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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
February 7th, 2026 | Be Happy | Peter Mosley | 7.7 | |
February 7th, 2026 | Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy | Peter Mosley | 6.5 | |
October 3rd, 2024 | The Silent Hour | Mason Lynch | 6.5 | |
September 12th, 2024 | Long Gone Heroes | Moreao | 5.4 | |
August 7th, 2024 | The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat | James Henry | 6.7 | |
February 16th, 2024 | Lights Out | Max Bomer | 7 | |
September 27th, 2019 | Obsession | Sonny | 5.2 | |
January 18th, 2019 | Canal Street | Prosecutor A.J. Canton | 7 | |
April 6th, 2018 | A Talent For Trouble | Mekhi Phifer | 1 | |
July 4th, 2016 | Chocolate City: Vegas Strip | Best Valentine | 5.8 | |
March 9th, 2016 | Allegiant | Max | 6.1 | |
February 26th, 2016 | Pandemic | Gunner | 5.1 | |
March 18th, 2015 | Insurgent | Max | 6.4 | |
April 19th, 2014 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Lewis | 6.5 | |
March 14th, 2014 | Divergent | Max | 6.9 | |
February 1st, 2013 | The Love Section | James Johnson | 2 | |
January 23rd, 2013 | The Suspect | The Suspect | 5.4 | |
August 19th, 2011 | Flypaper | Darrien | 6.4 | |
June 7th, 2011 | Last Man Standing | Jeremy Davis | 4.5 | |
July 7th, 2009 | A Day in the Life | King Khi | 5.8 | |
May 13th, 2008 | Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above | Maxwell Terry | 5.2 | |
November 27th, 2007 | This Christmas | Gerald | 6.5 | |
May 9th, 2006 | Puff, Puff, Pass | Big Daddy | 5.8 | |
September 12th, 2005 | Slow Burn | Isaac Duperde | 5.4 | |
March 19th, 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | Andre | 7.1 | |
December 5th, 2003 | Honey | Chaz | 6.3 | |
March 18th, 2003 | The Making of '8 Mile' | Self | 8 | |
November 8th, 2002 | 8 Mile | Future | 7.1 | |
October 25th, 2002 | Paid in Full | Mitch | 6.8 | |
May 5th, 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 10 | |
April 26th, 2002 | The Other Brother | Martin | 4.8 | |
December 3rd, 2001 | Impostor | Cale | 6.1 | |
December 2nd, 2001 | Brian's Song | Gale Sayers | 6.4 | |
August 31st, 2001 | O | Odin James | 5.9 | |
May 8th, 2001 | Carmen: A Hip Hopera | Hill | 6.3 | |
June 15th, 2000 | Shaft | Trey Howard | 6 | |
June 1st, 1999 | Uninvited Guest | Silk | 5.4 | |
May 22nd, 1999 | A Lesson Before Dying | Jefferson | 4.9 | |
November 13th, 1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Tyrell | 5.4 | |
September 11th, 1998 | Hell's Kitchen | Johnny Miles | 5.1 | |
September 26th, 1997 | Soul Food | Lem | 6.2 | |
September 11th, 1997 | Hav Plenty | Harold | 5.8 | |
July 24th, 1997 | Subway Stories | Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness") | 5.6 | |
October 25th, 1996 | High School High | Griff McReynolds | 5.5 | |
March 22nd, 1996 | Girl 6 | Himself (cameo) (uncredited) | 5 | |
September 15th, 1995 | Clockers | Ronald 'Strike' Dunham | 6.7 | |
August 25th, 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen | Lewis Johns | 7.1 |