Mekhi Phifer
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1974-12-29 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Mekhi Thira Phifer · مکی فایفر
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.
Known For
TV Shows (30)
Law & Order
1990
as Lyman Ross
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Joe Baker
ER
1994
as Greg Pratt
Psych
2006
as Drake
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Omar Jones
The View
1997
as Self
High Potential
2024
as Arthur Ellis
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
White Collar
2009
as Kyle Collins
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney
Lie to Me
2009
as Ben Reynolds
Beat Bobby Flay
2013
as Self
Torchwood
2006
as Rex Matheson
Miss USA
1963
as Self - Judge
Key & Peele
2012
as Cousin
Truth Be Told
2019
as Markus Killebrew
Punk'd
2003
as Self
New York Undercover
1994
as Sekou
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
Best Week Ever
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
Hollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
Love, Victor
2020
as Harold Brooks
Secret City
2016
as Ambassador Moreton
Roots
2016
as Jerusalem
Frequency
2016
as Satch Reyna
The Bobby Brown Story
2018
as Tommy Brown
Movies (48)
Divergent
2014
as Max
Dawn of the Dead
2004
as Andre
Insurgent
2015
as Max
Allegiant
2016
as Max
8 Mile
2002
as Future
Shaft
2000
as Trey Howard
Honey
2003
as Chaz
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
as Tyrell
Clockers
1995
as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
Lights Out
2024
as Max Bomer
Flypaper
2011
as Darrien
O
2001
as Odin James
Obsession
2019
as Sonny
This Christmas
2007
as Gerald
Impostor
2001
as Cale
Slow Burn
2005
as Isaac Duperde
Pandemic
2016
as Gunner
Subway Stories
1997
as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Lewis Johns
The Silent Hour
2024
as Mason Lynch
Paid in Full
2002
as Mitch
High School High
1996
as Griff McReynolds
Girl 6
1996
as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
2026
as Peter Mosley
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
Soul Food
1997
as Lem
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
as James Henry
Last Man Standing
2011
as Jeremy Davis
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
as Lewis
The Suspect
2013
as The Suspect
Hell's Kitchen
1998
as Johnny Miles
Long Gone Heroes
2024
as Moreao
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006
as Big Daddy
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016
as Best Valentine
Canal Street
2019
as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
A Lesson Before Dying
1999
as Jefferson
Uninvited Guest
1999
as Silk
Hav Plenty
1997
as Harold
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001
as Hill
A Day in the Life
2009
as King Khi
Brian's Song
2001
as Gale Sayers
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
2008
as Maxwell Terry
The Making of '8 Mile'
2003
as Self
A Talent For Trouble
2018
as Mekhi Phifer
The Other Brother
2002
as Martin
The Love Section
2013
as James Johnson
Marx
as Axel Marx
Be Happy
2026
as Peter Mosley
About 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 op… With 78 credits spanning from 1963 to 2026, Mekhi Phifer has appeared in 48 films and 30 TV shows.
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- Divergent (2014) — as Max
- Dawn of the Dead (2004) — as Andre
- Insurgent (2015) — as Max
- Allegiant (2016) — as Max
- 8 Mile (2002) — as Future
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