Early life

Jordan was born in Santa Ana, California, the son of Donna (née Davis), an artist and high school guidance counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. He is the middle of three children with an older sister, Jamila, who works in production, and a younger brother, Khalid, who was a football player at Howard University. Jordan's family spent two years in California before moving to Newark, New Jersey. He attended Newark Arts High School, where his mother works, and where he played basketball. Jordan's middle name, "Bakari," is Swahili for "noble promise."

Career

Jordan had not planned on going into acting, though he had done some modeling for local companies, as well as for Modell's sporting goods and Toys "R" Us.

Jordan launched his career as a professional actor in 1999, when he appeared briefly in single episodes of Cosby and The Sopranos. His first principal film role followed 2001 when he was featured in Hardball, which starred Keanu Reeves. In 2002, he gained more attention by playing the small but pivotal role of Wallace in the first season of HBO's The Wire. In March 2003, he joined the cast of All My Children playing Reggie Porter, a troubled teenager, until June 2006 when Jordan was released from his contract.

Jordan's other credits include guest starring appearances on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace and Cold Case. Thereafter, he had a lead role in the independent film Blackout and starred in The Assistants on The-N. In 2008, Jordan appeared in the music video "Did You Wrong" by R&B artist Pleasure P. In 2009, he guest-starred on Burn Notice in the episode "Hot Spot," playing a high school football player who got into a fight and is now being hunted by a local gangster. In 2010, he guest-starred in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Inhumane Society" as a boxer involved in a Michael Vick-inspired dog fighting scandal.

In 2009, Jordan began starring in the NBC drama Friday Night Lights as quarterback Vince Howard, and lived in an apartment in Austin where the show was filmed. He played the character for two seasons until the show ended in 2011. In 2010, he was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue. That year, he landed a recurring role on the NBC show Parenthood playing Alex (Haddie Braverman's love interest). This marked his second collaboration with showrunner Jason Katims, who was in charge of Friday Night Lights. BuddyTV ranked him #80 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011." Jordan voiced Jace in the Xbox 360 game, Gears of War 3.

In 2012, Jordan appeared in the George Lucas-produced movie Red Tails and played one of the leads in Chronicle, a film about three teenaged boys who develop superhuman abilities. He also guest-starred in an episode of House's final season, playing a blind patient. In 2013, Jordan starred as shooting victim Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler. His performance was well received, with The Hollywood Reporter film critic Todd McCarthy writing that he reminded him of "a young Denzel Washington." Following his stint in Fruitvale Station, Jordan was named one actor to watch by People and Variety. Time named him with Coogler one of 30 people under 30 who are changing the world and he was also named one of 2013's Breakout Stars by Entertainment Weekly and GQ. He lent his voice to Cyborg in the animated superhero adventure Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

Jordan co-starred in That Awkward Moment, with Zac Efron and Miles Teller, which was released in 2014. In 2015, he starred as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four movie.

Jordan starred as Adonis Creed, the son of boxer Apollo Creed in the Rocky sequel Creed (2015), a film directed by Ryan Coogler and co-starring Sylvester Stallone. Jordan prepared for his role as a boxer in Creed by undertaking one year of rigorous physical training and a stringent low-fat diet. He did not have a body double during filming and was "routinely bloodied, bruised and dizzy" when fighting scenes were being filmed.

Jordan will collaborate with Coogler for the third time in a film titled Wrong Answer, based on the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. He will also portray Bryan Stevenson in a biopic titled Just Mercy. Jordan will also be appearing in a second remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. Jordan will collaborate with Coogler for a fourth time in Black Panther.

Personal life

Jordan has resided in Los Angeles since 2006. He considers himself spiritual but not religious.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Black and White	Teen #2
2001	Hardball	Jamal
2007	Blackout	C.J.
2009	Pastor Brown	Tariq Brown
2012	Red Tails	Maurice 'Bumps' Wilson
	Chronicle	Steve Montgomery
2013	Fruitvale Station	Oscar Grant
	Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	Victor Stone / Cyborg	Voice
2014	That Awkward Moment	Mikey
2015	Fantastic Four	Johnny Storm / Human Torch
	Creed	Adonis "Donnie" Johnson Creed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Sopranos	Rideland Kid	Episode "Down Neck"
	Cosby	Mike	Episode: "The Vesey Method"
2002	The Wire	Wallace	11 episodes
2003-06	All My Children	Reggie Porter Montgomery	52 episodes
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Morris	Episode: "Poppin' Tags"
	Without a Trace	Jesse Lewis	Episode: "The Calm Before"
2007	Cold Case	Michael Carter	Episode: "Wunderkind"
2009	Burn Notice	Corey Jensen	Episode: "Hot Spot"
	Bones	Perry Wilson	Episode: "The Plain in the Prodigy"
	The Assistants	Nate Warren	13 episodes
2009-11	Friday Night Lights	Vince Howard	26 episodes
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Danny Ford	Episode: "Inhumane Society"
	Lie to Me	Key	2 episodes
2010-11	Parenthood	Alex	16 episodes
2012	House	Will Westwood	Episode: "Love Is Blind"
	County	Travis Hancock	Unaired TV pilot
2014	Ridiculousness	Guest star
	The Boondocks	Pretty Boy Flizzy	Voice role
2015	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Guest star	Season 2 episode 7

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Gears of War 3	Jace Stratton	Voice role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	ref
2005	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Teen	All My Children	Nominated
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series		Nominated
2006	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series		Nominated
2007	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series		Nominated
2008	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author	"Homeroom Heroes"	Nominated
2011	EWwy Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama	Friday Night Lights	Nominated
2013	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Breakthrough	Fruitvale Station	Nominated
	Hollywood Film Awards	Hollywood Spotlight Award		Won
	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Actor		Won
	National Board of Review of Motion Pictures	Breakthrough Actor		Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Breakthrough Performance on Camera		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Breakthrough Award Performance		Won
	Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Virtuoso Award		Won
	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Actor		Nominated
2014	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Lead		Nominated
	Black Reel Awards	Outstanding Actor		Nominated
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2015	African-American Film Critics Association	Breakout Performance	Creed	Won
	Boston Online Film Critics Association	Best Actor		Won
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Actor		Nominated
	Austin Film Critics Association	Best Actor		Nominated
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Best Actor		Nominated
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture		Won
	Black Reel Awards	Best Actor		Won
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Actor		Won
	Empire Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Male Performance		Nominated
	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screen Combo	Fantastic Four	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]