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Mahershala Ali

Acting

Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali is an actor born on February 16, 1974 in Oakland, California, USA. He is known for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Green Book and Alita: Battle Angel. GloboWatch shows where to watch 3 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
February 16, 1974
Place of birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also known as
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali · Mahershala Karim-Ali · Hershal Gilmore

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.

Filmography

  1. 2027Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verseas Uncle Aaron (voice)
  2. 2026Wildwoodas Brenden (voice)
  3. 2026Your Mother Your Mother Your Motheras Latif
  4. 2025Taskas Eddie Barnes
  5. 2025Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Eraas Self
  6. 2025Jurassic World Rebirthas Duncan Kincaid
  7. 2023Leave the World Behindas G.H. Scott
  8. 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseas Uncle Aaron (voice)
  9. 2023Chimp Empireas Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes
  10. 2023Standas Self - Actor
  11. 2021Swan Songas Cameron Turner · Producer
  12. 2021Eternalsas Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
  13. 2021INVINCIBLEas Titan (voice) · 2 episodes
  14. 2021Amend: The Fight for Americaas Self · 3 episodes
  15. 2020Between the World and Me
  16. 2020A World of Calmas Narrator · 1 episode
  17. 2020We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical FestExecutive producer
  18. 2019Ramyas Sheikh Ali Malik · 6 episodes
  19. 2019Alita: Battle Angelas Vector
  20. 2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseas Uncle Aaron (voice)
  21. 2018Green Bookas Dr. Don Shirley
  22. 2017Room 104as Franco · 1 episode
  23. 2017Roxanne Roxanneas Cross
  24. 2016Hidden Figuresas Jim Johnson
  25. 2016Moonlightas Juan
  26. 2016Marvel's Luke Cageas Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes · 6 episodes
  27. 2016Kicksas Marlon
  28. 2016Free State of Jonesas Moses Washington
  29. 2016Gubagude Koas Ochoro
  30. 2016Race for the White Houseas Narrator · 6 episodes
  31. 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2as Boggs
  32. 2015The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1as Self - Boggs
  33. 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1as Boggs
  34. 2014Supremacyas Deputy Rivers
  35. 2014True Detectiveas Wayne Hays · 8 episodes
  36. 2013Go for Sistersas Dez
  37. 2013The Place Beyond the Pinesas Kofi Kancam
  38. 2013House of Cardsas Remy Danton · 45 episodes
  39. 2012Alcatrazas Clarence Montgomery · 1 episode
  40. 2011Alphasas Nathan Clay · 12 episodes
  41. 2010Predators: Moments of Extractionas Mombasa (voice)
  42. 2010The Wronged Manas Calvin Willis
  43. 2010Predatorsas Mombasa
  44. 2010Predators: The Chosen
  45. 2009The Curious Birth of Benjamin Buttonas Self
  46. 2009Crossing Overas Detective Strickland
  47. 2009Lie to Meas Detective Hughes · 1 episode
  48. 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonas Tizzy Weathers
  49. 2008Umi's Heartas Ezra
  50. 2008Stand Up to Canceras Self · 1 episode
  51. 2004The 4400as Richard Tyler · 33 episodes
  52. 2003Threat Matrixas Jelani Harper · 16 episodes
  53. 2003Taste the Revolutionas Mac Laslow · Executive producer
  54. 2001Crossing Jordanas Trey Sanders · 23 episodes
  55. 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigationas Tombs' Security Guard · 1 episode
  56. 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unitas Mark Foster · 1 episode
  57. 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...as Self · 1 episode
  58. 1953The Oscarsas Self - Presenter · 2 episodes