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Who plays Michael Jackson in the movie Michael?

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Pop music superstar Michael Jackson is played by his nephew Jaafar Jackson in the movie Michael (2026), a biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua. Jaafar Jackson is the son of Jermaine Jackson, one of Michael’s brothers and a fellow member of the Jackson 5 in the 1960s and ’70s. The movie also stars Colman Domingo as the Jackson family patriarch, Joseph, and Nia Long as the family’s matriarch, Katherine. Michael Jackson’s manager John Branca is played by Miles Teller, and producer Quincy Jones is portrayed by Kendrick Sampson.