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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Character:Uncle Aaron (voice)
Release Date:17/06/2027
Jurassic World Rebirth
Character:Duncan Kincaid
Release Date:01/07/2025
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Character:Self
Release Date:28/06/2025
Leave the World Behind
Character:G.H. Scott
Release Date:22/11/2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Character:Uncle Aaron (voice)
Release Date:31/05/2023
Stand
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:03/02/2023
Swan Song
Character:Cameron Turner
Release Date:17/12/2021
Eternals
Character:Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:03/11/2021
Between the World and Me
Character:
Release Date:21/11/2020
Alita: Battle Angel
Character:Vector
Release Date:31/01/2019
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Character:Uncle Aaron (voice)
Release Date:06/12/2018
Green Book
Character:Dr. Don Shirley
Release Date:16/11/2018
Adnis
Character:Adnis
Release Date:03/08/2017
Roxanne Roxanne
Character:Cross
Release Date:22/01/2017
Hidden Figures
Character:Jim Johnson
Release Date:10/12/2016
Moonlight
Character:Juan
Release Date:21/10/2016
Kicks
Character:Marlon
Release Date:09/09/2016
Free State of Jones
Character:Moses Washington
Release Date:24/06/2016
Gubagude Ko
Character:Ochoro
Release Date:16/06/2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Character:Boggs
Release Date:18/11/2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Character:Self - Boggs
Release Date:06/03/2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Character:Boggs
Release Date:19/11/2014
Supremacy
Character:Deputy Rivers
Release Date:12/06/2014
Go for Sisters
Character:Dez
Release Date:08/11/2013
The Place Beyond the Pines
Character:Kofi Kancam
Release Date:20/03/2013
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Character:Mombasa (voice)
Release Date:19/10/2010
The Wronged Man
Character:Calvin Willis
Release Date:07/10/2010
Predators
Character:Mombasa
Release Date:07/07/2010
Predators: The Chosen
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2010
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Character:Self
Release Date:05/05/2009
Crossing Over
Character:Detective Strickland
Release Date:10/02/2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Character:Tizzy Weathers
Release Date:25/12/2008
Umi's Heart
Character:Ezra
Release Date:30/11/2008
Taste the Revolution
Character:Mac Laslow
Release Date:28/03/2003
Television Appearances
Chimp Empire
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
INVINCIBLE
Character:Titan (voice)
Amend: The Fight for America
Character:Self
A World of Calm
Character:Narrator
Ramy
Character:Sheikh Ali Malik
Room 104
Character:Franco
Marvel's Luke Cage
Character:Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
Race for the White House
Character:Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
True Detective
Character:Wayne Hays
House of Cards
Character:Remy Danton
Alcatraz
Character:Clarence Montgomery
Alphas
Character:Nathan Clay
Lie to Me
Character:Detective Hughes
Stand Up to Cancer
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The 4400
Character:Richard Tyler
Threat Matrix
Character:Jelani Harper
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Crossing Jordan
Character:Trey Sanders
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Tombs' Security Guard
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Mark Foster
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Character:Self
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