Mekhi Phifer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-12-29 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Mekhi Phifer

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Chicago P.D.

    Chicago P.D.

  • High Potential

    High Potential

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Psych

    Psych

  • ER

    ER

  • White Collar

    White Collar

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Lie to Me

    Lie to Me

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Beat Bobby Flay

    Beat Bobby Flay

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • New York Undercover

    New York Undercover

  • Torchwood

    Torchwood

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Key & Peele

    Key & Peele

  • Divergent

    Divergent

  • Match Game

    Match Game

  • Truth Be Told

    Truth Be Told

  • Best Week Ever

    Best Week Ever

  • Allegiant

    Allegiant

  • Insurgent

    Insurgent

  • Love, Victor

    Love, Victor

  • Miss USA

    Miss USA

  • 8 Mile

    8 Mile

  • Shaft

    Shaft

  • The Silent Hour

    The Silent Hour

  • Dawn of the Dead

    Dawn of the Dead

  • Hollywood Game Night

    Hollywood Game Night

  • Honey

    Honey

  • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

  • The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

    The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

  • Frequency

    Frequency

  • Secret City

    Secret City

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • O

    O

  • Roots

    Roots

  • Long Gone Heroes

    Long Gone Heroes

  • The Making of '8 Mile'

    The Making of '8 Mile'

  • This Christmas

    This Christmas

  • Pandemic

    Pandemic

  • Paid in Full

    Paid in Full

  • The Tuskegee Airmen

    The Tuskegee Airmen

  • Mascots

    Mascots

  • Obsession

    Obsession

  • The Other Brother

    The Other Brother

  • Soul Food

    Soul Food

  • A Day Late and a Dollar Short

    A Day Late and a Dollar Short

  • Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

  • Clockers

    Clockers

  • High School High

    High School High

  • Hav Plenty

    Hav Plenty

  • Puff, Puff, Pass

    Puff, Puff, Pass

  • A Day in the Life

    A Day in the Life

  • Impostor

    Impostor

  • Slow Burn

    Slow Burn

  • Flypaper

    Flypaper

  • Canal Street

    Canal Street

  • A Lesson Before Dying

    A Lesson Before Dying

  • Uninvited Guest

    Uninvited Guest

  • The Bobby Brown Story

    The Bobby Brown Story

  • Carmen: A Hip Hopera

    Carmen: A Hip Hopera

  • Hell's Kitchen

    Hell's Kitchen

  • Brian's Song

    Brian's Song

  • The Suspect

    The Suspect

  • NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    NBC 75th Anniversary Special

  • Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

  • Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

    Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

  • Girl 6

    Girl 6

  • Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

    Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

  • A Talent For Trouble

    A Talent For Trouble

  • The Love Section

    The Love Section