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Mekhi Phifer
New York City, New York, USA
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…
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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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2026
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
Movie Peter Mosley
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2026
Be Happy
Movie Peter Mosley
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2025
Labyrinth
Movie
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2024
The Silent Hour
Movie Mason Lynch
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2024
High Potential
TV show Arthur Ellis
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2024
Long Gone Heroes
Movie Moreao
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2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Movie James Henry
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2024
Lights Out
Movie Max Bomer
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2020
Love, Victor
TV show Harold Brooks
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2019
Truth Be Told
TV show Markus Killebrew
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2019
Obsession
Movie Sonny
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2019
Canal Street
Movie Prosecutor A.J. Canton
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2018
The Bobby Brown Story
TV show Tommy Brown
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2018
A Talent For Trouble
Movie Mekhi Phifer
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2016
Frequency
TV show Satch Reyna
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2016
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Movie Best Valentine
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2016
Match Game
TV show Self - Panelist
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2016
Secret City
TV show Ambassador Moreton
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2016
Roots
TV show Jerusalem
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2016
Allegiant
Movie Max
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2016
Pandemic
Movie Gunner
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2015
Insurgent
Movie Max
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2014
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Movie Lewis
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2014
Divergent
Movie Max
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2014
Chicago P.D.
TV show Joe Baker
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2013
Beat Bobby Flay
TV show Self
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2013
Hollywood Game Night
TV show Self
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2013
The Love Section
Movie James Johnson
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2013
The Suspect
Movie The Suspect
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2012
Key & Peele
TV show Cousin
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2012
House of Lies
TV show Dre Collins
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2011
Flypaper
Movie Darrien
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2011
Last Man Standing
Movie Jeremy Davis
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2009
White Collar
TV show Kyle Collins
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2009
A Day in the Life
Movie King Khi
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2009
Lie to Me
TV show Ben Reynolds
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2008
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
Movie Maxwell Terry
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2008
Black Poker Stars Invitational
TV show Self – Guest
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2007
This Christmas
Movie Gerald
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2006
Torchwood
TV show Rex Matheson
