Michael B. Jordan Age, Net Worth & Biography

Michael B. Jordan is 39 years old. The American actor, director and producer, born in Santa Ana, California, on February 9, 1987, has a net worth of approximately $50 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026). Jordan is best known for playing Adonis Creed in the Creed films, Erik Killmonger in Black Panther and the dual role of Smoke and Stack in Sinners — a career that began on television as a teenager and grew into an Academy Award win and a place among the finest actors of his generation.

Michael B. Jordan Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Bakari Jordan
Date of Birth	February 9, 1987
Age	39 years old
Birthplace	Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, producer
Net Worth	Approx. $50 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	Creed; Black Panther; Sinners

Who Is Michael B. Jordan?

Michael B. Jordan is an American actor, director and producer who first became known as Wallace in the HBO drama The Wire (2002) and as Vince Howard in Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). His film breakthrough came as Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station (2013), the first of his collaborations with director Ryan Coogler, and he went on to play Adonis Creed in the Creed films, Erik Killmonger in Marvel’s Black Panther (2018) and the twin brothers Smoke and Stack in Sinners (2025). For Sinners he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2026, becoming only the seventh Black performer to win an Oscar in a leading role.

Jordan has been named one of Time‘s 100 most influential people in the world twice, in 2020 and 2023, and People named him the Sexiest Man Alive in 2020. The New York Times ranked him 15th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. He made his feature directorial debut with Creed III (2023) and runs his own production company, Outlier Society. Like fellow actors Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen, Jordan has moved from acting into directing and producing — and, like them, he has kept working with the same creative partners, above all Ryan Coogler, for more than a decade.

Michael B. Jordan’s Early Life & Background

Michael Bakari Jordan was born on February 9, 1987, in Santa Ana, California, to Donna and Michael A. Jordan. His father worked as a supervisor at John F. Kennedy International Airport and later ran a catering business, and he was involved in Pan-Africanism. Jordan has an older sister and a younger brother. The family lived in Santa Ana for two years before moving to Newark, New Jersey, where Jordan attended Newark Arts High School — the school where his mother worked as a teacher — and played basketball.

Jordan began his career as a child model, appearing in advertisements for Modell’s Sporting Goods and Toys “R” Us, before landing his first principal film role in Hardball (2001) opposite Keanu Reeves. He has said his career idols are Tom Cruise and Will Smith, and his influences as a filmmaker include Ryan Coogler, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Stanley Kubrick, Alfonso Cuarón, George Lucas and Christopher Nolan. He has lived in Los Angeles since 2006.

Michael B. Jordan’s Career

Jordan’s first major acting role came in 2002, when he was cast as Wallace in the first season of HBO’s The Wire, playing a teenage drug dealer whose fate became one of the show’s most memorable early storylines. From 2003 to 2006 he played Reggie Montgomery on the soap opera All My Children, taking over the role from Chadwick Boseman — the two later starred together in Black Panther. He then played quarterback Vince Howard in the final two seasons of Friday Night Lights (2009–2011), a role that brought him wider recognition. His first film collaboration with director Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station (2013), told the true story of Oscar Grant, a young man killed by a transit police officer in Oakland, and Jordan’s performance earned widespread acclaim.

In 2015 Jordan played Adonis Creed, the son of Apollo Creed, in Creed, the continuation of the Rocky franchise, and returned for Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023), the last of which marked his feature directorial debut. In 2018 he played Erik Killmonger in Marvel’s Black Panther, a performance widely regarded as one of the most memorable villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in a film that earned more than $1 billion at the box office. His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), Just Mercy (2019), Without Remorse (2021) and A Journal for Jordan (2021), and he has voiced characters in the animated series Gen:Lock (2019–2021) and Marvel’s What If…? (2021).

His most celebrated performance came in 2025 with Sinners, in which he played the dual role of twin brothers Smoke and Stack, two gangsters navigating a supernatural threat in 1930s Mississippi. The film became one of the most acclaimed performances of the year, and in 2026 Jordan won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role. He is also a producer through his company Outlier Society, which has a first-look deal with Amazon, and he executive-produced the Apple TV+ series Raising Dion (2019–2021). His upcoming projects include directing, producing and starring in a new version of The Thomas Crown Affair (2027), playing Ricardo Tubbs in Miami Vice ’85 (2028) with Austin Butler, a fifth collaboration with Coogler on Wrong Answer, and a sequel to I Am Legend with Will Smith. He is also a part-owner of the English football club AFC Bournemouth, joining the consortium led by Bill Foley in December 2022, and an investor in the Alpine Formula One team alongside Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Facts About Michael B. Jordan

• He was named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive in 2020.
• He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2026 for Sinners, becoming the seventh Black performer to win an Oscar in a leading role.
• He replaced Chadwick Boseman as Reggie Montgomery on All My Children in 2003 — the two later starred together in Black Panther.
• He is a part-owner of the English football club AFC Bournemouth, joining the consortium in December 2022.
• He is an anime fan — his favourites include Naruto: Shippuden, Dragon Ball and Princess Mononoke.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Michael B. Jordan?

Michael B. Jordan is 39 years old. He was born on February 9, 1987, in Santa Ana, California, U.S.

Who is Michael B. Jordan dating?

Michael B. Jordan is not publicly in a relationship. He previously dated model Lori Harvey from November 2020 to June 2022.

What is Michael B. Jordan’s net worth?

Michael B. Jordan’s net worth is approximately $50 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026).

What is Michael B. Jordan best known for?

Michael B. Jordan is best known for playing Adonis Creed in the Creed films, Erik Killmonger in Black Panther and the dual role of Smoke and Stack in Sinners.

Has Michael B. Jordan won an Oscar?

Yes. Michael B. Jordan won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2026 for Sinners, in which he played the twin brothers Smoke and Stack.

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