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Mahershala Ali is an American actor and rapper. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
Birth Name
Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore
Born
Saturday, 16 February 1974
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Blade | Blade / Eric Brooks | 2025 |
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Aaron Davis / Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2024 |
Leave the World Behind | G. H. Scott / G.H. Scott | 2023 |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron / Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2023 |
Chimp Empire | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2023 |
Stand | Self | 2023 |
Sovereign | 3416 | |
Swan Song | Cameron / Cameron Turner / Jack | 2021 |
Eternals | Eric Brooks / Blade | 2021 |
Invincible | Titan | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Blade | Blade / Eric Brooks | 2025 |
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Aaron Davis / Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2024 |
Leave the World Behind | G. H. Scott / G.H. Scott | 2023 |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron / Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2023 |
Chimp Empire | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2023 |
Stand | Self | 2023 |
Sovereign | 3416 | |
Swan Song | Cameron / Cameron Turner / Jack | 2021 |
Eternals | Eric Brooks / Blade | 2021 |
Invincible | Titan | 2021 |
Amend: The Fight for America | Self | 2021 |
Between the World and Me | Self | 2020 |
A World of Calm | Narrator | 2020 |
The Oscars | Self - Presenter | 2020 |
Ramy | Sheikh Malik | 2019 |
Alita: Battle Angel | Vector | 2019 |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron / Prowler (voice) | 2018 |
Green Book | Dr. Donald Shirley / Dr. Don Shirley | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Roxanne Roxanne | Cross | 2018 |
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Isaac Dupree | 2018 |
Comrade Detective | Coach | 2017 |
Room 104 | Franco | 2017 |
The Oscars | Self - Winner | 2017 |
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Winner | 2017 |
The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
Hidden Figures | Colonel Jim Johnson / Jim Johnson | 2016 |
Moonlight | Juan | 2016 |
Luke Cage | Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes | 2016 |
The Realest Real | The Minister | 2016 |
Kicks | Marlon | 2016 |
Free State of Jones | Moses / Moses Washington | 2016 |
Gubagude Ko | Ochoro | 2016 |
Birthday Stories with Lynn Hirschberg | Self | 2015 |
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Boggs | 2015 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | 2015 |
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Boggs | 2014 |
Supremacy | Deputy Rivers | 2014 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | City Hall Informant | 2014 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014 |
True Detective | Detective Wayne Hays / Wayne Hays | 2014 |
Go for Sisters | Dez | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
The Place Beyond the Pines | Kofi / Kofi Kancam | 2013 |
House of Cards | Remy Danton | 2013 |
Alcatraz | Clarence Montgomery | 2012 |
Alphas | Nathan Clay | 2011 |
Predators | Mombasa | 2010 |
Treme | Anthony King | 2010 |
The Wronged Man | Calvin Willis | 2010 |
Crossing Over | Detective Strickland | 2009 |
Lie to Me | Detective Don Hughes | 2009 |
Popcorn with Peter Travers | Self - Guest | 2009 |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Tizzy / Tizzy Weathers | 2008 |
Stand Up to Cancer | Himself | 2008 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
The 4400 | Richard Tyler | 2004 |
The Handler | (as Mahershalalhashbaz Ali) | 2003 |
Threat Matrix | Jelani Harper | 2003 |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self - Guest | 2003 |
Making Revolution | Mac Laslow | 2003 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
Haunted | Alex Dalcour | 2002 |
Crossing Jordan | Dr. Trey Sanders / Trey Sanders | 2001 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tombs' Security Guard | 2000 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mark Foster | 1999 |
The View | Self - Guest | 1997 |
Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
Extra | Self | 1994 |
NYPD Blue | Rashard Coleman | 1993 |
Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Children's Program | Nominated |
2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Children's Program | Won |
2019 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Won |
2019 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
2017 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
2017 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |