Mahershala Ali
Born in Oakland, California, USA — Feb 16 1974
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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 Cros…
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Mahershala Ali's Credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mark Foster
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Tombs' Security Guard
Invincible
Titan (voice)
Crossing Jordan
Trey Sanders
True Detective
Wayne Hays
House of Cards
Remy Danton
Lie to Me
Detective Hughes
Jurassic World Rebirth
Duncan Kincaid
The 4400
Richard Tyler
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Room 104
Franco
Marvel's Luke Cage
Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
Alphas
Nathan Clay
Green Book
Dr. Don Shirley
Alita: Battle Angel
Vector
Eternals
Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Alcatraz
Clarence Montgomery
Threat Matrix
Jelani Harper
Moonlight
Juan
Hidden Figures
Jim Johnson
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Boggs
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tizzy Weathers
Predators
Mombasa
Ramy
Sheikh Ali Malik
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Boggs
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Place Beyond the Pines
Kofi Kancam
Leave the World Behind
G.H. Scott
Waves
Crew
A World of Calm
Narrator
Race for the White House
Narrator
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Stand Up to Cancer
Self
Swan Song
Cameron Turner
Free State of Jones
Moses Washington
Crossing Over
Detective Strickland
Wildwood
Brenden (voice)
Kicks
Marlon
Supremacy
Deputy Rivers
Roxanne Roxanne
Cross
Chimp Empire
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Boggs
All Signs of Death
Gabe
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Self
Go for Sisters
Dez
Stand
Self - Actor
Between the World and Me
The Wronged Man
Calvin Willis
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Isaac Dupree
Taste the Revolution
Mac Laslow
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Mombasa (voice)
Umi's Heart
Ezra
77 Blackout
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Adnis
Adnis
Predators: The Chosen
We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest
Production
The Ten Commandments
Gubagude Ko
Ochoro