Mekhi Phifer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1974
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
- Future Tense
Future Tense TBA
Actor
- Hollow Moon
Hollow Moon TBA
as Captain Josh Briley
- Marx
Marx TBA
as Axel Marx
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy 2026
as Peter Mosley
Be Happy 2026
as Peter Mosley
Labyrinth 2025
Actor
The Silent Hour 2024
as Mason Lynch
Long Gone Heroes 2024
as Moreao
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat 2024
as James Henry
Lights Out 2024
as Max Bomer, Co-Executive Producer
Obsession 2019
as Sonny
Canal Street 2019
as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
A Talent For Trouble 2018
as Mekhi Phifer
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip 2016
as Best Valentine
Allegiant 2016
as Max
Pandemic 2016
as Gunner
Insurgent 2015
as Max
A Day Late and a Dollar Short 2014
as Lewis
Divergent 2014
as Max
The Love Section 2013
as James Johnson
The Suspect 2013
as The Suspect
Flypaper 2011
as Darrien
Last Man Standing 2011
as Jeremy Davis
A Day in the Life 2009
as King Khi
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above 2008
as Maxwell Terry, Production Artist
This Christmas 2007
as Gerald
Puff, Puff, Pass 2006
as Big Daddy, Director, Producer
Slow Burn 2005
as Isaac Duperde
Dawn of the Dead 2004
as Andre
Honey 2003
as Chaz
- Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic 2003
Actor
The Making of '8 Mile' 2003
as Self
8 Mile 2002
as Future
Paid in Full 2002
as Mitch
The Other Brother 2002
as Martin
Impostor 2001
as Cale
Brian's Song 2001
as Gale Sayers
O 2001
as Odin James
Carmen: A Hip Hopera 2001
as Hill
Shaft 2000
as Trey Howard
Uninvited Guest 1999
as Silk
A Lesson Before Dying 1999
as Jefferson
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998
as Tyrell
Hell's Kitchen 1998
as Johnny Miles
Soul Food 1997
as Lem
Hav Plenty 1997
as Harold
Subway Stories 1997
as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
High School High 1996
as Griff McReynolds
Girl 6 1996
as Self (uncredited)
Clockers 1995
as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
The Tuskegee Airmen 1995
as Lewis Johns
Credits from TMDB.