Actor Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer
Photo of actor 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.
Place of birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Date of birth
29th December 1974
Movies that starred Mekhi Phifer (16 in total)
Lights Out poster

Lights Out [2024]

Max Bomer
The Silent Hour poster

The Silent Hour [2024]

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

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat [2024]

James Henry
Pandemic poster

Pandemic [2016]

Gunner
Insurgent poster

Insurgent [2015]

Max
Dawn of the Dead poster

Dawn of the Dead [2004]

Andre
Honey poster

Honey [2003]

Chaz
8 Mile poster

8 Mile [2002]

David "Future" Porter
Paid in Full poster

Paid in Full [2002]

Mitch
Impostor poster

Impostor [2001]

Cale
O poster

O [2001]

Odin James
Uninvited Guest poster

Uninvited Guest [1999]

Silk
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer poster

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer [1998]

Tyrell
Soul Food poster

Soul Food [1997]

Lem
High School High poster

High School High [1996]

Griff McReynolds
Clockers poster

Clockers [1995]

Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
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