Mahershala Ali
Biography
Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University,…
Known For
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Green Book
Dr. Don Shirley
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
Hidden Figures
Jim Johnson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tizzy Weathers
True Detective
Wayne Hays
Alita: Battle Angel
Vector
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Boggs
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Filmography
Acting (71)
Movies (41)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027 Upcomingas Uncle Aaron (voice)
Jun 17
Wildwood
2026 Upcomingas Brenden (voice)
Oct 23
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025as Duncan Kincaid
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025as Self
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Leave the World Behind
2023as G.H. Scott
Stand
2023as Self - Actor
Eternals
2021as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Swan Song
2021as Cameron Turner
Between the World and Me
2020
Alita: Battle Angel
2019as Vector
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Green Book
2018as Dr. Don Shirley
Roxanne Roxanne
2017as Cross
Adnis
2017as Adnis
Hidden Figures
2016as Jim Johnson
Moonlight
2016as Juan
Free State of Jones
2016as Moses Washington
Kicks
2016as Marlon
Gubagude Ko
2016as Ochoro
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015as Boggs
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015as Self - Boggs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014as Boggs
Supremacy
2014as Deputy Rivers
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013as Kofi Kancam
Go for Sisters
2013as Dez
Predators
2010as Mombasa
The Wronged Man
2010as Calvin Willis
Predators: Moments of Extraction
2010as Mombasa (voice)
Predators: The Chosen
2010
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009as Self
Crossing Over
2009as Detective Strickland
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008as Tizzy Weathers
Umi's Heart
2008as Ezra
Taste the Revolution
2003as Mac Laslow
Blade
as Eric Brooks / Blade
77 Blackout
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
All Signs of Death
as Gabe
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
as Isaac Dupree
The Ten Commandments
Television (30)
Chimp Empire
2023as Self - Narrator (voice)
Invincible
2021as Titan (voice)
Amend: The Fight for America
2021as Self
A World of Calm
2020as Narrator
Ramy
2019as Sheikh Ali Malik
Room 104
2017as Franco
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
Race for the White House
2016as Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015as Self
True Detective
2014as Wayne Hays
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014as Self
House of Cards
2013as Remy Danton
House of Cards
2013as Remy Danton
Alcatraz
2012as Clarence Montgomery
Alphas
2011as Nathan Clay
Lie to Me
2009as Detective Hughes
Stand Up to Cancer
2008as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self
The 4400
2004as Richard Tyler
The 4400
2004as Richard Tyler
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self
Threat Matrix
2003as Jelani Harper
Crossing Jordan
2001as Trey Sanders
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000as Tombs' Security Guard
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Mark Foster
The View
1997as Self
The Daily Show
1996as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
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