Mahershala Ali
Mahershalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore; February 16, 1974) is an American actor. Ali began his career as a regular on series such as Crossing Jordan and Threat Matrix before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science-fiction series The 4400. His first major film release was in the 2008 David Fincher-directed romantic fantasy drama film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 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 a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018). He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category, and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(Tizzy Weathers)
Eternals
(Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited))
Leave the World Behind
(G.H. Scott)
Predators
(Mombasa)
The Wronged Man
(Calvin Willis)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
(Uncle Aaron (voice))
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(Uncle Aaron (voice))
The Place Beyond the Pines
(Kofi Kancam)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(Boggs)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
(Boggs)
Go for Sisters
(Dez)
Blade
(Eric Brooks / Blade)
Wildwood
(Brenden (voice))
Stand
(Self - Actor)
Supremacy
(Deputy Rivers)
Free State of Jones
(Moses Washington)
77 Blackout
Kicks
(Marlon)
Jurassic World Rebirth
(Duncan Kincaid)
Hidden Figures
(Jim Johnson)
Moonlight
(Juan)
The Realest Real
(The Minister)
Alita: Battle Angel
(Vector)
Gubagude Ko
(Ochoro)
Roxanne Roxanne
(Cross)
Crossing Over
(Detective Strickland)
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
(Isaac Dupree)
Green Book
(Dr. Don Shirley)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(Uncle Aaron (voice))
All Signs of Death
(Gabe)
Umi's Heart
(Ezra)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
(Self (Boggs))
Making Revolution
(Mac Laslow)
Predators: Moments of Extraction
(Mombasa (Voice))
Predators: The Chosen
(Mombasa)
Swan Song
(Cameron Turner)
Between the World and Me
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
(Self)
The 4400
(Richard Tyler)
Crossing Jordan
(Trey Sanders)
Room 104
(Franco)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Mark Foster)
Alphas
(Nathan Clay)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(Tombs' Security Guard)
INVINCIBLE
(Titan (voice))
Chimp Empire
(Narrator (voice))
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
The Plot
(Jake)
Threat Matrix
(Jelani Harper)
House of Cards
(Remy Danton)
True Detective
(Wayne Hays)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Lie to Me
(Detective Hughes)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The View
(Self)
Stand Up to Cancer
(Self)
Alcatraz
(Clarence Montgomery)
The Oscars
(Self - Presenter)
Amend: The Fight for America
(Self)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
Race for the White House
(Narrator)
The Oscars
(Self - Best Supporting Actor winner)
Ramy
(Sheikh Ali Malik)
Marvel's Luke Cage
(Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes)
A World of Calm
(Narrator)
