Michael Bakari Jordan (/bɑːˈkɑːri/ bah-KAR-ee; born February 9, 1987) is an American actor, producer, and director. His accolades include an Academy Award, three Actor Awards, and a Producers Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2020 and 2023, People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2020, and The New York Times ranked him 15th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. Jordan initially broke out in television, playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002). He starred in the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). He later starred in and produced the HBO television film Fahrenheit 451 (2018), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Jordan's film breakthrough came as Oscar Grant in Ryan Coogler's biopic Fruitvale Station (2013), for which his performance received critical praise. He earned further acclaim for his performances in Coogler's subsequent films, including Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), and Sinners (2025); the latter earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Jordan reprised his role of Donnie Creed in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023), the latter of which also marked his directorial debut. His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019). Aside from filmmaking, Jordan is also a co-owner of Premier League club AFC Bournemouth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael B. Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 9, 1987 (39)
- Santa Ana, California, USA
- Actor and producer, also director
- 41 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
What are Michael B. Jordan's films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 19
Light 2 · Serious 9 · Dark 9
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5
Gentle 1 · Charged 10 · Intense 9
Steady 4 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 3
Casual 7 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 4
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 10
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 9 of 15 analyzed roles.
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- Tricksteras Ray Gun in Red Tails (2012)
- Allyas Victor Stone / Cyborg in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
- Heroas Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station (2013)
- Allyas Mikey in That Awkward Moment (2014)
- Tricksteras Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four (2015)
- Heroas Adonis Johnson in Creed (2015)
- Heroas Julian Chase in Gen: Lock (2018)
- Shadowas Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018)
- Heroas Adonis Johnson in Creed II (2018)
- Heroas Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
- Heroas Charles King in A Journal for Jordan (2021)
- Heroas John Kelly in Without Remorse (2021)
- Mentoras Charles King in A Journal for Jordan (2021)
- Heroas Adonis Creed in Creed III (2023)
- Heroas Elijah Smoke (twin brothers) in Sinners (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet15
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Michael B. Jordan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 35 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (9).
Subscription and free streaming for Michael B. Jordan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
68 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 35 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Miami Vice '85 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Thomas Crown Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
The Greatest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Swapped(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Sinners(2025)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Creed: Shinjidai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Creed III(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
61st Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
A Journal for Jordan(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
What If...?(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Without Remorse(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Marvel Studios: Legends(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Just Mercy(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Raising Dion(2019)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
David Makes Man(2019)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Love, Death & Robots(2019)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Gen: Lock(2018)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Creed II(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Kin(2018)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Fahrenheit 451(2018)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Black Panther(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Family Feud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Creed(2015)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Trojan War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Fantastic Four(2015)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
That Awkward Moment(2014)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Fruitvale Station(2013)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Hotel Noir(2012)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Chronicle(2012)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Red Tails(2012)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all filmsCounty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Parenthood(2010)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Assistants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Pastor Brown(2009)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Lie to Me(2009)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Burn Notice(2007)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Friday Night Lights(2006)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Boondocks(2005)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Bones(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
House(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Without a Trace(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
The Wire(2002)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Hardball(2001)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Black & White(1999)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
The Sopranos(1999)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Cosby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Entertainment Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
All My Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Battlefield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Creed IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Delphi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Failsafe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Fourth Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
I Am Legend 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rainbow Six (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
T-Minus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Dwelling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The House of Last Resort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Silver Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Jordan Vogt-Roberts/Michael B. Jordan Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles, 53 of them dated from 1970 to 2026; peak year 2018.
Biggest box office
Black Panther (2018)
Highest rated
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Most popular right now
Sinners (2025)
Film career
Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 18 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1970Screen debut· All My Children
- 1999First film· Black and White
- 2013First top-billed film· Fruitvale Station
- 2018Primetime Emmy nomination· Fahrenheit 451
- 2018Screen Actors Guild Award win· Black Panther
- 2019Career best· gen:LOCK
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- 2026Best so far· Swapped
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
an Oscar, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 1 other major award from 11 major nominations, 2014–2026.
- Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Michael B. Jordan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up22
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 41 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved15
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Michael B. Jordan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Michael B. Jordan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael B. Jordan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryan Coogler shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Ryan CooglerShared titles: Sinners (2025), Creed III (2023), Black Panther (2018), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015), From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015), Fruitvale Station (2013)See all 7 shared titles with Ryan Coogler
- Josh TrankShared titles: Fantastic Four (2015), Chronicle (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Trank
Writers
- Sylvester StalloneShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015), From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Sylvester Stallone
- Jack KirbyShared titles: Black Panther (2018), Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Kirby
Actors
- Tessa ThompsonShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015), From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Tessa Thompson
- Phylicia RashadShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Phylicia Rashad
- Florian MunteanuShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Florian Munteanu
- Wood HarrisShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Wood Harris
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ludwig GöranssonShared titles: Sinners (2025), Black Panther (2018), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015), Fruitvale Station (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Ludwig Göransson
- Michael P. ShawverShared titles: Sinners (2025), Black Panther (2018), Creed (2015), Fruitvale Station (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Michael P. Shawver
- Kramer MorgenthauShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Fahrenheit 451 (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Kramer Morgenthau
- Maryse AlbertiShared titles: A Journal for Jordan (2021), Creed (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Maryse Alberti
Producers
- Charles WinklerShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015), From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Charles Winkler
- Irwin WinklerShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015), From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Irwin Winkler
- David WinklerShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015)See all 3 shared titles with David Winkler
- William ChartoffShared titles: Creed III (2023), Creed II (2018), Creed (2015)See all 3 shared titles with William Chartoff
Mixed roles
- Keenan CooglerShared titles: Creed III (2023), Fruitvale Station (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Keenan Coogler
- Robert ChartoffShared titles: Creed (2015), From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Chartoff
