Mekhi Phifer
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
The Silent Hour
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Lights Out
Love, Victor
Truth Be Told
Obsession
Canal Street
The Bobby Brown Story
A Talent For Trouble
Frequency
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Match Game
Secret City
Roots
Allegiant
Pandemic
Insurgent
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Divergent
Chicago P.D.
Hollywood Game Night
The Love Section
The Suspect
Flypaper
Last Man Standing
White Collar
A Day in the Life
Lie to Me
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
This Christmas
Torchwood
Psych
Puff, Puff, Pass
Slow Burn
Dawn of the Dead
Best Week Ever
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Honey
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Punk'd
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
8 Mile
Paid in Full
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
The Other Brother
Impostor
Brian's Song
O
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Shaft
Uninvited Guest
A Lesson Before Dying
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Hell's Kitchen
Soul Food
Hav Plenty
The View
Subway Stories
High School High
The Daily Show
Girl 6
Clockers
The Tuskegee Airmen
ER
New York Undercover
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Homicide: Life on the Street