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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

7.09

Dawn of the Dead
2004-03-19

The Silent Hour

6.41

The Silent Hour
2024-10-03

6.357

Honey
2003-12-05

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

5.366

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

5.931

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

7.094

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

Puff, Puff, Pass

5.674

Puff, Puff, Pass
2006-05-09

High School High

5.52

High School High
1996-10-25

6.87

Paid in Full
2002-10-25

Uninvited Guest

5.395

Uninvited Guest
1999-06-01

6.283

Soul Food
1997-09-26

6.371

Flypaper
2011-08-19

5.078

Hell's Kitchen
1998-09-11

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

6.489

Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001-05-08

5.358

Slow Burn
2005-09-12

A Lesson Before Dying

5.026

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

7.034

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

6.9

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

6.131

Impostor
2001-12-03

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

6.689

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

5.112

Pandemic
2016-02-26

Long Gone Heroes

5.43

Long Gone Heroes
2024-09-12

6.104

Allegiant
2016-03-09

6.395

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

6.601

This Christmas
2007-11-27

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

6.468

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

7

Canal Street
2019-01-18

5.052

Girl 6
1996-03-22

6.023

Shaft
2000-06-15

5.161

Obsession
2019-09-27

5.647

Subway Stories
1997-07-24

7.75

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

5.587

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

5.9

Best Week Ever
2004-01-23

7.301

Torchwood
2006-10-22

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.316

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

6.399

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

New York Undercover

7.263

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.043

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

Homicide: Life on the Street

8.122

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-01-31

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.304

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

7.814

ER
1994-09-19

7.882

Lie to Me
2009-01-21

7.903

Psych
2006-07-07

8.218

White Collar
2009-10-23

5.102

Punk'd
2003-03-17

7.1

Frequency
2016-10-05

6.577

Match Game
2016-06-26

7.044

Truth Be Told
2019-12-06

Hollywood Game Night

6.5

Hollywood Game Night
2013-07-11

The Bobby Brown Story

6.889

The Bobby Brown Story
2018-09-04

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

9.5

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004-01-01

6.62

Secret City
2016-06-05

8.552

Love, Victor
2020-06-17

8.423

Chicago P.D.
2014-01-08

Beat Bobby Flay

6.383

Beat Bobby Flay
2013-08-24

7.687

Key & Peele
2012-01-31

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

6

Miss USA
1963-07-17

6.911

Roots
2016-05-30

8.245

High Potential
2024-09-17

Black Poker Stars Invitational

0

Black Poker Stars Invitational
2008-03-18

Black Poker Stars Invitational

0

Black Poker Stars Invitational
2008-03-18

6.579

House of Lies
2012-01-08