifty episodes.

Beginnings and television revelation

At the exit, he made a series of appearances in detective series: Experts, FBI: Missing, Cold Case: Classified cases, and appeared in 2007 in the TV movie, alongside Zoe Saldana and Jeffrey Wright, devoted to the tensions observed in the district from Brooklyn, New York City, following the summer 2003 blackout in the United States.

In 2008, he ended up joining the main cast of the comedy The Assistants, which ended after 13 episodes, in 2009. He immediately started with a role in the acclaimed sports drama series Friday Night Lights, the fourth season of which introduced a new generation of high school students. His role as Vince Howard emerged as the pillar of this promotion until the end of the series, after the 5th season in 2011.

As early as 2010, the series executive producer, Jason Katims, gave him a recurring role in his next project, the family comedy drama Parenthood. For 16 episodes, he plays the role of Alex, a young man from an underprivileged background with whom the eldest daughter of one of the families in the series falls in love.

At the same time, he participated in the fifteenth episode of the ninth season of New York, criminal section, broadcast in 2010 and in two episodes of the third and final season of Lie to Me, scheduled in 2011.

The year 2012 marks a turning point: if the pilot of a new series, County, a medical fiction developed by Jason Katims in which he would have played a young intern did not end up 4, he landed his last guest role in a series. very exposed, Dr House.

Movie Breakthrough

MIt was on the big screen that he stood out that year: first in the main cast of the war film Red Tails, produced by George Lucas, but especially in the independent science-fiction thriller Chronicle, by Josh Trank. This surprise critical and commercial success, which he shares with the equally young Dane DeHaan and Alex Russell, places him among the actors to watch.

He confirmed the following year as the lead actor in the independent drama Fruitvale Station, written and directed by debutant Ryan Coogler. This chronicle, which traces the true story of a young man shot in the back by a policeman in Oakland and whose images had circulated on the Internet, is acclaimed by the critics, and is distinguished in many ceremonies and festivals.

This double performance allows him to continue with more commercial productions: first, he forms with the young star Zac Efron and another revelation of American independent cinema, Miles Teller, a trio of attractive young singles for the romantic comedy Singles or almost. The film works commercially, failing to convince the critics.

At the same time, the two directors who revealed him trust him again for their next projects: he is the first actor to join the reboot of the Fantastic Four by Josh Trank, which makes his debut at the head of a blockbuster. Jordan plays Johnny Storm, the brother of Susan Storm, to whom Kate Mara will lend her features. The roles of Benjamin Grimm / The Thing and Reed Richards will be attributed respectively to Jamie Bell and Miles Teller. The film is however an industrial accident, experiencing a tumultuous production, and whose final version is disowned by the director. The box office is abysmal and the franchise plans canceled by Studio.

Production and confirmation

In 2018, he returns to the Marvel superheroes, but this time on the side of the antagonists: he plays Erik Killmonger in the blockbuster Black Panther, the adaptation of the comic book of the same name from Marvel. This film received rave reviews in addition to widespread commercial success. To prepare for this major role, the actor had to undergo intense training based on sprinting and weightlifting. An interpretation that earned him numerous awards and nominations at award ceremonies.

Propelled to the status of international star, this success allows him, for his next projects, to don the cap of producer associated with his company, Outlier Society, and, at the same time, to sign an agreement with the Amazon platform.

He plays Montag, one of the two protagonists of the TV film produced by the chain HBO, Fahrenheit 451, new adaptation of the classic Ray Bradbury. A work rewarded at the prestigious PGA Awards ceremony with the prize for the best production.

He gets himself a small role in the action and science fiction film, Kin: The Beginning. Finally, he ends the year in style, returning to the role of Adonis Creed for Creed II, which confirms the enthusiasm of the first part, and of which he also ensures the role of executive producer. He’s collaborating with the Warner Bros studio to produce the adaptation of the fantasy novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf by author Marlon James. The project is described as an African Game of Thrones. At the same time, he joins the drama Just Mercy alongside Brie Larson and Jamie Foxx, due in theaters 2020.

For its spring-summer 2019 collection, the Coach label chooses him as a male muse. During the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, the entire cast of Black Panther won the statuette for best cast and Michael B. Jordan was then strongly approached to resume his role in the awaited second part of the adventures of the black panther. The same year, at the 50th edition of the NAACP Image Awards, the actor found himself in competition for three awards: that of the best actor in a supporting role for Black Panther, Best Actor for Creed 2 and Best Actor in a TV Movie for Fahrenheit 451. He walked away with two out of three trophies, losing to Chadwick Boseman for the award for best actor.

Filmography

●1999: Black and White by James Toback

●2001: HardBall by Brian Robbins

●2007: Blackout by Jerry LaMothe

●2009: Pastor Brown of Rockmond Dunbar

●2012: Red Tails by Anthony Hemingway

●2012: Chronicle of Josh Trank

●2012: Hotel Noir by Sebastian Gutierrez

●2013: Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler

●2013: Making a Scene (short film) by Janusz Kamiński

●2013: The Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

●2014: Singles … or almost ( That Awkward Moment ) by Tom Gormican

●2015: Fantastic Four of Josh Trank

●2015: Creed: The Legacy of Rocky Balboa by Ryan Coogler

●2016: Against the Wall by Gerard Bush: the man

●2018: Black Panther by Ryan Coogler

●2018: Kin: The Beginning ( Kin ) by Jonathan and Josh Baker

●2018: Creed 2 by Steven Caple Jr .

●2019: The Way of Justice by Destin Daniel Cretton

●2019: Coach: Words Matter by Spike Lee

●2021: Sans sans remorse by Stefano Sollima

●2021: Space Jam: New Era of Malcolm D. Lee

Awards and distinctions

Michael B. Jordan wins 8 prizes thanks to his performance. He is also the revelation of the year in a biographical drama at the 2014 Satellite Awards, then won the Virtuoso Award for best male revelation in a biographical drama at the 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

For the lead role in Creed: The Legacy of Rocky Balboa (2015), he won 10 accolades including the NAACP Image Awards for Performer of the Year in a Sports Drama.

Finally, Black Panther (2018) allows him to delight a dozen awards. Among these was the prestigious Award for Best Supporting Actor in an Adventure Film from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards in 2018.

Net Worth

Micheal B. Jordan’s net worth has been estimated at $ 8 million. He lives in a 4,672-square-foot, four-bedroom Spanish-style mansion in Sherman Oaks, which he bought for $ 1.7 million in 2015. In November, he invited Vogue magazine over to his house and gave them a good look.

Jordan bought the house for his parents describing the feeling of a ‘dream come true’ in an interview with The Times. MBJ started living in the mansion with her parents but told Ellen in early 2018 that he was planning to move after purchasing another house.

Private Life

Since his first hiatus in 2013, her fans have started to anticipate news of his love life, but Jordan isn’t one to talk too much about her private life. However, what it does for these fans excites their curiosity even more. Jordan waited until early 2018 to suggest he was in a relationship. It was after rumors started to swirl that he was dating a certain woman named Ashlyn Castro that videos of them celebrating New Years Eve and Kwanza appeared online. When asked about his status at the Los Angeles premiere of Marvel’s Black Panther movie, Jordan said, “Technically, I’m single. Dating, but technically single.

During the Women’s March (2017), the actor uses his Instagram account to support and defend the women’s cause. On January 11, 2021, he formalized his relationship with Lori Harvey, the daughter of famous American animator Steve Harvey, by posting photos of the couple on Instagram.

Education

Jordan attended Newark Arts High School where he studied and graduated. While he was here, he is known to have played basketball. In addition, his mother also worked there. 

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