Mekhi Phifer
Actor
Born December 29, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA
Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a regular on the Fox crime show Lie to Me portraying the role of Ben Reynolds, before season 3. He was born in in Harlem, New York City, the son of Rhoda Phifer, a high school teacher; he grew up in a single-parent household with his mother. His acting career began in 1995, when Phifer attended an open casting call for director Spike Lee’s Clockers, beating over a thousand others to get the lead role as a narcotics dealer embroiled in a murder cover-up. He followed that role with another in the comedy spoof feature High School High (which also starred his former wife Malinda Williams) and continued by co-starring in the fright flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Among Phifer’s other big-screen credits are Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, O (as the titular character Odin a.k.a. O), and the thriller Uninvited Guest (as Silk). He appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full, 8 Mile, opposite Eminem and Dawn of the Dead. Phifer has a son, Omikaye, with his ex-wife, actress Malinda Williams. His second son, Mekhi Thira Phifer Jr., was born to his girlfriend Oni Souratha in Los Angeles on October 30, 2007.
Filmography
Be Happy
Peter Mosley
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
Peter Mosley
The Silent Hour
Mason Lynch
High Potential
Arthur Ellis
Long Gone Heroes
Moreao
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
James Henry
Lights Out
Max Bomer
Love, Victor
Harold Brooks
Truth Be Told
Markus Killebrew
Obsession
Sonny
Canal Street
Prosecutor A.J. Canton
The Bobby Brown Story
Tommy Brown
A Talent For Trouble
Mekhi Phifer
Frequency
Satch Reyna
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Best Valentine
Match Game
Self - Panelist
Secret City
Ambassador Moreton
Roots
Jerusalem
Allegiant
Max
Pandemic
Gunner
Insurgent
Max
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Lewis
Divergent
Max
Chicago P.D.
Joe Baker
Beat Bobby Flay
Self
Hollywood Game Night
Self
The Love Section
James Johnson
The Suspect
The Suspect
Key & Peele
Cousin
Flypaper
Darrien
Last Man Standing
Jeremy Davis
White Collar
Kyle Collins
A Day in the Life
King Khi
Lie to Me
Ben Reynolds
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
Maxwell Terry
This Christmas
Gerald
Torchwood
Rex Matheson
Psych
Drake
Puff, Puff, Pass
Big Daddy
Slow Burn
Isaac Duperde
Dawn of the Dead
Andre
Best Week Ever
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
Honey
Chaz
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Making of '8 Mile'
Self
Punk'd
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
8 Mile
Future
Paid in Full
Mitch
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
The Other Brother
Martin
Impostor
Cale
Brian's Song
Gale Sayers
O
Odin James
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Hill
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Omar Jones
Shaft
Trey Howard
Uninvited Guest
Silk
A Lesson Before Dying
Jefferson
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Tyrell
Hell's Kitchen
Johnny Miles
Soul Food
Lem
Hav Plenty
Harold
The View
Self
Subway Stories
Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
High School High
Griff McReynolds
The Daily Show
Self
Girl 6
Self (uncredited)
Clockers
Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
The Tuskegee Airmen
Lewis Johns
ER
Greg Pratt
New York Undercover
Sekou
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Homicide: Life on the Street
Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney
Law & Order
Lyman Ross
Miss USA
Self - Judge