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Mekhi Phifer is an American actor. He portrayed Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and had a co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a recurring cast member on the Fox crime show Lie to Me in the role of Ben Reynolds before season three, and also starred as CIA agent Rex Matheson in Torchwood: Miracle Day.
Birth Name
Mekhi Thira Phifer
Born
Sunday, 29 December 1974
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Lights Out | Max Bomer | 2024 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Phat Tuesdays | (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Love, Victor | Harold Brooks | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| Truth Be Told | Markus Knox / Markus Killebrew | 2019 |
| Obsession | Sonny | 2019 |
| Canal Street | Prosecutor A.J Canton / Prosecutor A.J. Canton | 2019 |
| Long Gone Heroes | Moreao | 2019 |
| The Bobby Brown Story | Tommy Brown | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Lights Out | Max Bomer | 2024 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Phat Tuesdays | (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Love, Victor | Harold Brooks | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| Truth Be Told | Markus Knox / Markus Killebrew | 2019 |
| Obsession | Sonny | 2019 |
| Canal Street | Prosecutor A.J Canton / Prosecutor A.J. Canton | 2019 |
| Long Gone Heroes | Moreao | 2019 |
| The Bobby Brown Story | Tommy Brown | 2018 |
| A Talent for Trouble | Mekhi Phifer | 2018 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Frequency | Satch Reyna | 2016 |
| Chocolate City: Vegas | Best Valentine | 2016 |
| Match Game | Self - Celebrity Panelist | 2016 |
| Secret City | Ambassador Moreton | 2016 |
| Roots | Jerusalem | 2016 |
| Pandemic | Gunner | 2016 |
| Allegiant | Max | 2016 |
| Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
| The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Max | 2015 |
| A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Lewis | 2014 |
| Divergent | Max | 2014 |
| Chicago P.D. | Joe Baker | 2014 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Beat Bobby Flay | Self - Celebrity Judge | 2013 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| Hollywood Game Night | Self - Celebrity Guest | 2013 |
| The Love Section | James Johnson | 2013 |
| The Suspect | The Suspect | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Key and Peele | Cousin | 2012 |
| House of Lies | Dre Collins | 2012 |
| The Chew | Himself | 2011 |
| 1st Look | Self - Interviewee | 2011 |
| Husbands | Mark | 2011 |
| Flypaper | Darrien | 2011 |
| Last Man Standing | Jeremy Davis | 2011 |
| GeekRockTV | Self - Special Guest | 2010 |
| Talk Stoop | Self | 2009 |
| White Collar | Kyle Collins | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| A Day in the Life | King Khi | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | Ben Reynolds | 2009 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2008 |
| The Wendy Williams Show | Self | 2008 |
| Nora's Hair Salon II | Dr. Terry | 2008 |
| Black Poker Stars Invitational | Player / Self - Guest | 2008 |
| This Christmas | Gerald | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Himself - Guest | 2007 |
| Torchwood | Rex Matheson / Agent Rex Matheson | 2006 |
| Psych | Drake | 2006 |
| Puff, Puff, Pass | Big Daddy | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Slow Burn | Isaac Duperde | 2005 |
| 36th NAACP Image Awards | Self | 2005 |
| The MC: Why We Do It | Narrator | 2005 |
| 100 Proof | Self | 2004 |
| With All Deliberate Speed | Self | 2004 |
| Dawn of the Dead | Andre | 2004 |
| Tavis Smiley | Himself | 2004 |
| Honey | Chaz | 2003 |
| Celebrity Poker Showdown | Self | 2003 |
| VH1 Goes Inside | Self | 2003 |
| World Poker Tour | Self | 2003 |
| Punk'd | Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| 8 Mile | David "Future" Porter / Future | 2002 |
| Paid in Full | Mitch | 2002 |
| The Other Brother | Martin | 2002 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself | 2002 |
| Brian's Song | Gale Sayers | 2001 |
| Impostor | Cale | 2001 |
| O | Odin James | 2001 |
| Carmen: A Hip Hopera | Hill | 2001 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Omar Jones | 2000 |
| Shaft | Trey Howard | 2000 |
| Uninvited Guest | Silk | 1999 |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Jefferson | 1999 |
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Tyrell | 1998 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Johnny / Johnny Miles | 1998 |
| Soul Food | Lem | 1997 |
| Hav Plenty | Harold | 1997 |
| SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness") | 1997 |
| The View | Himself | 1997 |
| High School High | Griff McReynolds | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Girl 6 | Self (cameo) | 1996 |
| Mad TV | Self | 1995 |
| Clockers | Ronald 'Strike' Dunham / Strike | 1995 |
| Lauren Hutton and... | Self | 1995 |
| The Tuskegee Airmen | Lewis Johns | 1995 |
| ER | Greg Pratt / Gregory Pratt | 1994 |
| New York Undercover | Sekou / Dion Broat | 1994 |
| Models Inc. | Model #2 | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self - 'Max' | 1992 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Puff, Puff, Pass | 2006 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Suspect | 2013 |
| Nora's Hair Salon II | 2008 |
| This Christmas | 2007 |
| Puff, Puff, Pass | 2006 |
