Michael B. Jordan

Age 15 (2003)https://starsinformer.com/michael-b-jordan/Michael Bakari Jordan, the middle child of three kids, was born in Santa Ana but was raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Michael A. Jordan, an American actor, and Donna Jordan, a high school counselor. If you're wondering about his middle name, Bakari means “Noble Promise” in Swahili.

Jordan https://www.imdb.comJordan started his acting career in 2002 when he was 15, playing a hard-headed yet somewhat of a softie Wallace in The Wire (2002). He went on to play an All-Star quarterback named Vince Howard In Friday Night Lights (2006). The last hit he did in that decade was Parenthood (2010), where he played a recovering alcoholic named Alex.

Teenage Jordanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_B._JordanHis acting career only took off from there, staring in the emotional, award-winning film Fruitvale Station, playing Oscar Grant. The film recounts the gruesome and unjustified killing of Oscar Grant by policemen at BART in 2009. He won an abundance of awards from that movie, one being Gotham Awards Breakthrough Actor. They humbly won Outstanding Independent Motion Picture at the 2014 NAACP Image Awards and the 2014 Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America. The 2013 New York Film Critics Circle granted it Best First Film, and the movie was also picked as one of the Top Ten Films at the 2013 National Board of Review Awards, where Jordan clinched the award for Breakthrough Actor. Jordan was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Actor.

CREEDhttps://www.imdb.comJordan’s career skyrocketed after Fruitvale Station, playing Fox’s hit movie Chronicle, a supernatural drama that follows three teenagers after they develop powers after encountering a supernatural substance. He then played in the Awkward Moment, playing a funny, yet rude Mikey. George Lucas followed him so he could clinch Jordan to play as Maurice Wilson in Red Tails. He played Adonis Creed in the inspiring, award-winning movie Creed. The Marvel company admired his ability to act, and hired him to act in Fantastic 4, playing Johnny Storm, aka "Human Torch."

Magazine Coverhttps://thegrapevine.theroot.comAt the end of the day, Michael B. Jordan has accomplished so much not only in his acting career but in life. To this day he inspires kids to stand up for what’s right for them, and if you have a dream to always chase that dream no matter what people say. He never ceases to amaze not only me, but all of his fans no matter the age.