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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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for Marcus Farrar in An Ember in the Ashes
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An Ember in the Ashes is a fantasy novel by Sabaa Tahir following two mask soldiers and a Scholar slave. The first mask's name is Elias Veturius, he is the son of the evil teacher of Blackcliff, Keris Veturia. Elias wants to escape but finds himself in the trials for the selection of the next Emperor with his best friend Helene Aquilla. Helene is the only female mask other than the Commandant, Keris Veturia. She must decide what is more important, winning the throne or keeping her best friend. Meanwhile after the murder of her grandparents and imprisonment of her brother Darin, Laia must seek out the very people who betrayed her brother, the Resistance. Once Laia finds the Resistance she must cut a deal for her brother's freedom in exchange for spying on the vicious Commandant as a slave. Their paths collide at Blackcliff in a fight for what's more important.
