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Mekhi Phifer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1974-12-29,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.147

8 Mile
2002-11-08

Dawn of the Dead

7.079

Dawn of the Dead
2004-03-19

The Silent Hour

6.401

The Silent Hour
2024-10-03

6.352

Honey
2003-12-05

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

5.373

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998-11-13

5.92

O
2001-08-31

6.7

Clockers
1995-09-15

A Day in the Life

5.767

A Day in the Life
2009-07-07

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.096

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

Puff, Puff, Pass

5.714

Puff, Puff, Pass
2006-05-09

High School High

5.507

High School High
1996-10-25

6.833

Paid in Full
2002-10-25

Uninvited Guest

5.395

Uninvited Guest
1999-06-01

6.283

Soul Food
1997-09-26

6.382

Flypaper
2011-08-19

5.079

Hell's Kitchen
1998-09-11

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

6.43

Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001-05-08

5.344

Slow Burn
2005-09-12

A Lesson Before Dying

4.972

A Lesson Before Dying
1999-05-22

Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

5.2

Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
2008-05-13

7.016

Lights Out
2024-02-16

Last Man Standing

4.386

Last Man Standing
2011-06-07

5.821

Hav Plenty
1997-09-11

The Other Brother

4.75

The Other Brother
2002-04-26

6.903

Divergent
2014-03-14

The Love Section

2

The Love Section
2013-02-01

The Making of '8 Mile'

8

The Making of '8 Mile'
2003-03-18

5.311

The Suspect
2013-01-23

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

6

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05

6.36

Insurgent
2015-03-18

6.13

Impostor
2001-12-03

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

6.708

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024-08-07

5.104

Pandemic
2016-02-26

Long Gone Heroes

5.395

Long Gone Heroes
2024-09-12

6.101

Allegiant
2016-03-09

6.441

Brian's Song
2001-12-02

A Talent For Trouble

1

A Talent For Trouble
2018-04-06

Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

5.8

Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016-07-04

6.578

This Christmas
2007-11-27

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

6.6

A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014-04-19

7

Canal Street
2019-01-18

5.045

Girl 6
1996-03-22

6.023

Shaft
2000-06-15

5.161

Obsession
2019-09-27

5.647

Subway Stories
1997-07-24

7.7

Be Happy
2026-02-07

Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy

6.5

Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
2026-02-07

0

Marx

0

Labyrinth
2025-10-10

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.573

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

5.9

Best Week Ever
2004-01-23

7.299

Torchwood
2006-10-22

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.288

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

New York Undercover

7.3

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.042

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

Homicide: Life on the Street

8.111

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-01-31

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

7.831

ER
1994-09-19

7.878

Lie to Me
2009-01-21

7.889

Psych
2006-07-07

8.225

White Collar
2009-10-23

5.1

Punk'd
2003-03-17

7.1

Frequency
2016-10-05

6.4

Match Game
2016-06-26

7.055

Truth Be Told
2019-12-06

Hollywood Game Night

6.5

Hollywood Game Night
2013-07-11

The Bobby Brown Story

6.765

The Bobby Brown Story
2018-09-04

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

9.5

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004-01-01

6.587

Secret City
2016-06-05

8.566

Love, Victor
2020-06-17

8.424

Chicago P.D.
2014-01-08

Beat Bobby Flay

6.232

Beat Bobby Flay
2013-08-24

7.7

Key & Peele
2012-01-31

7.288

Law & Order
1990-09-13

6

Miss USA
1963-07-17

6.9

Roots
2016-05-30

8.214

High Potential
2024-09-17