Isaiah Mustafa
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-02-11 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Biography
Isaiah Mustafa (born February 11, 1974 height 6' 3½" (1,92 m)) is an American actor and former NFLpractice squadwide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the main character for a series of Old Spice TV commercials, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, for portraying Luke Garroway on Freeform's fantasy series Shadowhunters, and as adult Mike Hanlon in It Chapter Two (2019). Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon, the youngest of seven children of Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, who owned and ran a limousine service in Laguna Hills, California in the early 1980s. Mustafa studied history at Arizona State and he played during the 1997 Rose Bowl between the then-undefeated Sun Devils and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Although Mustafa expected to become a high school teacher after graduation, a sports agent suggested that he try out for NFL teams. The Tennessee Oilers signed him to the practice squad, then sent him to NFL Europe's Barcelona Dragons in 1998. After a season on the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns' practice squads in 1999, Mustafa attended the Seattle Seahawks' training camp in 2000. Next he owned a restaurant called Jo Jo's Barbecue on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles that has since closed. Mustafa is a comic book fan; his knowledge of Doctor Doom's first name helped him win $47,000 on The Weakest Link, for a question on the first name of Doctor Frankenstein. The money helped him pursue his post-restaurateur goal of becoming an actor.
Most Known For
Grey's Anatomy
as Brian Williams
NCIS
as Oliver Newcomb
Castle
as Team Leader
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Brent Duffy
Cross
as John Sampson
Robot Chicken
as Genie / Gerald Johanssen / Harlem Globetrotter (voice)
Anger Management
as Paul Wesley
black-ish
as Isaiah Mustafa
Chuck
as Greta #2
Chuck
as Rick Noble
Shadowhunters
as Luke Garroway
Baby Daddy
as Captain Hudson
Nikita
as Cyrus
Hot in Cleveland
as Kevin
Ugly Betty
as Bailiff
It Chapter Two
as Mike Hanlon
Femme Fatales
as Raven
I Know What You Did Last Summer
as Andrew
Eli Stone
as Newlywed Husband
Horrible Bosses
as Officer Wilkens