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Mahershala Ali

Acting

2.8 Popularity Feb 16, 1974 (51 years old) 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...

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).

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Filmography 76

2027
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Movie

as Uncle Aaron (voice)

2025
Jurassic World Rebirth Movie

as Duncan Kincaid

2023
Leave the World Behind Movie

as G.H. Scott

2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Movie

as Uncle Aaron (voice)

2023
Chimp Empire TV

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
Stand Movie

as Self - Actor

2021
Swan Song Movie

as Cameron Turner

2021
Swan Song Movie

Producer

2021
Eternals Movie

as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)

2021
INVINCIBLE TV

as Titan (voice)

2020
A World of Calm TV

as Narrator

2019
Waves Movie

Thanks

2019
Ramy TV

as Sheikh Ali Malik

2019
Alita: Battle Angel Movie

as Vector

2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Movie

as Uncle Aaron (voice)

2018
Green Book Movie

as Dr. Don Shirley

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday February 16, 1974 (51 years old)
Place of Birth Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Mahershala Karim-Ali , 마허샬라 알리 and 7 more
Years Active 1953 - 2027
Popularity 2.8
Career Stats
76 Total Credits
40 Movie Roles
31 TV Roles
7 Photos