- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 16, 1974
- Place of Birth
- Oakland, California, USA
Mahershala Ali
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 orig…
Filmography
movieSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027 · Uncle Aaron (voice)
movieWildwood
2026 · Brenden (voice)
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
2026 · Latif
tvTask
2025 · Eddie Barnes
movieJurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · Self
movieJurassic World Rebirth
2025 · Duncan Kincaid
movieLeave the World Behind
2023 · G.H. Scott
movieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Uncle Aaron (voice)
tvChimp Empire
2023 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieStand
2023 · Self - Actor
movieSwan Song
2021 · Cameron Turner, Producer
movieEternals
2021 · Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
tvINVINCIBLE
2021 · Titan (voice)
tvAmend: The Fight for America
2021 · Self
movieBetween the World and Me
2020
tvA World of Calm
2020 · Narrator
movieWe Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest
2020 · Executive Producer
movieWaves
2019 · Thanks
tvRamy
2019 · Sheikh Ali Malik
movieAlita: Battle Angel
2019 · Vector
movieSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · Uncle Aaron (voice)
movieGreen Book
2018 · Dr. Don Shirley
movieAdnis
2017 · Adnis
tvRoom 104
2017 · Franco
movieRoxanne Roxanne
2017 · Cross
movieHidden Figures
2016 · Jim Johnson
movieMoonlight
2016 · Juan
tvMarvel's Luke Cage
2016 · Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
movieKicks
2016 · Marlon
movieFree State of Jones
2016 · Moses Washington
Gubagude Ko
2016 · Ochoro
tvRace for the White House
2016 · Narrator
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Boggs
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
movieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015 · Self - Boggs
tvVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Boggs
movieSupremacy
2014 · Deputy Rivers
tvTrue Detective
2014 · Wayne Hays
movieGo for Sisters
2013 · Dez
movieThe Place Beyond the Pines
2013 · Kofi Kancam
tvHouse of Cards
2013 · Remy Danton
tvAlcatraz
2012 · Clarence Montgomery
tvAlphas
2011 · Nathan Clay
moviePredators: Moments of Extraction
2010 · Mombasa (voice), Thanks
movieThe Wronged Man
2010 · Calvin Willis
moviePredators
2010 · Mombasa
moviePredators: The Chosen
2010
movieThe Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009 · Self
movieCrossing Over
2009 · Detective Strickland
tvLie to Me
2009 · Detective Hughes
movieThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Tizzy Weathers
movieUmi's Heart
2008 · Ezra
tvStand Up to Cancer
2008 · Self
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tvThe 4400
2004 · Richard Tyler
tvThreat Matrix
2003 · Jelani Harper
movieTaste the Revolution
2003 · Mac Laslow, Executive Producer
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
tvCrossing Jordan
2001 · Trey Sanders
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Tombs' Security Guard
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Mark Foster
tvThe View
1997 · Self
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter
77 Blackout
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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
— · Isaac Dupree
All Signs of Death
— · Gabe
Driver
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