Mekhi Phifer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1974 (age 51)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Marx
Movie · as Axel Marx
Hollow Moon
Movie · as Captain Josh Briley
Future Tense
Movie
Be Happy
Movie · as Peter Mosley
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
Movie · as Peter Mosley
Labyrinth
Movie
Celebrity Weakest Link
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
The Silent Hour
Movie · as Mason Lynch
Lights Out
Movie · as Max Bomer
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Movie · as James Henry
Long Gone Heroes
Movie · as Moreao
High Potential
TV · as Arthur Ellis · 8 eps
Love, Victor
TV · as Harold Brooks · 9 eps
Canal Street
Movie · as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
Obsession
Movie · as Sonny
Truth Be Told
TV · as Markus Killebrew · 28 eps
A Talent For Trouble
Movie · as Mekhi Phifer
The Bobby Brown Story
TV · as Tommy Brown · 2 eps
Pandemic
Movie · as Gunner
Allegiant
Movie · as Max
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Movie · as Best Valentine
Frequency
TV · as Satch Reyna · 13 eps
Match Game
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
Secret City
TV · as Ambassador Moreton · 5 eps
Roots
TV · as Jerusalem · 1 ep
Insurgent
Movie · as Max
Divergent
Movie · as Max
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Movie · as Lewis
Chicago P.D.
TV · as Joe Baker · 1 ep
The Love Section
Movie · as James Johnson
The Suspect
Movie · as The Suspect
Hollywood Game Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Beat Bobby Flay
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Key & Peele
TV · as Cousin · 1 ep
House of Lies
TV · as Dre Collins · 7 eps
Flypaper
Movie · as Darrien
Last Man Standing
Movie · as Jeremy Davis
A Day in the Life
Movie · as King Khi
Lie to Me
TV · as Ben Reynolds · 24 eps
White Collar
TV · as Kyle Collins · 2 eps
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
Movie · as Maxwell Terry
Black Poker Stars Invitational
TV · as Self – Guest, Self – Player · 2 eps
This Christmas
Movie · as Gerald
Puff, Puff, Pass
Movie · as Big Daddy
Torchwood
TV · as Rex Matheson · 10 eps
Psych
TV · as Drake · 1 ep
Slow Burn
Movie · as Isaac Duperde
Dawn of the Dead
Movie · as Andre
Best Week Ever
TV · 1 ep
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Honey
Movie · as Chaz
The Making of '8 Mile'
Movie · as Self
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic
Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Punk'd
TV · as Self · 1 ep
8 Mile
Movie · as Future
Paid in Full
Movie · as Mitch
The Other Brother
Movie · as Martin
O
Movie · as Odin James
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Movie · as Hill
Impostor
Movie · as Cale
Brian's Song
Movie · as Gale Sayers
Shaft
Movie · as Trey Howard
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Omar Jones · 4 eps
Uninvited Guest
Movie · as Silk
A Lesson Before Dying
Movie · as Jefferson
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Movie · as Tyrell
Hell's Kitchen
Movie · as Johnny Miles
Soul Food
Movie · as Lem
Hav Plenty
Movie · as Harold
Subway Stories
Movie · as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
High School High
Movie · as Griff McReynolds
Girl 6
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Clockers
Movie · as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
The Tuskegee Airmen
Movie · as Lewis Johns
New York Undercover
TV · as Sekou · 2 eps
ER
TV · as Greg Pratt · 133 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney · 3 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Law & Order
TV · as Lyman Ross · 1 ep
Miss USA
TV · as Self - Judge · 2 eps