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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 29, 1974
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Mekhi Thira Phifer
- مکی فایفر
Mekhi Phifer
1.8 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
6.5
Mason Lynch
The Silent Hour
2024
8.0
Arthur Ellis
High Potential
2024
5.8
Moreao
Long Gone Heroes
2024
6.7
James Henry
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
6.9
Max Bomer
Lights Out
2024
8.6
Harold Brooks
Love, Victor
2020
7.1
Markus Killebrew
Truth Be Told
2019
5.2
Sonny
Obsession
2019
7.0
Prosecutor A.J. Canton
Canal Street
2019
6.6
Tommy Brown
The Bobby Brown Story
2018
Credits
The Silent Hour
as Mason Lynch
2024
6.5
High Potential
as Arthur Ellis
2024
8.0
Long Gone Heroes
as Moreao
2024
5.8
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as James Henry
2024
6.7
Lights Out
as Max Bomer
2024
6.9
Love, Victor
as Harold Brooks
2020
8.6
Truth Be Told
as Markus Killebrew
2019
7.1
Obsession
as Sonny
2019
5.2
Canal Street
as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
2019
7.0
The Bobby Brown Story
as Tommy Brown
2018
6.6
A Talent For Trouble
as Mekhi Phifer
2018
1.0
Frequency
as Satch Reyna
2016
7.1
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
as Best Valentine
2016
5.8
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.4
Secret City
as Ambassador Moreton
2016
6.5
Roots
as Jerusalem
2016
6.9
Allegiant
as Max
2016
6.1
Pandemic
as Gunner
2016
5.1
Insurgent
as Max
2015
6.4
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
as Lewis
2014
6.2
Divergent
as Max
2014
6.9
Chicago P.D.
as Joe Baker
2014
8.4
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self
2013
6.1
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2013
6.5
The Love Section
as James Johnson
2013
2.0
The Suspect
as The Suspect
2013
5.4
Key & Peele
as Cousin
2012
7.6
Flypaper
as Darrien
2011
6.4
Last Man Standing
as Jeremy Davis
2011
4.4
White Collar
as Kyle Collins
2009
8.2
A Day in the Life
as King Khi
2009
5.5
Lie to Me
as Ben Reynolds
2009
7.9
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
as Maxwell Terry
2008
5.2
This Christmas
as Gerald
2007
6.5
Torchwood
as Rex Matheson
2006
7.3
Psych
as Drake
2006
7.9
Puff, Puff, Pass
as Big Daddy
2006
5.9
Slow Burn
as Isaac Duperde
2005
5.3
Dawn of the Dead
as Andre
2004
7.1
Best Week Ever
2004
5.6
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
9.5
Honey
as Chaz
2003
6.3
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
🎬
The Making of '8 Mile'
as Self
2003
10.0
Punk'd
as Self
2003
5.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
8 Mile
as Future
2002
7.1
Paid in Full
as Mitch
2002
6.8
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
0.0
The Other Brother
as Martin
2002
3.1
Impostor
as Cale
2001
6.1
Brian's Song
as Gale Sayers
2001
6.3
O
as Odin James
2001
5.9
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
as Hill
2001
6.2
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Omar Jones
2000
8.0
Shaft
as Trey Howard
2000
6.0
Uninvited Guest
as Silk
1999
5.1
A Lesson Before Dying
as Jefferson
1999
4.8
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Tyrell
1998
5.4
Hell's Kitchen
as Johnny Miles
1998
5.1
Soul Food
as Lem
1997
6.2
Hav Plenty
as Harold
1997
5.1
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Subway Stories
as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
1997
5.3
High School High
as Griff McReynolds
1996
5.4
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Girl 6
as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
1996
4.9
Clockers
as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
1995
6.7
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Lewis Johns
1995
7.1
ER
as Greg Pratt
1994
7.8
New York Undercover
as Sekou
1994
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
Law & Order
as Lyman Ross
1990
7.4
Miss USA
as Judge
1963
6.0
🎬
Mascots
N/A
0.0