Acting
Mekhi Phifer
Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a regular on the Fox crime show Lie to Me portraying the role of Ben Reynolds, before season 3. He was born in in Harlem, New York City, the son of Rhoda Phifer, a high school teacher; he grew up in a single-parent household with his mother. His acting career began in 1995, when Phifer attended an open casting call for director Spike Lee’s Clockers, beating over a thousand others to get the lead role as a narcotics dealer embroiled in a murder cover-up. He followed that role with another in the comedy spoof feature High School High (which also starred his former wife Malinda Williams) and continued by co-starring in the fright flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Among Phifer’s other big-screen credits are Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, O (as the titular character Odin a.k.a. O), and the thriller Uninvited Guest (as Silk). He appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full, 8 Mile, opposite Eminem and Dawn of the Dead. Phifer has a son, Omikaye, with his ex-wife, actress Malinda Williams. His second son, Mekhi Thira Phifer Jr., was born to his girlfriend Oni Souratha in Los Angeles on October 30, 2007.
Filmography
Be Happy
Film · 2026
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
Film · 2026
Labyrinth
Film · 2025
Celebrity Weakest Link
Series · 2025
The Silent Hour
Film · 2024
Lights Out
Film · 2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Film · 2024
Long Gone Heroes
Film · 2024
High Potential
Series · 2024
Love, Victor
Series · 2020
Canal Street
Film · 2019
Obsession
Film · 2019
Truth Be Told
Series · 2019
A Talent For Trouble
Film · 2018
The Bobby Brown Story
Series · 2018
Pandemic
Film · 2016
Allegiant
Film · 2016
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Film · 2016
Frequency
Series · 2016
Match Game
Series · 2016
Secret City
Series · 2016
Roots
Series · 2016
Insurgent
Film · 2015
Divergent
Film · 2014
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Film · 2014
Chicago P.D.
Series · 2014
The Love Section
Film · 2013
The Suspect
Film · 2013
Hollywood Game Night
Series · 2013
Beat Bobby Flay
Series · 2013
Key & Peele
Series · 2012
House of Lies
Series · 2012
Flypaper
Film · 2011
Last Man Standing
Film · 2011
A Day in the Life
Film · 2009
Lie to Me
Series · 2009
White Collar
Series · 2009
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
Film · 2008
Black Poker Stars Invitational
Series · 2008
Black Poker Stars Invitational
Series · 2008
This Christmas
Film · 2007
Puff, Puff, Pass
Film · 2006
Torchwood
Series · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
Slow Burn
Film · 2005
Dawn of the Dead
Film · 2004
Best Week Ever
Series · 2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Series · 2004
Honey
Film · 2003
The Making of '8 Mile'
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Punk'd
Series · 2003
8 Mile
Film · 2002
Paid in Full
Film · 2002
The Other Brother
Film · 2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Film · 2002
O
Film · 2001
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Film · 2001
Impostor
Film · 2001
Brian's Song
Film · 2001
Shaft
Film · 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Series · 2000
Uninvited Guest
Film · 1999
A Lesson Before Dying
Film · 1999
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Film · 1998
Hell's Kitchen
Film · 1998
Soul Food
Film · 1997
Hav Plenty
Film · 1997
Subway Stories
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
High School High
Film · 1996
Girl 6
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Clockers
Film · 1995
The Tuskegee Airmen
Film · 1995
New York Undercover
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Homicide: Life on the Street
Series · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Miss USA
Series · 1963
Marx
Film
Hollow Moon
Film