1974-02-16 Oakland, California, USA
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.
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Blade | Eric Brooks / Blade | 2025-11-05 |
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Stand | Self - Actor | 2023-02-03 |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2023-05-31 |
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Leave the World Behind | G.H. Scott | 2023-11-22 |
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Swan Song | Cameron Turner | 2021-12-17 |
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Eternals | Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited) | 2021-11-03 |
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Between the World and Me | 2020-11-21 | |
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Alita: Battle Angel | Vector | 2019-01-31 |
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Green Book | Dr. Don Shirley | 2018-11-16 |
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron / Prowler (voice) | 2018-12-06 |
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Roxanne Roxanne | Cross | 2017-01-22 |
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Kicks | Marlon | 2016-09-09 |
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Free State of Jones | Moses Washington | 2016-06-24 |
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Hidden Figures | Jim Johnson | 2016-12-10 |
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The Realest Real | The Minister | 2016-09-12 |
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Gubagude Ko | Ochoro | 2016-06-16 |
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Moonlight | Juan | 2016-10-21 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Boggs | 2015-11-18 |
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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Self (Boggs) | 2015-03-06 |
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Supremacy | Deputy Rivers | 2014-06-12 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Boggs | 2014-11-19 |
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The Place Beyond the Pines | Kofi Kancam | 2013-03-20 |
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Go for Sisters | Dez | 2013-11-08 |
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The Wronged Man | Calvin Willis | 2010-10-07 |
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Predators: Moments of Extraction | Mombasa (Voice) | 2010-10-19 |
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Predators: The Chosen | Mombasa | 2010-10-19 |
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Predators | Mombasa | 2010-07-03 |
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Crossing Over | Detective Strickland | 2009-02-10 |
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 |
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Umi's Heart | Ezra | 2008-11-30 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Tizzy Weathers | 2008-12-25 |
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Making Revolution | Mac Laslow | 2003-03-28 |
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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Isaac Dupree | |
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | |
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All Signs of Death | Gabe | |
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Sovereign | ||
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Wildwood | (voice) |
