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Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1974-12-29

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

8 Mile

8 Mile

2002

7.1

Movie
A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

2009

6.3

Movie
A Day Late and a Dollar Short

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

2014

6.2

Movie
A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying

1999

5.2

Movie
A Talent For Trouble

A Talent For Trouble

2018

0.0

Movie
Allegiant

Allegiant

2016

6.1

Movie
poster

Beat Bobby Flay

2013

6.4

TV
poster

Best Week Ever

2004

6.3

TV
Brian's Song

Brian's Song

2001

6.2

Movie
Canal Street

Canal Street

2019

7.5

Movie
Carmen: A Hip Hopera

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

2001

6.3

Movie
poster

Chicago P.D.

2014

8.4

TV
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

2016

6.3

Movie
Clockers

Clockers

1995

6.7

Movie
poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

8.0

TV
Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

2004

7.1

Movie
Divergent

Divergent

2014

6.9

Movie
poster

ER

1994

7.8

TV
Flypaper

Flypaper

2011

6.4

Movie
poster

Frequency

2016

7.1

TV
Girl 6

Girl 6

1996

5.0

Movie
Hav Plenty

Hav Plenty

1997

5.8

Movie
Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

1998

5.4

Movie
High School High

High School High

1996

5.5

Movie
poster

Hollywood Game Night

2013

6.8

TV
poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

8.0

TV
Honey

Honey

2003

6.3

Movie
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

1998

5.4

Movie
Impostor

Impostor

2001

6.1

Movie
Insurgent

Insurgent

2015

6.4

Movie
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

2011

4.4

Movie
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
poster

Lie to Me

2009

7.9

TV
Lights Out

Lights Out

2024

6.9

Movie
Long Gone Heroes

Long Gone Heroes

2024

5.3

Movie
poster

Love, Victor

2020

8.6

TV
poster

Match Game

2016

6.0

TV
NBC 75th Anniversary Special

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

0.0

Movie
poster

New York Undercover

1994

7.2

TV
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

2008

6.0

Movie
O

O

2001

5.9

Movie
Obsession

Obsession

2019

6.1

Movie
poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

2004

9.5

TV
Paid in Full

Paid in Full

2002

6.8

Movie
Pandemic

Pandemic

2016

5.1

Movie
poster

Psych

2006

7.9

TV
Puff, Puff, Pass

Puff, Puff, Pass

2006

6.0

Movie
poster

Punk'd

2003

5.0

TV
poster

Roots

2016

6.9

TV
poster

Secret City

2016

6.6

TV
Shaft

Shaft

2000

6.0

Movie
Slow Burn

Slow Burn

2005

5.3

Movie
Soul Food

Soul Food

1997

6.3

Movie
Subway Stories

Subway Stories

1997

6.0

Movie
poster

The Bobby Brown Story

2018

7.2

TV
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

5.8

TV
The Love Section

The Love Section

2013

2.5

Movie
The Making of '8 Mile'

The Making of '8 Mile'

2003

10.0

Movie
The Other Brother

The Other Brother

2002

3.8

Movie
The Silent Hour

The Silent Hour

2024

6.3

Movie
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

2024

7.2

Movie
The Suspect

The Suspect

2013

5.5

Movie
The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

7.0

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
This Christmas

This Christmas

2007

6.5

Movie
poster

Torchwood

2006

7.3

TV
poster

Truth Be Told

2019

7.2

TV
Uninvited Guest

Uninvited Guest

1999

5.8

Movie
poster

White Collar

2009

8.3

TV