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Mahershala Ali
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Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor for Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016) and Peter Farrelly's Green Book (2018), the first African-American actor to win two acting Oscars. Television rise with House of Cards (2013-2016) and True Detective: Season 3 (2019), for which he won the Emmy. Starred in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2014, 2015), Hidden Figures (2016), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), and Swan Song (2021). Will play Blade in the upcoming Marvel entry. SAG and Golden Globe winner. His restrained register and dramatic gravity establish him as a contemporary landmark.
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Mahershala Ali
26 Movies
15 Series
Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor for Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016) and Peter Farrelly's Green Book (2018), the first African-American actor to win two acting Oscars. Television rise with House of Cards (2013-2016) and True Detective: Season 3 (2019), for which he won the Emmy. Starred in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2014, 2015), Hidden Figures (2016), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), and Swan Song (2021). Will play Blade in the upcoming Marvel entry. SAG and Golden Globe winner. His restrained register and dramatic gravity establish him as a contemporary landmark.
Movies
Plays Brenden (voice)
Wildwood
2026
Plays Uncle Aaron (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Plays Latif
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
2026
Plays Boggs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Plays Duncan Kincaid
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025
Plays Uncle Aaron (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
Plays G.H. Scott
Leave the World Behind
2023
Plays Boggs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Plays Jim Johnson
Hidden Figures
2016
Plays Dr. Don Shirley
Green Book
2018
Plays Tizzy Weathers
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Plays Vector
Alita: Battle Angel
2019
Plays Kofi Kancam
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013
Plays Juan
Moonlight
2016
Plays Mombasa
Predators
2010
Producer
Plays Cameron Turner
Swan Song
2021
Plays Moses Washington
Free State of Jones
2016
Plays Uncle Aaron (voice)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
Plays Deputy Rivers
Supremacy
2014
Plays Detective Strickland
Crossing Over
2009
Plays Marlon
Kicks
2016
Plays Dez
Go for Sisters
2013
Plays Cross
Roxanne Roxanne
2017
TV Shows
Plays Remy Danton
House of Cards
2013
Plays Richard Tyler
The 4400
2004
Plays Trey Sanders
Crossing Jordan
2001
Plays Jelani Harper
Threat Matrix
2003
Plays Nathan Clay
Alphas
2011
Plays Wayne Hays
True Detective
2014
Plays Sheikh Ali Malik
Ramy
2019
Plays Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
Plays Self
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
Plays Titan (voice)
INVINCIBLE
2021
Plays Franco
Room 104
2017
Plays Tombs' Security Guard
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Plays Detective Hughes
Lie to Me
2009
Plays Clarence Montgomery
Alcatraz
2012
Plays Eddie Barnes
Task
2025
Latest Trailers
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Wildwood
Full Filmography
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
2027
Film
Wildwood
Brenden (voice)
2026
Film
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Latif
2026
Film
Task
Eddie Barnes
2025–
TV
Jurassic World Rebirth
Duncan Kincaid
2025
Film
Leave the World Behind
G.H. Scott
2023
Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Aaron (voice)
2023
Film
Amend: The Fight for America
Self · 3 episodes
2021
TV
INVINCIBLE
Titan (voice) · 2 episodes
2021
TV
Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Mahershala Ali and where are they from?
Mahershala Ali is 52 years old, born on February 16, 1974 in Oakland, California, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Mahershala Ali?
Mahershala Ali is best known for roles in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
How many movies has Mahershala Ali been in?
Over a 23-year career (since 2003), Mahershala Ali has appeared in 26 movies and 14 TV shows.
What was Mahershala Ali's first movie?
The career of Mahershala Ali began with Taste the Revolution (2003).
What is Mahershala Ali's most recent movie or series?
Mahershala Ali's most recent release is Wildwood, which premiered on October 19, 2026.
What TV shows has Mahershala Ali appeared in?
On television, Mahershala Ali has appeared in INVINCIBLE, True Detective, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, House of Cards.
Does Mahershala Ali have any upcoming projects?
Yes, Mahershala Ali's upcoming work includes: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027).
Mahershala Ali
1974-02-16 · Oakland, California, USA
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).Mahershala Ali, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.