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Mekhi Phifer
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn December 29, 1974 (51 years)
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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| 2026 | Be Happy · as Peter Mosley |
| 2024 | The Silent Hour · as Mason Lynch |
| 2024 | High Potential (TV Series) · as Arthur Ellis |
| 2024 | Long Gone Heroes · as Moreao |
| 2024 | The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat · as James Henry |
| 2024 | Lights Out · as Max Bomer |
| 2020 | Love, Victor (TV Series) · as Harold Brooks |
| 2019 | Truth Be Told (TV Series) · as Markus Killebrew |
| 2019 | Obsession · as Sonny |
| 2018 | Canal Street · as Prosecutor A.j. Canton |
| 2018 | The Bobby Brown Story (TV Series) · as Tommy Brown |
| 2017 | Chocolate City: Vegas · as Best Valentine |
| 2016 | Frequency (TV Series) · as Satch Reyna |
| 2016 | Secret City (TV Series) · as Ambassador Moreton |
| 2016 | Roots (2016) (TV Series) · as Jerusalem |
| 2016 | Pandemic · as Gunner |
| 2016 | The Divergent Series: Allegiant · as Max |
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent · as Max |
| 2014 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short · as Lewis |
| 2014 | Divergent · as Max |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. (TV Series) · as Joe Baker |
| 2013 | The Love Section · as James Johnson |
| 2013 | The Suspect · as The Suspect |
| 2012 | Key & Peele (TV Series) · as Cousin |
| 2012 | House of Lies (TV Series) · as Dre Collins |
| 2011 | Husbands (TV Series) · as Mark |
| 2011 | Flypaper · as Darrien |
| 2011 | Business as Usual: The Exploitation of Hip Hop · as Documentary Host |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing · as Jeremy Davis |
| 2009 | White Collar (TV Series) · as Kyle Collins |
| 2009 | A Day in the Life · as King Khi |
| 2009 | Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Ben Reynolds |
| 2008 | Nora's Hair Salon II · as Maxwell Terry |
| 2007 | This Christmas · as Gerald |
| 2006 | Torchwood (TV Series) · as Rex Matheson |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Drake |
| 2006 | Puff, Puff, Pass · as Big Daddy |
| 2005 | Slow Burn · as Isaac Duperde |
| 2005 | The MC: Why We Do It · as Narrator |
| 2004 | Attack of the Living Dead · as Andre |
| 2004 | Dawn of the Dead · as Andre |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Honey · as Chaz |
| 2002 | 8 Mile · as Future |
| 2002 | Paid in Full · as Mitch |
| 2002 | The Other Brother · as Martin |
| 2001 | Brian's Song · as Gale Sayers |
| 2001 | Impostor · as Cale |
| 2001 | O · as Odin James |
| 2001 | Carmen: A Hip Hopera · as Hill |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Omar Jones |
| 2000 | Shaft · as Trey Howard |
| 1999 | Uninvited Guest · as Silk |
| 1999 | A Lesson Before Dying · as Jefferson |
| 1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer · as Tyrell |
| 1998 | Hell's Kitchen · as Johnny Miles |
| 1997 | Soul Food · as Lem |
| 1997 | Hav Plenty · as Harold |
| 1997 | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground · as Man In Hallway (segment "fern's Heart Of Darkness") |
| 1996 | High School High · as Griff Mcreynolds |
| 1995 | Clockers · as Ronald 'strike' Dunham |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen · as Lewis Johns |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Greg Pratt |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Sekou |
| 1994 | Models Inc. (TV Series) · as Model #2 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) · as Nathaniel Lee 'junior Bunk' Mahoney |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Lyman Ross |