Mekhi Phifer
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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Credits
- 2024 · The Silent Hour as Mason Lynch
- 2020 · Love, Victor as Harold Brooks
- 2019 · Truth Be Told as Markus Killebrew
- 2016 · Frequency as Satch Reyna
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Secret City as Ambassador Moreton
- 2016 · Roots as Jerusalem
- 2016 · Allegiant as Max
- 2015 · Insurgent as Max
- 2014 · Divergent as Max
- 2014 · Chicago P.D. as Joe Baker
- 2013 · Beat Bobby Flay as Self
- 2013 · Hollywood Game Night as Self
- 2012 · Key & Peele as Cousin
- 2009 · White Collar as Kyle Collins
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Ben Reynolds
- 2006 · Torchwood as Rex Matheson
- 2006 · Psych as Drake
- 2004 · Dawn of the Dead as Andre
- 2004 · Best Week Ever as
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · 8 Mile as Future
- 2001 · Impostor as Cale
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Omar Jones
- 2000 · Shaft as Trey Howard
- 1998 · I Still Know What You Did Last Summer as Tyrell
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · ER as Greg Pratt
- 1994 · New York Undercover as Sekou
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
- 1990 · Law & Order as Lyman Ross
- 1963 · Miss USA as Judge
- Future · Mascots as
- 2024 · Long Gone Heroes as Moreao
- 2024 · The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat as James Henry
- 2024 · Lights Out as Max Bomer
- 2019 · Obsession as Sonny
- 2019 · Canal Street as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
- 2018 · The Bobby Brown Story as Tommy Brown
- 2018 · A Talent For Trouble as Mekhi Phifer
- 2016 · Chocolate City: Vegas Strip as Best Valentine
- 2016 · Pandemic as Gunner
- 2014 · A Day Late and a Dollar Short as Lewis
- 2013 · The Love Section as James Johnson
- 2013 · The Suspect as The Suspect
- 2011 · Flypaper as Darrien
- 2011 · Last Man Standing as Jeremy Davis
- 2009 · A Day in the Life as King Khi
- 2008 · Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above as Maxwell Terry
- 2007 · This Christmas as Gerald
- 2006 · Puff, Puff, Pass as Big Daddy
- 2005 · Slow Burn as Isaac Duperde
- 2003 · Honey as Chaz
- 2003 · The Making of '8 Mile' as Self
- 2002 · Paid in Full as Mitch
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · The Other Brother as Martin
- 2001 · Brian's Song as Gale Sayers
- 2001 · O as Odin James
- 2001 · Carmen: A Hip Hopera as Hill
- 1999 · Uninvited Guest as Silk
- 1999 · A Lesson Before Dying as Jefferson
- 1998 · Hell's Kitchen as Johnny Miles
- 1997 · Soul Food as Lem
- 1997 · Hav Plenty as Harold
- 1997 · Subway Stories as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
- 1996 · High School High as Griff McReynolds
- 1996 · Girl 6 as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
- 1995 · Clockers as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
- 1995 · The Tuskegee Airmen as Lewis Johns