FrameThrower · Actors · Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan
7 films · 401 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2013–2025
Born 9 February 1987 · Santa Ana, California, USA
Michael Bakari Jordan 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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 401 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2013–2025
- Academy Award for Best Actor2026
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role2025
- Black Reel Award for Outstanding Lead Performance2026
How their films are shot
Measured across 401 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Michael takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 56% low key — the look of the work Michael takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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