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  • BIRTH 16/02/1974
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 25
  • MOVIES 31
  • PRODUCTION 1

Mahershala Ali

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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 (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).

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Mahershala Ali

Shows (25)

Invincible (2021)
Invincible (2021)
Titan / Titan (voice)
True Detective
True Detective
Wayne Hays
House of Cards (US)
House of Cards (US)
Remy Danton
Marvel's Luke Cage
Marvel's Luke Cage
Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mark Foster
Lie to Me
Lie to Me
Detective Hughes
The 4400
The 4400
Richard Tyler
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Tombs' Security Guard
Ramy
Ramy
Sheikh Ali Malik
Alcatraz
Alcatraz
Clarence Montgomery
Alphas
Alphas
Nathan Clay
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
Trey Sanders
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self / Self - Presenter
Chimp Empire
Chimp Empire
Self - Narrator (voice)
The View
The View
Self
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Race for the White House
Race for the White House
Narrator
Room 104
Room 104
Franco
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
Self
Threat Matrix
Threat Matrix
Jelani Harper
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
A World of Calm
A World of Calm
Narrator
Variety: Actors on Actors
Variety: Actors on Actors
Self

Movies (31)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind
G.H. Scott
Jurassic World Rebirth
Jurassic World Rebirth
Duncan Kincaid
Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel
Vector
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Boggs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Boggs
Green Book
Green Book
Dr. Don Shirley
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
Jim Johnson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tizzy Weathers
Moonlight
Moonlight
Juan
Predators
Predators
Mombasa
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines
Kofi Kancam
Swan Song
Swan Song
Cameron Turner
Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones
Moses Washington
Blade
Blade
Eric Brooks / Blade
Crossing Over
Crossing Over
Detective Strickland
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne
Cross
Wildwood
Wildwood
Brenden (voice)
Supremacy
Supremacy
Deputy Rivers
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
The Realest Real
The Realest Real
The Minister
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Mombasa (Voice)
Sovereign
Sovereign
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Isaac Dupree
The Wronged Man
The Wronged Man
Calvin Willis
All Signs of Death
All Signs of Death
Gabe
Kicks
Kicks
Marlon
Go for Sisters
Go for Sisters
Dez
Gubagude Ko
Gubagude Ko
Ochoro

Production

Swan Song
Swan Song