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.
Filmography
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Wildwood
as Brenden (voice)
Wildwood
as Brenden (voice)
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
as Latif
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
as Latif
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
as Self
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
as Self
Jurassic World Rebirth
as Duncan Kincaid
Jurassic World Rebirth
as Duncan Kincaid
Leave the World Behind
as G.H. Scott
Leave the World Behind
as G.H. Scott
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Stand
as Self - Actor
Stand
as Self - Actor
Swan Song
as Cameron Turner
Swan Song
as Cameron Turner
Eternals
as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Eternals
as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me
Alita: Battle Angel
as Vector
Alita: Battle Angel
as Vector
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Green Book
as Dr. Don Shirley
Green Book
as Dr. Don Shirley
Adnis
as Adnis
Adnis
as Adnis
Roxanne Roxanne
as Cross
Roxanne Roxanne
as Cross
Hidden Figures
as Jim Johnson
Hidden Figures
as Jim Johnson
Moonlight
as Juan
Moonlight
as Juan
Kicks
as Marlon
Kicks
as Marlon
Free State of Jones
as Moses Washington
Free State of Jones
as Moses Washington
Gubagude Ko
as Ochoro
Gubagude Ko
as Ochoro
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Boggs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Boggs
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Boggs
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Boggs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Boggs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Boggs
Supremacy
as Deputy Rivers
Supremacy
as Deputy Rivers
Go for Sisters
as Dez
Go for Sisters
as Dez
The Place Beyond the Pines
as Kofi Kancam
The Place Beyond the Pines
as Kofi Kancam
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Mombasa (voice)
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Mombasa (voice)
The Wronged Man
as Calvin Willis
The Wronged Man
as Calvin Willis
Predators
as Mombasa
Predators
as Mombasa
Predators: The Chosen
Predators: The Chosen
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self
Crossing Over
as Detective Strickland
Crossing Over
as Detective Strickland
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Tizzy Weathers
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Tizzy Weathers
Umi's Heart
as Ezra
Umi's Heart
as Ezra
Taste the Revolution
as Mac Laslow
Taste the Revolution
as Mac Laslow
77 Blackout
77 Blackout
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
as Isaac Dupree
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
as Isaac Dupree
All Signs of Death
as Gabe
All Signs of Death
as Gabe
Driver
Driver
Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel
as Duncan Kincaid
Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel
as Duncan Kincaid
Red Herring
Red Herring