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Mahershala Ali

Actor · Producer

1974Born, Oakland
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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…

Known for

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseUncle Aaron (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Boggs
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonTizzy Weathers
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Boggs
Green BookDr. Don Shirley
2025TaskEddie BarnesShow
2025Jurassic World RebirthDuncan KincaidMovie
2023Leave the World BehindG.H. ScottMovie
2021Swan SongCameron Turner · ProducerMovie
2021EternalsEric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)Movie
2020Between the World and MeMovie
2020A World of CalmNarrator · 1 episodeShow
2020We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical FestExecutive ProducerMovie
2019WavesThanksMovie
2019RamySheikh Ali Malik · 6 episodesShow
2019Alita: Battle AngelVectorMovie
2018Green BookDr. Don ShirleyMovie
2017Room 104Franco · 1 episodeShow
2017Roxanne RoxanneCrossMovie
2016Hidden FiguresJim JohnsonMovie
2016MoonlightJuanMovie
2016Marvel's Luke CageCornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes · 6 episodesShow
2016KicksMarlonMovie
2016Free State of JonesMoses WashingtonMovie
2016Gubagude KoOchoroMovie
2016Race for the White HouseNarrator · 6 episodesShow
2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2BoggsMovie
2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1BoggsMovie
2014SupremacyDeputy RiversMovie
2013Go for SistersDezMovie
2013The Place Beyond the PinesKofi KancamMovie
2013House of CardsRemy Danton · 45 episodesShow
2012AlcatrazClarence Montgomery · 1 episodeShow
2011AlphasNathan Clay · 12 episodesShow
2010Predators: Moments of ExtractionMombasa (voice) · ThanksMovie
2010The Wronged ManCalvin WillisMovie
2010PredatorsMombasaMovie
2010Predators: The ChosenMovie
2009Lie to MeDetective Hughes · 1 episodeShow
2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonTizzy WeathersMovie
2008Umi's HeartEzraMovie
2004The 4400Richard Tyler · 33 episodesShow
2003Threat MatrixJelani Harper · 16 episodesShow
2003Taste the RevolutionMac Laslow · Executive ProducerMovie
2001Crossing JordanTrey Sanders · 23 episodesShow

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