Mekhi Phifer

Born: 1974-12-29

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.


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The Silent Hour

as Mason Lynch
Released: 2024-10-03

While working a case as an interpreter, a hearing-impaired police detective must confront a...

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Insurgent

as Max
Released: 2015-03-18

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance...

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Divergent

as Max
Released: 2014-03-14

In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been...

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8 Mile

as Future
Released: 2002-11-08

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in...

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Dawn of the Dead

as Andre
Released: 2004-03-19

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive,...

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Allegiant

as Max
Released: 2016-03-09

Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into...

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Lights Out

as Max Bomer
Released: 2024-02-16

A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting...

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Soul Food

as Lem
Released: 1997-09-26

Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L....

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Honey

as Chaz
Released: 2003-11-24

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not...

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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

as James Henry
Released: 2024-08-07

Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood...

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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

as Tyrell
Released: 1998-11-13

Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him...

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Shaft

as Trey Howard
Released: 2000-06-15

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying....

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Impostor

as Cale
Released: 2001-12-03

A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on...

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The Tuskegee Airmen

as Lewis Johns
Released: 1995-08-25

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate...

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Flypaper

as Darrien
Released: 2011-08-19

A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank desperately tries to protect...

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Clockers

as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
Released: 1995-09-15

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night...

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Long Gone Heroes

as Moreao
Released: 2024-09-20

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Paid in Full

as Mitch
Released: 2002-10-25

Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer...

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This Christmas

as Gerald
Released: 2007-11-27

This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the...

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Pandemic

as Gunner
Released: 2016-02-26

After a virus of epic proportions overwhelms the planet—with more infected than...

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High School High

as Griff McReynolds
Released: 1996-10-25

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High...

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O

as Odin James
Released: 2001-08-31

Even though he's the only black student at the elite Palmetto Grove Academy, star basketball...

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Girl 6

as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
Released: 1996-03-22

A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.

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Uninvited Guest

as Silk
Released: 1999-06-01

During a small gathering, a smooth, seductive stranger is invited into a couple's house party...

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Obsession

as Sonny
Released: 2019-09-27

Before meeting George Good, Sonny Jordan was just a lost drifter with a troubled past floating...

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Subway Stories

as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
Released: 1997-07-24

An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City,...

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Puff, Puff, Pass

as Big Daddy
Released: 2006-05-09

Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two...

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A Day in the Life

as King Khi
Released: 2009-07-07

Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who gets...

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The Suspect

as The Suspect
Released: 2013-01-23

Two African American social scientists pose as bank robbers in an effort to understand the...

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Carmen: A Hip Hopera

as Hill
Released: 2001-05-08

An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a...

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Canal Street

as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
Released: 2019-01-18

A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a...

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short

as Lewis
Released: 2014-04-19

When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her,...

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Hell's Kitchen

as Johnny Miles
Released: 1998-09-11

Newly released from jail, an ex-gang member asks a former contender to teach him to box.

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Last Man Standing

as Jeremy Davis
Released: 2011-06-07

Abby Collins's quiet life as a wife and mother shows no trace of her past work as a military...

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Slow Burn

as Isaac Duperde
Released: 2005-09-12

A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool...

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A Lesson Before Dying

as Jefferson
Released: 1999-05-22

In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store...

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Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

as Best Valentine
Released: 2016-07-04

The Chocolate City dancers come together to save their club from foreclosure. They decide to...

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NBC 75th Anniversary Special

as Self
Released: 2002-05-05

A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

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The Love Section

as James Johnson
Released: 2013-02-01

Ali (LAWRENCE ADISA), is a struggling real estate agent and ladies man who has never desired to...

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Hav Plenty

as Harold
Released: 1997-09-11

Lee Plenty is an almost broke would-be novelist and Havilland Savage is a rich and very...

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The Other Brother

as Martin
Released: 2002-04-26

A frustrated writer reluctantly turns to his womanizing brother for advice about the opposite sex.

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A Talent For Trouble

as Mekhi Phifer
Released: 2018-04-06

Set in the early 2000's when hip hop video's meant something. Sean Wellington, a neurotic music...

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Brian's Song

as Gale Sayers
Released: 2001-12-02

The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their...

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Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

as Maxwell Terry
Released: 2008-05-13

Simone arrives in Los Angeles after inheriting her late aunt's hair salon where she soon clashes...

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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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Chicago P.D.

as Joe Baker
First aired: 2014-01-08

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21...

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Psych

as Drake
First aired: 2006-07-07

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a...

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White Collar

as Kyle Collins
First aired: 2009-10-23

In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help...

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Omar Jones
First aired: 2000-10-15

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe...

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ER

as Greg Pratt
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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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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Lie to Me

as Ben Reynolds
First aired: 2009-01-21

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

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as uncredited
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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Homicide: Life on the Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-31

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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Torchwood

as Rex Matheson
First aired: 2006-10-22

The exploits a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the...

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Punk'd

as Self
First aired: 2003-03-17

What happens when the biggest stars in the world get too high on the Hollywood hog? When their...

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Truth Be Told

as Markus Killebrew
First aired: 2019-12-06

Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including...

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Beat Bobby Flay

as Self
First aired: 2013-08-24

Two talented chefs go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby the chefs...

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Love, Victor

as Harold Brooks
First aired: 2020-06-17

Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing...

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New York Undercover

as Sekou
First aired: 1994-09-08

New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and...

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On Air with Ryan Seacrest

as Self
First aired: 2004-01-01

On Air with Ryan Seacrest is an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January...

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Best Week Ever

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-23

Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1....

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Frequency

as Satch Reyna
First aired: 2016-10-05

Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old,...

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Match Game

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 2016-06-26

A modern reboot of the classic 70s game show that features two contestants attempting to match...

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Secret City

as Ambassador Moreton
First aired: 2016-06-05

Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior...

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Roots

as Jerusalem
First aired: 2016-05-30

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte...

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Hollywood Game Night

as Self
First aired: 2013-07-11

Two contestants are transported from their everyday lives into a once-in-a-lifetime night of fun...

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The Bobby Brown Story

as Tommy Brown
First aired: 2018-09-04

The life and career of R&B singer Bobby Brown, who left the pop group New Edition to score eight...

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