1974-12-29 ( 50 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Movies
The Silent Hour
2024-10-03
Long Gone Heroes
2024-09-20
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024-08-07
Lights Out
2024-02-16
Obsession
2019-09-27
Canal Street
2019-01-18
A Talent For Trouble
2018-04-06
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016-07-04
Allegiant
2016-03-09
Pandemic
2016-02-26
Insurgent
2015-03-18
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014-04-19
Divergent
2014-03-14
The Love Section
2013-02-01
The Suspect
2013-01-23
Flypaper
2011-08-19
Last Man Standing
2011-06-07
A Day in the Life
2009-07-07
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
2008-05-13
This Christmas
2007-11-27
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006-05-09
Slow Burn
2005-09-12
Dawn of the Dead
2004-03-19
Honey
2003-11-24
The Making of '8 Mile'
2003-03-18
8 Mile
2002-11-08
Paid in Full
2002-10-25
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05
The Other Brother
2002-04-26
Impostor
2001-12-03
Brian's Song
2001-12-02
O
2001-08-31
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001-05-08
Shaft
2000-06-15
Uninvited Guest
1999-06-01
A Lesson Before Dying
1999-05-22
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998-11-13
Hell's Kitchen
1998-09-11
Soul Food
1997-09-26
Hav Plenty
1997-09-11
Subway Stories
1997-07-24
High School High
1996-10-25
Girl 6
1996-03-22
Clockers
1995-09-15
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25
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