
Cast
Mekhi Phifer
Acting
Cast
Mekhi Phifer
Known for
Acting
Born
1974-12-29
From
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Mekhi Thira Phifer, مکی فایفر
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.

Divergent
as Max

Dawn of the Dead
as Andre

Insurgent
as Max

Allegiant
as Max

8 Mile
as Future

Shaft
as Trey Howard

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Tyrell

Honey
as Chaz

Clockers
as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham

Obsession
as Sonny

O
as Odin James

Lights Out
as Max Bomer

Impostor
as Cale

Flypaper
as Darrien

This Christmas
as Gerald

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as James Henry

Subway Stories
as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")

Pandemic
as Gunner

Slow Burn
as Isaac Duperde

The Silent Hour
as Mason Lynch

High School High
as Griff McReynolds

The Tuskegee Airmen
as Lewis Johns

Girl 6
as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)

Paid in Full
as Mitch

Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
as Peter Mosley

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self

Soul Food
as Lem

Long Gone Heroes
as Moreao

Last Man Standing
as Jeremy Davis

A Day Late and a Dollar Short
as Lewis

The Suspect
as The Suspect

Carmen: A Hip Hopera
as Hill

A Day in the Life
as King Khi

Uninvited Guest
as Silk

Puff, Puff, Pass
as Big Daddy

Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
as Best Valentine

Hell's Kitchen
as Johnny Miles

Canal Street
as Prosecutor A.J. Canton

Hav Plenty
as Harold

A Lesson Before Dying
as Jefferson

Brian's Song
as Gale Sayers

Be Happy
as Peter Mosley

A Talent For Trouble
as Mekhi Phifer

The Making of '8 Mile'
as Self

Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
as Maxwell Terry

The Other Brother
as Martin

Marx
as Axel Marx

The Love Section
as James Johnson