Mekhi Phifer

Known for ActingBorn 1974-12-29 (age 51)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Love, Victor

Chicago P.D.

High Potential

White Collar

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Making of '8 Mile'

Homicide: Life on the Street

Be Happy

Lie to Me

Psych

Key & Peele

ER

Torchwood

Lights Out

Frequency

Truth Be Told

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

New York Undercover

Law & Order

Canal Street

8 Mile

Dawn of the Dead

Roots

The Bobby Brown Story

The Tuskegee Airmen

Divergent

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Paid in Full

Secret City

Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy

House of Lies

Match Game

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

This Christmas

Clockers

Hollywood Game Night

Beat Bobby Flay

The Silent Hour

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

Insurgent

Flypaper

Brian's Song

Honey

The Daily Show

Soul Food

Allegiant

Impostor