Mekhi Phifer
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-12-29 in New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Lyman Ross
The Daily Show
as Self
Chicago P.D.
as Joe Baker
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Omar Jones
Psych
as Drake
High Potential
as Arthur Ellis
ER
as Greg Pratt
The View
as Self
White Collar
as Kyle Collins
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Lie to Me
as Ben Reynolds
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self
Key & Peele
as Cousin
Torchwood
as Rex Matheson
Truth Be Told
as Markus Killebrew
Love, Victor
as Harold Brooks
Punk'd
as Self