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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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Born:
Dec 29, 1974 In Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
63
First Appeared:
In the movie The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
Latest Project:
Movie The Silent Hour 2024-06-20
Known For
Poster of White Collar
Poster of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Poster of The Other Brother
Poster of The Daily Show
Filmography
Movie The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat 2025
Movie Lights Out Max Bomer 2024-02-16
Movie The Silent Hour Lynch 2024-06-20
Movie Canal Street Prosecutor A.J. Canton 2019-01-18
Series Truth Be Told Markus Killebrew 2019-12-06
Movie Obsession Sonny 2019-09-27
Series The Bobby Brown Story Tommy Brown 2018-09-04
Movie Pandemic Gunner 2016-02-26
Movie Allegiant Max 2016-03-09
Movie Chocolate City: Vegas Strip Best Valentine 2016-07-04
Series Roots Jerusalem 2016-05-30
Series Secret City Moreton 2016-06-05
Series Frequency Satch Reyna 2016-10-05
Movie Insurgent Max 2015-03-18
Movie A Day Late and a Dollar Short Lewis 2014-04-19
Movie Divergent Max 2014-03-14
Movie The Suspect The Suspect 2013-01-23
Movie The Love Section James Johnson 2013-02-01
Movie Last Man Standing Jeremy Davis 2011-06-07
Movie Flypaper Darrien 2011-08-19
Series Lie to Me Ben Reynolds 2009-01-21
Movie A Day in the Life King Khi 2009-07-07
Series White Collar Kyle Collins 2009-10-23
Movie Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above Maxwell Terry 2008-05-13
Movie This Christmas Gerald 2007-11-27
Movie Puff, Puff, Pass Big Daddy 2006-05-09
Series Torchwood Rex Matheson 2006-10-22
Series Psych Drake 2006-07-07
Movie Slow Burn Isaac Duperde 2005-09-12
Series Best Week Ever Unknown 2004-01-23
Movie Dawn of the Dead Andre 2004-03-19
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Series Punk'd Himself 2003-03-17
Series The Ellen DeGeneres Show Unknown 2003-09-08
Movie Honey Chaz 2003-11-24
Series World Poker Tour Unknown 2003-03-30
Movie The Other Brother Martin 2002-04-26
Movie NBC 75th Anniversary Special Self 2002-05-05
Movie 8 Mile David "Future" Porter 2002-11-08
Movie Paid in Full Mitch 2002-10-25
Movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera Hill 2001-05-08
Movie Brian's Song Gale Sayers 2001-12-02
Movie Impostor Cale 2001-12-03
Movie O Odin James 2001-08-31
Movie Shaft Trey Howard 2000-06-15
Series Curb Your Enthusiasm Omar Jones 2000-10-15
Movie A Lesson Before Dying Jefferson 1999-05-22
Movie Uninvited Guest Silk 1999-06-01
Movie Hell's Kitchen Johnny Miles 1998-09-11
Movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Tyrell 1998-11-13
Movie Subway Stories Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness") 1997-07-24
Series The View Unknown 1997-08-11
Movie Hav Plenty Harold 1997-09-11
Movie Soul Food Lem 1997-09-26
Movie Girl 6 Himself (cameo) (uncredited) 1996-03-22
Movie High School High Griff McReynolds 1996-10-25
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Movie Clockers Ronald 'Strike' Dunham 1995-09-15
Movie The Tuskegee Airmen Lewis Johns 1995-08-25
Series ER Greg Pratt 1994-09-19
Series New York Undercover Unknown 1994-09-08
Series Homicide: Life on the Street Unknown 1993-01-31
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13