Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

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
    Place of birth
    Oakland, California, USA
    Birthday
    2/16/1974
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7.6
Eternals
Eternals
6.9
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind
6.4
Predators
Predators
6.3
The Wronged Man
The Wronged Man
6
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
8.4
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines
7
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
6.8
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
6.9
Go for Sisters
Go for Sisters
6
Stand
Stand
6
Supremacy
Supremacy
5.7
Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones
6.8
Kicks
Kicks
6.8
Jurassic World Rebirth
Jurassic World Rebirth
0
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
8.1
Moonlight
Moonlight
7.4
The Realest Real
5.8
Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel
7.2
Gubagude Ko
1
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne
6
Crossing Over
Crossing Over
6.1
Green Book
Green Book
8.2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8.4
Umi's Heart
Umi's Heart
1
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
7.1
Taste the Revolution
Taste the Revolution
1
Predators: The Chosen
Predators: The Chosen
6.1
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Predators: Moments of Extraction
4.3
Swan Song
Swan Song
7.2
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me
7.9
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
6.8

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