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Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, 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,[2] and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.[3]

Mahershala Ali
Ali at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore (1974-02-16) February 16, 1974 (age 48) Oakland, California, U.S.[1]
Other names	Mahershala Karim-Ali, Hershal Gilmore
Education	Saint Mary's College, California (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Amatus Sami-Karim ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	1
Awards	Full list

After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series, such as Crossing Jordan (2001–2002) and Threat Matrix (2003–2004), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–2007). 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 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 film Green Book (2018). He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar,[4] the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category, and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars.[5]

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 also plays two characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise: crime boss Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016).

Early life and education

Ali was born on February 16, 1974, in Oakland, California,[6][7] the son of Willicia Goines (born 1957) and Phillip Gilmore (1956–1994).[8] He was raised as a Christian in Hayward, California by his mother, an ordained Baptist minister whose mother, Evie Goines, was also an ordained minister in Hayward Baptist Church.[9][10][8] His father was an actor who appeared on Broadway.[10][8] Maher-shalal-hash-baz is the name of the prophet Isaiah's second child (chapter 8, Book of Isaiah).[8]

He attended St. Mary's College of California (SMC) in Moraga, California, where he graduated in 1996 with a degree in mass communication.[9] He entered SMC with a basketball scholarship and went by the name "Hershal Gilmore" when playing for the SMC Gaels.[11] He became disenchanted with the idea of a sports career because of the treatment given to the team's athletes and developed an interest in acting, particularly after taking part in a staging of Spunk, which later landed him an apprenticeship at the California Shakespeare Theater following graduation. After a sabbatical year working for Gavin Report, he enrolled in New York University's graduate acting program at Tisch School of the Arts, earning his master's degree in 2000.[9]

Career

Acting

Ali was known professionally by his full name, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, from 2001 until 2010, when he began to be credited as Mahershala Ali.[9][12] Ali had considered shortening his name for a while, saying that using his full first name was "a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood", although he had never been pressured by managers or agents to change it.[12] He decided to use a shorter version of his first name after being told that his full name was too long to fit on the poster for the film The Place Beyond the Pines. He did not want the alternative of "M. Ali" to represent himself on the poster, so he chose to adopt the shorter version of his name.[12]

He elaborated in an interview to Vanity Fair in October 2016:

"I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name. I didn't want a couple of syllables to get in the way of me having the fullest experience as an actor."[12]

He is known for his portrayal of Remy Danton in the Netflix series House of Cards, Cornell Stokes in Marvel's Luke Cage, Colonel Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 and Tizzy in the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, his first major film role. Other notable films include Predators, The Place Beyond the Pines, Free State of Jones, Hidden Figures.

For his performance as mentor and drug dealer Juan in the drama film Moonlight (2016), Ali received universal acclaim from critics and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the SAG Award and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor and received a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award nomination. At the 89th Academy Awards, he was the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar.[13]

In 2017, Ali joined the video game Madden NFL 18's story mode Longshot, in which he played Cutter Wade, the father of protagonist Devin.[14][15] He played Don Shirley in the 2018 film Green Book, receiving his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture[16] and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.[17]

Ali starred as Arkansas State Police detective Wayne Hays in the third season of the HBO series True Detective, which premiered on January 13, 2019, in the United States.[18] On Rotten Tomatoes, the site's critical consensus reads, "Driven by Mahershala Ali's mesmerizing performance, True Detective's third season finds fresh perspective by exploring real world events – though it loses some of the series' intriguing strangeness along the way."[19]

At the annual San Diego Comic-Con in July 2019, Ali was announced as being cast to play the supernatural superhero Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film of the same name, which was previously played by Wesley Snipes.[20]

Music

Ali was signed to Bay Area recording label Hieroglyphics Imperium during the late 2000s and recorded rap music as Prince Ali.[21] In 2006, he released his first album, Corner Ensemble, followed by Curb Side Service in 2007, but did not tour to promote the album, choosing instead to focus on his acting career.[22] In 2015 Ali appeared on rap artist Hus Kingpin album "House Of Cards" lending his voice to skits and rapping on the track entitled "House Of Card Gods" using his moniker .[23]In 2019, he made a guest appearance on Keith Murray's album Lord Of The Metaphor 2 alongside Casual and Planet Asia, and in 2020, appeared on Riz Ahmed's album The Long Goodbye.

Personal life

Ali converted to Ahmadiyya Islam in 2000, changing his surname from Gilmore to Ali. In interviews, he has claimed being the subject of racial profiling at airports, banks following the September 11 attacks.[24][25][26]

He is married to Amatus Sami-Karim, an actress and musician.[27] Their first child, a daughter, was born in February 2017.[28]

Ali is a fan of hip hop and has said within various interviews that Planet Asia, Roc Marciano, Mach-Hommy, Pink Siifu, Fly Anakin & Mutant Academy, Mick Jenkins, Sage Elsesser, EARTHGANG, Westside Gunn, Hus Kingpin & SmooVth are amongst his favorite artists.[29]

Discography

Studio albums

• Corner Ensemble (2006)
• Curb Side Service (2007)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Making Revolution	Mac Laslow
2008	Umi's Heart	Ezra	Short film
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Tizzy Weathers
2009	Crossing Over	Detective Strickland
2010	Predators	Mombasa
	Predators: Moments of Extraction		Voice role; animated short film
2012	The Place Beyond the Pines	Kofi Kancam
2013	Go for Sisters	Dez
2014	Supremacy	Deputy Rivers
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Boggs
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
2016	Kicks	Marlon
	Gubagude Ko	Ochoro	Short film
	Free State of Jones	Moses Washington
	The Realest Real	The Minister	Short film
	Moonlight	Juan	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Hidden Figures	Jim Johnson
2017	Roxanne Roxanne	Cross
2018	Green Book	Don Shirley	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Aaron Davis / Prowler	Voice role; animated film
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Vector
2021	Eternals	Eric Cross Brooks / Blade	Uncredited voice-only cameo; post-credits scene
	Swan Song	Cameron	also producer
		Jack
2023	Leave the World Behind	G.H.	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–2002	Crossing Jordan	Dr. Trey Sanders	19 episodes
2002	Haunted	Alex Dalcour	Episode: "Abby"
	NYPD Blue	Rashard Coleman	Episode: "Das Boots"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tombs' Security Guard	Episode: "Lucky Strike"
	The Handler	—	Episode: "Big Stones"
2003–2004	Threat Matrix	Jelani Harper	15 episodes
2004–2007	The 4400	Richard Tyler	28 episodes
2009	Lie to Me	Det. Don Hughes	Episode: "Do No Harm"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mark Foster	Episode: "Unstable"
2010	The Wronged Man	Calvin Willis	Television film
	All Signs of Death	Gabe	Unsold TV pilot
2011	Lights Out	Death Row Reynolds	Unaired pilot
2011–2012	Treme	Anthony King	6 episodes
	Alphas	Nathan Clay	12 episodes
2012	Alcatraz	Clarence Montgomery	Episode: "Clarence Montgomery"
2013–2016	House of Cards	Remy Danton	33 episodes
2016	Luke Cage	Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes	6 episodes
2017	Comrade Detective	Coach (voice)	Episode: "Two Films for One Ticket"
2018	Room 104	Franco	Episode: "Shark"
2019	True Detective	Detective Wayne Hays	8 episodes
2020	Race for the White House	Narrator	6 episodes
	Ramy	Sheikh Ali Malik	6 episodes
2021	Invincible	Titan (voice)	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Madden 18: Longshot	Cutter Wade	[citation needed]

Accolades

Among his many accolades, Ali has been nominated for two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Notes

References

External links

• Mahershala Ali at IMDb
• Ali college basketball stats at Sports Reference

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[de] Mahershala Ali

Mahershalalhashbaz „Mahershala“ Ali (* 16. Februar 1974 in Oakland, Kalifornien als Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. 2017 erhielt er für seine Rolle im Film Moonlight unter anderem einen Oscar als bester Nebendarsteller. Für seine Rolle in Green Book – Eine besondere Freundschaft wurde er 2019 mit dem Golden Globe und erneut mit dem Oscar als bester Nebendarsteller ausgezeichnet.

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[es] Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali (nacido como Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore,[1] Oakland, California, 16 de febrero de 1974) es un actor estadounidense, ganador de dos Premios Óscar como mejor actor de reparto y dos Premios del Sindicato de Actores también como actor secundario. La revista Time lo nombró una de las "100 personas más influyentes del mundo" en 2019.[2]

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[ru] Али, Махершала

Махершалалхашба́з Али́ (англ. Mahershalalhashbaz Ali; род. 16 февраля 1974 (1974-02-16), Окленд, Калифорния, США), известный также как Махе́ршала Али́ (англ. Mahershala Ali), — американский актёр. Двухкратный лауреат премии «Оскар» и награды Американской Гильдии киноактёров в категории «Лучший актёр второго плана», лауреат премий BAFTA и «Золотой глобус» в вышеупомянутой категории, обладатель «Эмми».

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