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Canal Street

as Prosecutor A.J. Canton

2019
Allegiant

as

2016
Pandemic

as Gunner

2016
Insurgent

as

2015
Divergent

as

2014
The Love Section

as James Johnson

2013
The Suspect

as The Suspect

2013
Flypaper

as Darrien

2011
Last Man Standing

as Jeremy Davis

2011
A Day in the Life

as King Khi

2009
Puff, Puff, Pass

as Big Daddy

2006
Slow Burn

as Isaac Duperde

2007
Dawn of the Dead

as Andre

2004
Honey

as Chaz

2003
8 Mile

as Future

2002
Paid in Full

as Mitch

2002
The Other Brother

as Martin

2002
Impostor

as Cale

2001
O

as Odin James

2001
Brian's Song

as Gale Sayers

2001
Carmen: A Hip Hopera

as Hill

2001
Uninvited Guest

as Silk

1999
A Lesson Before Dying

as Jefferson

1999
Mekhi Phifer Mekhi Phifer

Birthday

1974-12-29

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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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