Mekhi Phifer
Acting
Born 1974-12-29
New York City, New York, USA
80 credits
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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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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
Law & Order
The Daily Show
Chicago P.D.
High Potential
Psych
The View
Curb Your Enthusiasm
ER
White Collar
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Lie to Me
Homicide: Life on the Street
Beat Bobby Flay
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Punk'd
New York Undercover
Torchwood
Key & Peele
Truth Be Told
Love, Victor
Miss USA
Insurgent
Dawn of the Dead
Divergent
Match Game
Hollywood Game Night
8 Mile
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Allegiant
Frequency
Secret City
Roots
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Shaft
Honey
Lights Out
Impostor
The Silent Hour
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Obsession
Clockers
Be Happy
Flypaper
High School High
Paid in Full
Pandemic
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Soul Food
This Christmas
The Tuskegee Airmen
Long Gone Heroes
Slow Burn
Girl 6
O
Black Poker Stars Invitational
Puff, Puff, Pass
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
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Directing
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