Watch: Inside the Love Lives of Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, and More Sinners StarsNo doubt the most crucial partnership behind the success of Sinners-which collected a record-breaking 16 Oscar nods when nominations were announced Jan. 22-is between its leading man Michael B. Jordan and filmmaker Ryan Coogler. The pair having worked together on Jordan's breakout vehicle, 2013's Fruitvale Station, plus 2015's Creed and both Black Panther films, the director didn't look all that far to find his leading man.