Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer

Birthday: 1974-12-29

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Mekhi Thira Phifer, مکی فایفر

imdb_id: nm0001616

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Making of '8 Mile'

Score: 10.0

8 Mile

Score: 7.1

The Tuskegee Airmen

Score: 7.1

Dawn of the Dead

Score: 7.1

Canal Street

Score: 7.0

Lights Out

Score: 6.9

Divergent

Score: 6.9

Paid in Full

Score: 6.8

Clockers

Score: 6.7

This Christmas

Score: 6.5

The Silent Hour

Score: 6.5

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

Score: 6.5

Flypaper

Score: 6.4

Insurgent

Score: 6.4

Honey

Score: 6.4

Soul Food

Score: 6.3

Brian's Song

Score: 6.2

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

Score: 6.2

Allegiant

Score: 6.1

Impostor

Score: 6.1

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Score: 6.0

Shaft

Score: 6.0

O

Score: 5.9

Puff, Puff, Pass

Score: 5.9

Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

Score: 5.8

Long Gone Heroes

Score: 5.7

Subway Stories

Score: 5.6

A Day in the Life

Score: 5.5

Hav Plenty

Score: 5.5

High School High

Score: 5.5

Uninvited Guest

Score: 5.4

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Score: 5.4

The Suspect

Score: 5.4

Slow Burn

Score: 5.3

Obsession

Score: 5.3

Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

Score: 5.2

Hell's Kitchen

Score: 5.2

Pandemic

Score: 5.1

Girl 6

Score: 5.0

A Lesson Before Dying

Score: 5.0

Last Man Standing

Score: 4.4

The Other Brother

Score: 3.1

The Love Section

Score: 2.0

A Talent For Trouble

Score: 1.0

Mascots

Score: 0.0

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Score: 9.5

Love, Victor

Score: 8.6

Chicago P.D.

Score: 8.4

White Collar

Score: 8.2

Homicide: Life on the Street

Score: 8.1

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Score: 8.0

Psych

Score: 7.9

Lie to Me

Score: 7.9

ER

Score: 7.8

Key & Peele

Score: 7.6

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Torchwood

Score: 7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.2

Frequency

Score: 7.1

Truth Be Told

Score: 7.1

New York Undercover

Score: 7.1

The Bobby Brown Story

Score: 7.0

Roots

Score: 6.9

Secret City

Score: 6.6

Hollywood Game Night

Score: 6.5

Beat Bobby Flay

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

Match Game

Score: 6.3

Miss USA

Score: 6.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

Best Week Ever

Score: 5.6

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

Punk'd

Score: 5.0

The View

Score: 4.3