Mahershala Ali
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 16, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Oakland, California, USA
Biography
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. Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama Green Book (2018). He is the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020). In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective, and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016) and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mahershala Ali, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
77 Blackout
Movie
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Movie · as Isaac Dupree
All Signs of Death
Movie · as Gabe
Driver
Movie
Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel
Movie · as Duncan Kincaid
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Wildwood
Movie · as Brenden (voice)
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Movie · as Latif
Jurassic World Rebirth
Movie · as Duncan Kincaid
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Movie · as Self
Task
TV · as Eddie Barnes
Leave the World Behind
Movie · as G.H. Scott
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Stand
Movie · as Self - Actor
Chimp Empire
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Eternals
Movie · as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Swan Song
Movie · as Cameron Turner
INVINCIBLE
TV · as Titan (voice) · 2 eps
Amend: The Fight for America
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Between the World and Me
Movie
A World of Calm
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Alita: Battle Angel
Movie · as Vector
Ramy
TV · as Sheikh Ali Malik · 6 eps
Green Book
Movie · as Dr. Don Shirley
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Roxanne Roxanne
Movie · as Cross
Room 104
TV · as Franco · 1 ep
Free State of Jones
Movie · as Moses Washington
Kicks
Movie · as Marlon
Hidden Figures
Movie · as Jim Johnson
Moonlight
Movie · as Juan
Gubagude Ko
Movie · as Ochoro
Race for the White House
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
TV · as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes · 6 eps
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie · as Boggs
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Movie · as Self - Boggs
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie · as Boggs
Supremacy
Movie · as Deputy Rivers
True Detective
TV · as Wayne Hays · 8 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Place Beyond the Pines
Movie · as Kofi Kancam
Go for Sisters
Movie · as Dez
House of Cards
TV · as Remy Danton · 45 eps
Alcatraz
TV · as Clarence Montgomery · 1 ep
Alphas
TV · as Nathan Clay · 12 eps
Predators
Movie · as Mombasa
The Wronged Man
Movie · as Calvin Willis
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Movie · as Mombasa (voice)
Predators: The Chosen
Movie
Crossing Over
Movie · as Detective Strickland
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Movie · as Self
Lie to Me
TV · as Detective Hughes · 1 ep
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie · as Tizzy Weathers
Umi's Heart
Movie · as Ezra
Stand Up to Cancer
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The 4400
TV · as Richard Tyler · 33 eps
Taste the Revolution
Movie · as Mac Laslow
Threat Matrix
TV · as Jelani Harper · 16 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Crossing Jordan
TV · as Trey Sanders · 23 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Tombs' Security Guard · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Mark Foster · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep