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Mahershalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore; February 16, 1974) is an American actor. Ali began his career as a regular on series such as Crossing Jordan and Threat Matrix before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science-fiction series The 4400. His first major film release was in the 2008 David Fincher-directed romantic fantasy drama film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 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 a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018). He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category, and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars.
Filmography
all 68
Movies 40
TV Shows 28
self 15
Voice 5
Narrator 2
Producer 1
Blade (2025)
Leave the World Behind (2023)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Chimp Empire (2023)
Stand (2023)
Swan Song (2021)
Eternals (2021)
Invincible (2021)
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Between the World and Me (2020)
Racially Charged: America's Misdemeanor Problem (2020)
A World of Calm (2020)
We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020)
Waves (2019)
Ramy (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Green Book (2018)
Room 104 (2017)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Hidden Figures (2016)
Moonlight (2016)
Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
The Realest Real (2016)
Kicks (2016)
Free State of Jones (2016)
Gubagude Ko (2016)
Race for the White House (2016)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
Supremacy (2014)
True Detective (2014)
Go for Sisters (2013)
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
House of Cards (2013)
Alcatraz (2012)
Alphas (2011)
Predators: Moments of Extraction (2010)
Predators: The Chosen (2010)
The Wronged Man (2010)
Predators (2010)
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009)
Crossing Over (2009)
Lie to Me (2009)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Umi's Heart (2008)
Stand Up to Cancer (2008)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The 4400 (2004)
Threat Matrix (2003)
Making Revolution (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Crossing Jordan (2001)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
The View (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Oscars (1953)
The Plot
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Wildwood
All Signs of Death
Sovereign
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1974-02-16 (50 years old)
Birth NameMahershalalhashbaz Gilmore
Birth PlaceOakland, United States of America
ReligionIslam
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMahershalalhashbaz Ali, Mahershala Karim-Ali , 마허샬라 알리, Махершала Али, Hershal Gilmore, Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, Магершала Алі
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award
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