Mahershala Ali
Mahershala Ali
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, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series and in House of Cards, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama Green Book (2018). He is the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020). In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective, and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016) and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mahershala Ali, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Sam Esmail
Writers: Sam Esmail,
Cast: Alexis Rae Forlenza, Charlie Evans, Ethan Hawke, Farrah Mackenzie, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Mahershala Ali, Myha'la, Orli Gottesman, Vanessa Aspillaga,
Director: Benjamin Cleary
Writers: Benjamin Cleary,
Cast: Adam Beach, Awkwafina, Dax Rey, Glenn Close, JayR Tinaco, Lee Shorten, Luke Camilleri, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Nyasha Hatendi,
Director: Peter Farrelly
Writers: Peter Farrelly,
Cast: Dimiter D. Marinov, Joe Cortese, Linda Cardellini, Maggie Nixon, Mahershala Ali, Mike Hatton, P.J. Byrne, Sebastian Maniscalco, Viggo Mortensen, Von Lewis,
Director: Theodore Melfi
Writers: Theodore Melfi,
Cast: Ariana Neal, Glen Powell, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Octavia Spencer, Saniyya Sidney, Taraji P. Henson,
Director: Barry Jenkins
Writers: Barry Jenkins,
Cast: Alex R. Hibbert, André Holland, Ashton Sanders, Jaden Piner, Janelle Monáe, Jharrel Jerome, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Shariff Earp, Trevante Rhodes,
Director: Justin Tipping
Writers: Justin Tipping,
Cast: C.J. Wallace, Christopher Meyer, Dyendis Davis-Jones, Jahking Guillory, Kofi Siriboe, Kyndall Ferguson, Mahershala Ali, Mistah F.A.B., Molly Shaiken, Tina Gilton,
Director: Gary Ross
Writers: Gary Ross,
Cast: Brad Carter, Christopher Berry, Gary Grubbs, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jacob Lofland, Jane McNeill, Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali, Matthew McConaughey, Sean Bridgers,
Director: Deon Taylor
Writers: Eric J. Adams,
Cast: Danny Glover, Dawn Olivieri, Derek Luke, Evan Ross, Joe Anderson, Julie Benz, Lela Rochon, Mahershala Ali, Nick Chinlund, Robin Bobeau,
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance,
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Greenwood, Dane DeHaan, Emory Cohen, Eva Mendes, Mahershala Ali, Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne, Ryan Gosling,
Director: Nimród Antal
Writers: Michael Finch,
Cast: Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Brian Steele, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Louis Ozawa, Mahershala Ali, Oleg Taktarov, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins,
