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.
8 Mile
(Future)
Dawn of the Dead
(Andre)
The Silent Hour
(Mason Lynch)
Honey
(Chaz)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
(Tyrell)
O
(Odin James)
Clockers
(Ronald 'Strike' Dunham)
A Day in the Life
(King Khi)
The Tuskegee Airmen
(Lewis Johns)
Puff, Puff, Pass
(Big Daddy)
High School High
(Griff McReynolds)
Paid in Full
(Mitch)
Uninvited Guest
(Silk)
Soul Food
(Lem)
Flypaper
(Darrien)
Hell's Kitchen
(Johnny Miles)
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
(Hill)
Slow Burn
(Isaac Duperde)
A Lesson Before Dying
(Jefferson)
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
(Maxwell Terry)
Lights Out
(Max Bomer)
Last Man Standing
(Jeremy Davis)
Hav Plenty
(Harold)
The Other Brother
(Martin)
Divergent
(Max)
The Love Section
(James Johnson)
The Making of '8 Mile'
(Self)
The Suspect
(The Suspect)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
(Self)
Insurgent
(Max)
Impostor
(Cale)
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
(James Henry)
Pandemic
(Gunner)
Long Gone Heroes
(Moreao)
Allegiant
(Max)
Brian's Song
(Gale Sayers)
A Talent For Trouble
(Mekhi Phifer)
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
(Best Valentine)
This Christmas
(Gerald)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
(Lewis)
Canal Street
(Prosecutor A.J. Canton)
Girl 6
(Himself (cameo) (uncredited))
Shaft
(Trey Howard)
Obsession
(Sonny)
Subway Stories
(Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness"))
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Best Week Ever
Torchwood
(Rex Matheson)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
(Self)
The View
(Self)
New York Undercover
(Sekou)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(Omar Jones)
Homicide: Life on the Street
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
ER
(Greg Pratt)
Lie to Me
(Ben Reynolds)
Psych
(Drake)
White Collar
(Kyle Collins)
Punk'd
(Self)
Frequency
(Satch Reyna)
Roots
(Jerusalem)
Match Game
(Self - Panelist)
Truth Be Told
(Markus Killebrew)
Hollywood Game Night
(Self)
The Bobby Brown Story
(Tommy Brown)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
(Self)
Secret City
(Ambassador Moreton)
Love, Victor
(Harold Brooks)
Chicago P.D.
(Joe Baker)
Beat Bobby Flay
(Self)
Key & Peele
(Cousin)