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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.
A faithful, psychologically rich adaptation of the Odyssey that treats Odysseus neither as uncomplicated hero nor simple villain, but as an extraordinarily intelligent man whose greatest strength — his cleverness — is also the thing that makes him most capable of harm. The series follows the decade-long journey home following the Trojan War, with each season covering distinct episodes of the voyage: the Cyclops and Aeolus; Circe and the Sirens; the Underworld (Hades) where Odysseus encounters his dead companions. Crucially, the Underworld episode portrays Hades and Persephone faithfully: their realm is grave and orderly but not cruel. Hades permits Odysseus's consultation with the dead not out of theatrical menace but out of the same impartial justice that governs all his decisions. Penelope in Ithaca runs an equal parallel storyline — not as passive waiter but as active strategist, governing the household and outmaneuvering suitors through her own formidable intelligence.
