Mekhi Phifer
Data di nascita: 29 dicembre 1974
Luogo di nascita: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmografia
Film e serie TV in cui Mekhi Phifer ha recitato o preso parte
Film
Film · Romance · 2026
Film · Romance · 2026
Film · Crime · 2024
Film · Azione · 2024
Film · Commedia · 2024
Film · Azione · 2024
Film · Thriller · 2019
Film · Dramma · 2019
Film · Commedia · 2018
Film · Dramma · 2016
Film · Avventura · 2016
Film · Azione · 2016
Film · Azione · 2015
Film · Dramma · 2014
Film · Azione · 2014
Film · Commedia · 2013
Film · Thriller · 2013
Film · Mistero · 2011
Film · Azione · 2011
Film · Crime · 2009
Film · Commedia · 2008
Film · Commedia · 2007
Film · Commedia · 2006
Film · Mistero · 2005
Film · Horror · 2004
Film · Musica · 2003
Film · Documentario · 2003
Film · Dramma · 2002
Film · Azione · 2002
Film · televisione film · 2002
Film · Commedia · 2002
Film · Azione · 2001
Film · Azione · 2001
Film · Dramma · 2001
Film · Dramma · 2001
Film · Azione · 2000
Film · Thriller · 1999
Film · Dramma · 1999
Film · Horror · 1998
Film · Crime · 1998
Film · Commedia · 1997
Film · Commedia · 1997
Film · televisione film · 1997
Film · Commedia · 1996
Film · Commedia · 1996
Film · Crime · 1995
Film · Guerra · 1995
Serie TV
Serie · Dramma · 2024
Serie · Commedia · 2020
Serie · Dramma · 2019
Serie · Dramma · 2018
Serie · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2016
Serie · Reality · 2016
Serie · Dramma · 2016
Serie · Dramma · 2016
Serie · Crime · 2014
Serie · Reality · 2013
Serie · Commedia · 2013
Serie · Commedia · 2012
Serie · Crime · 2009
Serie · Crime · 2009
Serie · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2006
Serie · Dramma · 2006
Serie · Commedia · 2004
Serie · Talk · 2004
Serie · Commedia · 2003
Serie · Commedia · 2003
Serie · Talk · 2003
Serie · Commedia · 2000
Serie · Talk · 1997
Serie · News · 1996
Serie · Dramma · 1994
Serie · Dramma · 1994
Serie · Commedia · 1993
Serie · Mistero · 1993
Serie · Crime · 1990
Serie · Reality · 1963