Mahershala Ali
Actor
Born February 16, 1974 in Oakland, California, USA
Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series and in House of Cards, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Filmography
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Coming soon
Wildwood
Brenden (voice)
Task
Eddie Barnes
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Self
Jurassic World Rebirth
Duncan Kincaid
Leave the World Behind
G.H. Scott
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Chimp Empire
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stand
Self - Actor
Swan Song
Cameron Turner
Eternals
Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
INVINCIBLE
Titan (voice)
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
Between the World and Me
A World of Calm
Narrator
We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest
Waves
Ramy
Sheikh Ali Malik
Alita: Battle Angel
Vector
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Green Book
Dr. Don Shirley
Adnis
Adnis
Room 104
Franco
Roxanne Roxanne
Cross
Hidden Figures
Jim Johnson
Moonlight
Juan
Marvel's Luke Cage
Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
Kicks
Marlon
Free State of Jones
Moses Washington
Race for the White House
Narrator
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Boggs
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Boggs
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Boggs
Supremacy
Deputy Rivers
True Detective
Wayne Hays
Go for Sisters
Dez
The Place Beyond the Pines
Kofi Kancam
House of Cards
Remy Danton
Alcatraz
Clarence Montgomery
Alphas
Nathan Clay
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Mombasa (voice)
The Wronged Man
Calvin Willis
Predators
Mombasa
Predators: The Chosen
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
Crossing Over
Detective Strickland
Lie to Me
Detective Hughes
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tizzy Weathers
Umi's Heart
Ezra
Stand Up to Cancer
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The 4400
Richard Tyler
Threat Matrix
Jelani Harper
Taste the Revolution
Mac Laslow
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Crossing Jordan
Trey Sanders
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Tombs' Security Guard
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mark Foster
The View
Self
The Daily Show
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter