Michael Bakari Jordan born February 9 1987 is an American actor producer and director He is best known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station 2013 boxer Adonis Creed in Creed 2015 and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther 2018 all of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler Jordan reprised his role of Creed in Creed II 2018 and Creed III 2023 the latter also marked his directorial debut Jordan initially broke out in television playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire 2002 He went on to play Reggie Montgomery on the ABC soap opera All My Children 20032006 and Vince Howard in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights 20092011 His other films include Chronicle 2012 That Awkward Moment 2014 Fantastic Four 2015 and Just Mercy 2019 in which he portrayed Bryan Stevenson He has also starred in and produced the HBO film Fahrenheit 451 2018 for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
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