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.
Acted in
The Silent Hour
2024
as Mason Lynch
Long Gone Heroes
2024
as Moreao
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
as James Henry
Lights Out
2024
as Max Bomer
Love, Victor
2020
as Harold Brooks
Truth Be Told
2019
as Markus Killebrew
Obsession
2019
as Sonny
Canal Street
2019
as Prosecutor A.J. Canton
The Bobby Brown Story
2018
as Tommy Brown
A Talent For Trouble
2018
as Mekhi Phifer
Frequency
2016
as Satch Reyna
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016
as Best Valentine
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
Secret City
2016
as Ambassador Moreton
Roots
2016
as Jerusalem
Allegiant
2016
as Max
Pandemic
2016
as Gunner
Insurgent
2015
as Max
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
as Lewis
Divergent
2014
as Max
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Joe Baker
Beat Bobby Flay
2013
as Self
Hollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
The Love Section
2013
as James Johnson
The Suspect
2013
as The Suspect
Flypaper
2011
as Darrien
Last Man Standing
2011
as Jeremy Davis
White Collar
2009
as Kyle Collins
A Day in the Life
2009
as King Khi
Lie to Me
2009
as Ben Reynolds
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
2008
as Maxwell Terry
This Christmas
2007
as Gerald
Torchwood
2006
as Rex Matheson
Psych
2006
as Drake
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006
as Big Daddy
Slow Burn
2005
as Isaac Duperde
Dawn of the Dead
2004
as Andre
Honey
2003
as Chaz
The Making of '8 Mile'
2003
as Self
Punk'd
2003
as Self
8 Mile
2002
as Future
Paid in Full
2002
as Mitch
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
The Other Brother
2002
as Martin
Impostor
2001
as Cale
Brian's Song
2001
as Gale Sayers
O
2001
as Odin James
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001
as Hill
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Omar Jones
Shaft
2000
as Trey Howard
Uninvited Guest
1999
as Silk
A Lesson Before Dying
1999
as Jefferson
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
as Tyrell
Hell's Kitchen
1998
as Johnny Miles
Soul Food
1997
as Lem
Hav Plenty
1997
as Harold
Subway Stories
1997
as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
High School High
1996
as Griff McReynolds
Girl 6
1996
as Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
Clockers
1995
as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Lewis Johns
ER
1994
as Greg Pratt
New York Undercover
1994
as Sekou
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993