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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- 2024 · The Silent Hour as Mason Lynch
- 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
- 2020 · Love, Victor as Harold Brooks
- 2019 · Truth Be Told as Markus Killebrew
- 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 · Frequency as Satch Reyna
- 2016 · Chocolate City: Vegas Strip as Best Valentine
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Secret City as Ambassador Moreton
- 2016 · Roots as Jerusalem
- 2016 · Allegiant as Max
- 2016 · Pandemic as Gunner
- 2015 · Insurgent as Max
- 2014 · A Day Late and a Dollar Short as Lewis
- 2014 · Divergent as Max
- 2014 · Chicago P.D. as Joe Baker
- 2013 · Beat Bobby Flay as Self
- 2013 · Hollywood Game Night as Self
- 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 · White Collar as Kyle Collins
- 2009 · A Day in the Life as King Khi
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Ben Reynolds
- 2008 · Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above as Maxwell Terry
- 2007 · This Christmas as Gerald
- 2006 · Torchwood as Rex Matheson
- 2006 · Psych as Drake
- 2006 · Puff, Puff, Pass as Big Daddy
- 2005 · Slow Burn as Isaac Duperde
- 2004 · Dawn of the Dead as Andre
- 2004 · Best Week Ever as
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Honey as Chaz
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Making of '8 Mile' as Self
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · 8 Mile as Future
- 2002 · Paid in Full as Mitch
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · The Other Brother as Martin
- 2001 · Impostor as Cale
- 2001 · Brian's Song as Gale Sayers
- 2001 · O as Odin James
- 2001 · Carmen: A Hip Hopera as Hill
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Omar Jones
- 2000 · Shaft as Trey Howard
- 1999 · Uninvited Guest as Silk
- 1999 · A Lesson Before Dying as Jefferson
- 1998 · I Still Know What You Did Last Summer as Tyrell
- 1998 · Hell's Kitchen as Johnny Miles
- 1997 · Soul Food as Lem
- 1997 · Hav Plenty as Harold
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Subway Stories as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
- 1996 · High School High as Griff McReynolds
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Girl 6 as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
- 1995 · Clockers as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
- 1995 · The Tuskegee Airmen as Lewis Johns
- 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