Mahershala Ali

Born: 1974-02-16

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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as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Released: 2023-05-31

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is...

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as Dr. Don Shirley
Released: 2018-11-16

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep...

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Blade

as Eric Brooks / Blade
Released: 2025-11-05

A film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on the Marvel Comics character of the...

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as Uncle Aaron / Prowler (voice)
Released: 2018-12-06

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager...

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as Mombasa
Released: 2010-07-03

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

as Boggs
Released: 2014-11-19

Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.

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as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 2021-11-03

The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands...

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as G.H. Scott
Released: 2023-11-22

A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks...

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as Tizzy Weathers
Released: 2008-12-25

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New...

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as Vector
Released: 2019-01-31

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as Boggs
Released: 2015-11-18

With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final...

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Hidden Figures

as Jim Johnson
Released: 2016-12-10

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant...

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The Place Beyond the Pines

as Kofi Kancam
Released: 2013-03-20

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and...

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as Juan
Released: 2016-10-21

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three...

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Free State of Jones

as Moses Washington
Released: 2016-06-24

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to...

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Crossing Over

as Detective Strickland
Released: 2009-02-10

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better...

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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

as Uncle Aaron (voice)
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Taking place right after the events of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy leads the...

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Swan Song

as Cameron Turner
Released: 2021-12-17

In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an...

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Kicks

as Marlon
Released: 2016-09-09

When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two...

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Roxanne Roxanne

as Cross
Released: 2017-01-22

The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from...

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The Wronged Man

as Calvin Willis
Released: 2010-10-07

Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome...

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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

as Self
Released: 2009-05-05

A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON....

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Supremacy

as Deputy Rivers
Released: 2014-06-12

The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black...

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Stand

as Self - Actor
Released: 2023-02-03

Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice...

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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

as Self (Boggs)
Released: 2015-03-06

Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. An impressively in...

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Go for Sisters

as Dez
Released: 2013-11-08

Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart,...

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Predators: Moments of Extraction

as Mombasa (Voice)
Released: 2010-10-19

Moments of Extraction is an animated short film shows what each character of Predators movie was...

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Predators: The Chosen

as Mombasa
Released: 2010-10-19

A brief profile of the main characters of Predators movie who parashooted onto the planet. The...

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Wildwood

as (voice)
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Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even...

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Between the World and Me

as uncredited
Released: 2020-11-21

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the...

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Making Revolution

as Mac Laslow
Released: 2003-03-28

In August of 2001, a group of disillusioned college students calls a world summit to counter...

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Umi's Heart

as Ezra
Released: 2008-11-30

The story of two brothers and their attempts to broach the difficult subject of religious...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Mark Foster
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Tombs' Security Guard
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self
First aired: 2003-01-26

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and...

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True Detective

as Wayne Hays
First aired: 2014-01-12

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which...

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House of Cards

as Remy Danton
First aired: 2013-02-01

Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless...

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Invincible

as Titan (voice)
First aired: 2021-03-25

Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful...

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through...

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Lie to Me

as Detective Hughes
First aired: 2009-01-21

The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body...

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The 4400

as Richard Tyler
First aired: 2004-07-11

4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing,...

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self
First aired: 2015-08-02

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of...

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Marvel's Luke Cage

as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
First aired: 2016-09-30

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes...

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Crossing Jordan

as Trey Sanders
First aired: 2001-09-24

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan...

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Alphas

as Nathan Clay
First aired: 2011-07-11

Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Oscars

as Self - Best Supporting Actor winner
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Oscars

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Room 104

as Franco
First aired: 2017-07-28

An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a...

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Alcatraz

as Clarence Montgomery
First aired: 2012-01-16

A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist,...

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Amend: The Fight for America

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-02-17

When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply...

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Race for the White House

as Narrator
First aired: 2016-03-06

From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White...

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Ramy

as Sheikh Ali Malik
First aired: 2019-04-19

Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey...

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Stand Up to Cancer

as Self
First aired: 2008-09-05

A biennial charitable telethon bringing together all the networks and the biggest stars in...

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Chimp Empire

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2023-04-19

A vast community of chimpanzees thrives in a forest in Uganda, navigating complex social...

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Threat Matrix

as Jelani Harper
First aired: 2003-09-18

Against the rising threat, the Homeland Security Agency has created a highly specialized, elite...

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A World of Calm

as Narrator
First aired: 2020-10-01

A timely antidote for our modern lives, this revolutionary series takes audiences on an...

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