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Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer

Actor · Born 1974-12-29 · New York City, New York, USA

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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 appea…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Divergent (2014) — Max
  2. Insurgent (2015) — Max
  3. 8 Mile (2002) — Future
  4. Allegiant (2016) — Max
  5. Dawn of the Dead (2004) — Andre
  6. Chicago P.D. (2014) — Joe Baker
  7. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) — Tyrell
  8. Lie to Me (2009) — Ben Reynolds
  9. Love, Victor (2020) — Harold Brooks
  10. White Collar (2009) — Kyle Collins
  11. Shaft (2000) — Trey Howard
  12. Honey (2003) — Chaz
  13. Psych (2006) — Drake
  14. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Omar Jones
  15. ER (1994) — Greg Pratt
  16. Flypaper (2011) — Darrien
  17. Law & Order (1990) — Lyman Ross
  18. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  19. High Potential (2024) — Arthur Ellis
  20. Torchwood (2006) — Rex Matheson
  21. Impostor (2001) — Cale
  22. Pandemic (2016) — Gunner
  23. Clockers (1995) — Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
  24. O (2001) — Odin James
  25. The Silent Hour (2024) — Mason Lynch
  26. Frequency (2016) — Satch Reyna
  27. Key & Peele (2012) — Cousin
  28. Paid in Full (2002) — Mitch
  29. High School High (1996) — Griff McReynolds
  30. Truth Be Told (2019) — Markus Killebrew
  31. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
  32. Roots (2016) — Jerusalem
  33. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  34. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  35. Lights Out (2024) — Max Bomer
  36. This Christmas (2007) — Gerald
  37. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney
  38. Secret City (2016) — Ambassador Moreton
  39. The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) — Lewis Johns
  40. Girl 6 (1996) — Self (uncredited)

Directed

  1. Puff, Puff, Pass (2006) — Director