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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-02-16 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Also Known As

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali

Mahershala Karim-Ali

마허샬라 알리

Махершала Али

Hershal Gilmore

Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore

Магершала Алі

マハーシャラルハズバズ・アリ

ماهرشالا علی

مهرشالا علی

Mahershala Ali

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.

Known For

Acting

Eternals

2021

Eternals

as

Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)

Leave the World Behind

2023

Leave the World Behind

as

G.H. Scott

Predators

2010

Predators

as

Mombasa

The Wronged Man

2010

The Wronged Man

as

Calvin Willis

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

2027

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

as

Uncle Aaron (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as

Uncle Aaron (voice)

Blade

Blade

as

Eric Brooks / Blade

Wildwood

Wildwood

as

Brenden (voice)

Stand

2023

Stand

as

Self - Actor

Supremacy

2014

Supremacy

as

Deputy Rivers

Free State of Jones

2016

Free State of Jones

as

Moses Washington

Kicks

2016

Kicks

as

Marlon

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025

Jurassic World Rebirth

as

Duncan Kincaid

Hidden Figures

2016

Hidden Figures

as

Jim Johnson

Moonlight

2016

Moonlight

as

Juan

Gubagude Ko

2016

Gubagude Ko

as

Ochoro

Roxanne Roxanne

2017

Roxanne Roxanne

as

Cross

Crossing Over

2009

Crossing Over

as

Detective Strickland

Green Book

2018

Green Book

as

Dr. Don Shirley

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

as

Uncle Aaron (voice)

Umi's Heart

2008

Umi's Heart

as

Ezra

Taste the Revolution

2003

Taste the Revolution

as

Mac Laslow

Swan Song

2021

Swan Song

as

Cameron Turner

Adnis

2017

Adnis

as

Adnis

The 4400

The 4400

as

Richard Tyler

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

as

Trey Sanders

Room 104

Room 104

as

Franco

Alphas

Alphas

as

Nathan Clay

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as

Tombs' Security Guard

INVINCIBLE

INVINCIBLE

as

Titan (voice)

Chimp Empire

Chimp Empire

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Plot

The Plot

as

Jake

Threat Matrix

Threat Matrix

as

Jelani Harper

House of Cards

House of Cards

as

Remy Danton

True Detective

True Detective

as

Wayne Hays

Lie to Me

Lie to Me

as

Detective Hughes

The View

The View

as

Self

Alcatraz

Alcatraz

as

Clarence Montgomery

The Oscars

The Oscars

as

Self - Presenter

Ramy

Ramy

as

Sheikh Ali Malik

Marvel's Luke Cage

Marvel's Luke Cage

as

Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes

A World of Calm

A World of Calm

as

Narrator

Production

Crew

Waves

2019

Waves

as

Directing