Mekhi Phifer
Mekhi Phifer
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.
Known For
Actor
as Mason Lynch
as Moreao
as James Henry
as Max Bomer
as Harold Brooks
as Sonny
as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
as Markus Killebrew
as Mekhi Phifer
as Tommy Brown
as Best Valentine
as Max
as Gunner
as Satch Reyna
as Self - Panelist
as Ambassador Moreton
as Jerusalem
as Max
as Lewis
as Max
as Joe Baker
as James Johnson
as The Suspect
as Self
as Self
as Cousin
as Darrien
as Jeremy Davis
as King Khi
as Kyle Collins
as Ben Reynolds
as Maxwell Terry
as Gerald
as Big Daddy
as Rex Matheson
as Drake
as Isaac Duperde
as Andre
as Self
as Chaz
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Future
as Mitch
as Self
as Martin
as Cale
as Gale Sayers
as Odin James
as Hill
as Trey Howard
as Omar Jones
as Silk
as Jefferson
as Tyrell
as Johnny Miles
as Lem
as Harold
as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
as Self
as Griff McReynolds
as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
as Self
as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
as Lewis Johns
as Greg Pratt
as Sekou
as Self - Guest
Producer
as Co-Executive Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
Crew
as Production Artist