Mekhi Phifer
Acting
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.
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Tyrell
Age 23 (now 51)
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as James Henry
Age 49 (now 51)
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
as Maxwell Terry
Age 33 (now 51) Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
Production Artist
Age 33 (now 51)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Tyrell
Age 23 (now 51)
Subway Stories
as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
Age 22 (now 51)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 18 (now 51)
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney
Age 18 (now 51)
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Also Known As
Mekhi Thira Phifer, مکی فایفر
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