Acting
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
Film · 2027
Wildwood
Film · 2026
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Film · 2026
Jurassic World Rebirth
Film · 2025
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Film · 2025
Task
Series · 2025
Leave the World Behind
Film · 2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Film · 2023
Stand
Film · 2023
Chimp Empire
Series · 2023
Eternals
Film · 2021
Swan Song
Film · 2021
INVINCIBLE
Series · 2021
Amend: The Fight for America
Series · 2021
Between the World and Me
Film · 2020
A World of Calm
Series · 2020
Alita: Battle Angel
Film · 2019
Ramy
Series · 2019
Green Book
Film · 2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Film · 2018
Roxanne Roxanne
Film · 2017
Room 104
Series · 2017
Free State of Jones
Film · 2016
Kicks
Film · 2016
Hidden Figures
Film · 2016
Moonlight
Film · 2016
Gubagude Ko
Film · 2016
Race for the White House
Series · 2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
Series · 2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Film · 2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Film · 2014
Supremacy
Film · 2014
True Detective
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
The Place Beyond the Pines
Film · 2013
Go for Sisters
Film · 2013
House of Cards
Series · 2013
Alcatraz
Series · 2012
Alphas
Series · 2011
Predators
Film · 2010
The Wronged Man
Film · 2010
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Film · 2010
Predators: The Chosen
Film · 2010
Crossing Over
Film · 2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Film · 2009
Lie to Me
Series · 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Film · 2008
Umi's Heart
Film · 2008
Stand Up to Cancer
Series · 2008
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The 4400
Series · 2004
Taste the Revolution
Film · 2003
Threat Matrix
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Crossing Jordan
Series · 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
The View
Series · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
77 Blackout
Film
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Film
All Signs of Death
Film
Driver
Film
Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel
Film