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
Law & Order
Lyman Ross
Chicago P.D.
Joe Baker
Psych
Drake
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Omar Jones
High Potential
Arthur Ellis
White Collar
Kyle Collins
ER
Greg Pratt
Homicide: Life on the Street
Lie to Me
Ben Reynolds
Torchwood
Rex Matheson
Beat Bobby Flay
Self
Divergent
Max
Punk'd
Self
Key & Peele
Cousin
Allegiant
Max
This Christmas
Gerald
Miss USA
Judge
Soul Food
Lem
Truth Be Told
Markus Killebrew
New York Undercover
Sekou
Match Game
Self - Panelist
Insurgent
Max
8 Mile
Future
Love, Victor
Harold Brooks
The Silent Hour
Mason Lynch
Lights Out
Max Bomer
Impostor
Cale
Honey
Chaz
Shaft
Trey Howard
Hollywood Game Night
Self
Slow Burn
Isaac Duperde
Girl 6
Himself (cameo) (uncredited)
Frequency
Satch Reyna
Dawn of the Dead
Andre
Paid in Full
Mitch
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
James Henry
Long Gone Heroes
Moreao
High School High
Griff McReynolds
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Lewis
A Lesson Before Dying
Jefferson
The Suspect
The Suspect
Clockers
Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Hill
The Tuskegee Airmen
Lewis Johns
Secret City
Ambassador Moreton
Canal Street
Prosecutor A.J. Canton
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Tyrell
Roots
Jerusalem
Obsession
Sonny
A Day in the Life
King Khi
Hav Plenty
Harold
Uninvited Guest
Silk
Pandemic
Gunner
Mascots
Hell's Kitchen
Johnny Miles
Brian's Song
Gale Sayers
Puff, Puff, Pass
Big Daddy
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
Maxwell Terry
Last Man Standing
Jeremy Davis
Flypaper
Darrien
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Best Valentine
The Bobby Brown Story
Tommy Brown
The Other Brother
Martin
The Making of '8 Mile'
Self
Subway Stories
Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
O
Odin James
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
A Talent For Trouble
Mekhi Phifer
The Love Section
James Johnson
The Daily Show
Self
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Best Week Ever
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self