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Born · February 16, 1974 (50 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
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.
Duncan Kincaid
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G.H. Scott
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Uncle Aaron (voice)
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Self - Actor
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2023
Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
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2021
Vector
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2019
Uncle Aaron (voice)
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2018
Dr. Don Shirley
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2018
Cross
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2017
Jim Johnson
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2016
Juan
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2016
The Minister
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2016
Marlon
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2016
Moses Washington
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2016
Ochoro
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Boggs
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Boggs
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Deputy Rivers
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2014
Dez
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Kofi Kancam
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2013
Calvin Willis
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2010
Mombasa
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2010
Tizzy Weathers
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2008
Uncle Aaron (voice)
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Eric Brooks / Blade
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Brenden (voice)
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Self (Boggs)
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2015
Detective Strickland
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2009
Isaac Dupree
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Gabe
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Narrator (voice) · (4 episodes)
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2023
Cameron Turner
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2021
Titan (voice) · (2 episodes)
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2021
Self · (3 episodes)
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2021
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Narrator · (1 episode)
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2020
Sheikh Ali Malik · (6 episodes)
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2019
Adnis
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2017
Franco · (1 episode)
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2017
Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes · (6 episodes)
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2016
Narrator · (6 episodes)
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2016
Self · (1 episode)
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Self · (2 episodes)
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2015
Self · (3 episodes)
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Wayne Hays · (8 episodes)
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Remy Danton · (45 episodes)
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2013
Clarence Montgomery · (1 episode)
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2012
Nathan Clay · (12 episodes)
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2011
Mombasa
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2010
Mombasa (Voice)
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2010
Self
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2009
Detective Hughes · (1 episode)
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2009
Ezra
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2008
Self · (1 episode)
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2008
Self · (1 episode)
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2007
Richard Tyler · (33 episodes)
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2004
Jelani Harper · (16 episodes)
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2003
Mac Laslow
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2003
Self · (1 episode)
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2003
Trey Sanders · (23 episodes)
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2001
Tombs' Security Guard · (1 episode)
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2000
Mark Foster · (1 episode)
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1999
Self · (1 episode)
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1997
Self · (1 episode)
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1996
Jake · (1 episode)
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Self · (1 episode)
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1973
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
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1953
Self · (2 episodes)
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1953