Mahershala Ali
Acting
Born: Feb 16, 1974
From: Oakland, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2027 | — |
| Wildwood | Brenden (voice) | 2026 | — |
| Jurassic World Rebirth | Duncan Kincaid | 2025 | 6.3 |
| Leave the World Behind | G.H. Scott | 2023 | 6.377 |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2023 | 8.332 |
| Stand | Self - Actor | 2023 | 3.3 |
| Eternals | Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) … | 2021 | 6.773 |
| Alita: Battle Angel | Vector | 2019 | 7.245 |
| Green Book | Dr. Don Shirley | 2018 | 8.223 |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2018 | 8.393 |
| Roxanne Roxanne | Cross | 2017 | 6.0 |
| Free State of Jones | Moses Washington | 2016 | 6.8 |
| Kicks | Marlon | 2016 | 6.734 |
| Hidden Figures | Jim Johnson | 2016 | 8.039 |
| Moonlight | Juan | 2016 | 7.357 |
| Gubagude Ko | Ochoro | 2016 | 1.0 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Boggs | 2015 | 6.9 |
| The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Self - Boggs | 2015 | 7.2 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Boggs | 2014 | 6.816 |
| Supremacy | Deputy Rivers | 2014 | 5.7 |
| The Place Beyond the Pines | Kofi Kancam | 2013 | 6.984 |
| Go for Sisters | Dez | 2013 | 6.0 |
| Predators | Mombasa | 2010 | 6.298 |
| The Wronged Man | Calvin Willis | 2010 | 6.08 |
| Crossing Over | Detective Strickland | 2009 | 6.1 |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Tizzy Weathers | 2008 | 7.598 |
| Umi's Heart | Ezra | 2008 | 1.0 |
| 77 Blackout | — | ||
| The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Isaac Dupree | — | |
| All Signs of Death | Gabe | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1974 |
| From | Oakland, California, USA |