Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 12/29/1974 (49 years old)
  • Place of birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.76 m
  • Net worth: $500,000
  • instagram: mekhifromharlem
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Silent Hour
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 63%
role:
Mason Lynch
Not available
2024

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.0
63%
Not available
2024

Action

Crime

War & Politics

5.1
46%
2024

Comedy

Drama

6.4
92%
Lights Out
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 68%
role:
Co-Executive Producer
2024

Action

Thriller

4.9
68%
Truth Be Told
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 73%
role:
Markus Killebrew
2019

Drama

7.1
73%
Canal Street
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 80%
role:
Prosecutor A.J. Canton
2019

Drama

Thriller

5.0
80%
The Bobby Brown Story
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 79%
role:
Tommy Brown
2018

Drama

7.4
79%
Frequency
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 73%
role:
Satch Reyna
2016

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
73%
2016

Drama

3.7
65%
Roots
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Jerusalem
2016

Action

Adventure

Drama

7.9
69%
Allegiant
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 61%
role:
Max
2016

Action

Adventure

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
61%
Pandemic
IMDB 4.4
TMDB 50%
role:
Gunner
2016

Action

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.4
50%
Scream Queens
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 79%
role:
Darrien
2015

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Mystery

7.1
79%
Insurgent
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 64%
role:
Max
2015

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
64%
2014

Drama

6.9
63%
Divergent
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 69%
role:
Max
2014

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
69%
The Love Section
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 25%
role:
James Johnson
2013

Comedy

Drama

5.5
25%
The Suspect
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 55%
role:
The Suspect
2013

Thriller

5.7
55%
Last Man Standing
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 45%
role:
Jeremy Davis
2011

Action

Thriller

5.1
45%
2009

Crime

Music

5.1
66%
2007

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.4
65%
Torchwood
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Rex Matheson
2006

Action

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
73%
Hellsing Ultimate
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 85%
role:
Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
2006

Action

Adventure

Animation

Drama

8.2
85%
2004

Action

Horror

7.2
71%
Honey
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Chaz
2003

Family

Music

Romance

5.3
63%
8 Mile
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
David "Future" Porter
2002

Drama

Music

7.2
71%
Paid in Full
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 69%
role:
Mitch
2002

Action

Crime

Drama

7.0
69%
Impostor
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Cale
2001

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
61%
O
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
Odin James
2001

Drama

Romance

Thriller

6.1
60%
Shaft
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 60%
role:
Trey Howard
2000

Action

Adventure

Crime

Thriller

6.0
60%
1998

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

4.8
53%
High School High
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 55%
role:
Griff McReynolds
1996

Comedy

5.6
55%
Clockers
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
1995

Crime

Drama

Mystery

6.9
69%
The Tuskegee Airmen
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Lewis Johns
1995

Drama

History

TV Movie

War & Politics

7.1
71%
Schindler's List
IMDB 9.0
TMDB 86%
role:
Rex Matheson
1993

Drama

History

War & Politics

9.0
86%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Mekhi Phifer are, for example, Long Gone Heroes, Lights Out and Canal Street.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best StreamFat ratings are Schindler's List (8.8), Hellsing Ultimate (8.4) and Torchwood (7.5).