Mahershala Ali

Birthday: 1974-02-16
Birthplace: Oakland, California, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 212
Drafted By: Calvin and Nobbs
Owned By: Calvin and Nobbs
Owned Wins: 1
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 6
Nom Bonus: 1
Total Points: 22

Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.

After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series and in House of Cards, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama Green Book (2018). He is the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020).

In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective, and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016) and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
2017 43 Moonlight (2016) Supporting Actor Win 0
military_tech 2019 45 Green Book (2018) Supporting Actor Win 22
Career 22

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Uncle Aaron (voice)
Blade Eric Brooks / Blade
Wildwood Brenden (voice)
77 Blackout
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree Isaac Dupree
All Signs of Death Gabe
2025-07-02 Jurassic World Rebirth Duncan Kincaid
2023-11-22 Leave the World Behind G.H. Scott
2023-05-31 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Uncle Aaron (voice)
2021-12-17 Swan Song Cameron Turner
2021-11-03 Eternals Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
2020-11-21 Between the World and Me
2019-01-31 Alita: Battle Angel Vector
2018-12-06 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Uncle Aaron (voice)
2018-11-16 Green Book Dr. Don Shirley
2017-01-22 Roxanne Roxanne Cross
2016-12-10 Hidden Figures Jim Johnson
2016-10-21 Moonlight Juan
2016-09-12 The Realest Real The Minister
2016-09-09 Kicks Marlon
2016-06-24 Free State of Jones Moses Washington
2016-06-16 Gubagude Ko Ochoro
2015-11-18 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Boggs
2014-11-19 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Boggs
2014-06-12 Supremacy Deputy Rivers
2013-11-08 Go for Sisters Dez
2013-03-20 The Place Beyond the Pines Kofi Kancam
2010-10-19 Predators: The Chosen Mombasa
2010-10-19 Predators: Moments of Extraction Mombasa (Voice)
2010-10-07 The Wronged Man Calvin Willis
2010-07-03 Predators Mombasa
2009-02-10 Crossing Over Detective Strickland
2008-12-25 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Tizzy Weathers
2008-11-30 Umi's Heart Ezra
2003-03-28 Taste the Revolution Mac Laslow