Mahershala Ali

  • a.k.a. Mahershalalhashbaz Ali
  • Mahershala Karim-Ali
  • 마허샬라 알리
  • Махершала Али
  • Hershal Gilmore
  • Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore
  • Магершала Алі
  • マハーシャラルハズバズ・アリ

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Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series and in House of Cards, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama Green Book (2018). He is the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020). In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective, and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016) and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mahershala Ali, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Mahershalalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali (geb. Mahershalalalhashbaz Gilmore; 16. Februar 1974) ist ein amerikanischer Schauspieler. Ali begann seine Karriere als Stammkunde in Serien wie Crossing Jordan und Threat Matrix, bevor er als Richard Tyler in der Science-Fiction-Serie The 4400 den Durchbruch schaffte. Seine erste große Filmveröffentlichung war im romantischen Fantasy-Drama-Film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button von David Fincher aus dem Jahr 2008. Zu seinen weiteren bemerkenswerten Filmen gehören Predators und The Place Beyond the Pines. Er spielte eine wichtige Rolle im Free State of Jones, der während und nach dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg spielt. Ali ist vor allem bekannt für seine jüngsten Rollen als Remy Danton in House of Cards, Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in Netflix' TV-Serie Luke Cage, Juan in Moonlight und Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Teil 1 und seiner Fortsetzung, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Teil 2.

Gender
male
Date of Birth
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Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA

Credits

Cast

CharacterMovie / TV ShowGenresReleaseRating
Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)Eternals68% · 8,292
VectorAlita: Battle Angel72% · 9,153
Detective HughesLie to MeTV79% · 1,485
Trey SandersCrossing JordanTV23 Episodes72% · 144
Tombs' Security GuardCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTV76% · 1,247
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