Mahershala Ali
Mahershalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore; February 16, 1974) is an American actor. Ali began his career as a regular on series such as Crossing Jordan and Threat Matrix before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science-fiction series The 4400. His first major film release was in the 2008 David Fincher-directed romantic fantasy drama film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 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 a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018). He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category, and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Blade as Eric Brooks / Blade
- 2025 · Jurassic World Rebirth as Duncan Kincaid
- 2023 · Leave the World Behind as G.H. Scott
- 2023 · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Uncle Aaron (voice)
- 2023 · Chimp Empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Stand as Self - Actor
- 2021 · Swan Song as Cameron Turner
- 2021 · Eternals as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
- 2021 · INVINCIBLE as Titan (voice)
- 2021 · Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- 2020 · Between the World and Me as
- 2020 · A World of Calm as Narrator
- 2019 · Ramy as Sheikh Ali Malik
- 2019 · Alita: Battle Angel as Vector
- 2018 · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Uncle Aaron (voice)
- 2018 · Green Book as Dr. Don Shirley
- 2017 · Room 104 as Franco
- 2017 · Roxanne Roxanne as Cross
- 2016 · Hidden Figures as Jim Johnson
- 2016 · Moonlight as Juan
- 2016 · Marvel's Luke Cage as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
- 2016 · The Realest Real as The Minister
- 2016 · Kicks as Marlon
- 2016 · Free State of Jones as Moses Washington
- 2016 · Gubagude Ko as Ochoro
- 2016 · Race for the White House as Narrator
- 2015 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Boggs
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self (Boggs)
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Boggs
- 2014 · Supremacy as Deputy Rivers
- 2014 · True Detective as Wayne Hays
- 2013 · Go for Sisters as Dez
- 2013 · The Place Beyond the Pines as Kofi Kancam
- 2013 · House of Cards as Remy Danton
- 2012 · Alcatraz as Clarence Montgomery
- 2011 · Alphas as Nathan Clay
- 2010 · Predators: The Chosen as Mombasa
- 2010 · Predators: Moments of Extraction as Mombasa (Voice)
- 2010 · The Wronged Man as Calvin Willis
- 2010 · Predators as Mombasa
- 2009 · The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self
- 2009 · Crossing Over as Detective Strickland
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Detective Hughes
- 2008 · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Tizzy Weathers
- 2008 · Umi's Heart as Ezra
- 2008 · Stand Up to Cancer as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2004 · The 4400 as Richard Tyler
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Jelani Harper
- 2003 · Making Revolution as Mac Laslow
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Trey Sanders
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Tombs' Security Guard
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mark Foster
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Best Supporting Actor winner
- 2024 · Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Uncle Aaron (voice)
- 2024 · Wildwood as Brenden (voice)
- 2024 · 77 Blackout as
- 2024 · The Personal History of Rachel DuPree as Isaac Dupree
- 2024 · All Signs of Death as Gabe
- 2024 · Taste The Revolution as Mac Laslow
- 2024 · The Plot as Jake