Mekhi Phifer
Highest Rated: 88% The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Lowest Rated: 7% I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Birthday: Dec 29, 1974
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, USA
Although he had almost no prior acting experience, Mekhi Phifer made a highly auspicious screen debut as Strike, a 19-year-old petty drug dealer in Spike Lee's gritty urban drama Clockers (1995). A veteran of the Harlem streets, Phifer got his break when he attended an open casting call with only photo booth pictures of himself to give to interviewers. Displaying a rare charisma and intensity that was perfect for the role of Lee's ambitious protagonist, the novice actor beat the considerable odds against him and out-acted nearly 1,000 other applicants for the part. Following the success surrounding his Clockers debut, Phifer appeared in The Tuskegee Airmen, a powerful drama starring Laurence Fishburne that first aired on the HBO cable network. In 1997, Phifer made another strong impression playing the volatile but good-hearted Lem in George Tillman Jr.'s comedy drama Soul Food. The following year, he took part in the rage of teen horror films as one of the stars of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and further established himself as one of Hollywood's more photogenic up-and-comers by starring alongside Julia Stiles and Josh Hartnett in O (2000), a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello that saw Phifer as a high-school basketball star betrayed by his jealous best friend.Though a well-known performer, Phifer didn't have a bona fide hit until 2002 when he played Future alongside hip-hop star Eminem in the urban drama 8 Mile. That same year, Phifer found success on the small screen as well, joining the cast of NBC's long-running hit medical series ER. Phifer played the role of Dr. Greg Pratt for six seasons before exiting the show at the beginning of season 15 in 2008. Phifer continued to stick with television work after leaving the series, first joining the cast of Fox's crime-drama Lie to Me as an FBI agent, and then playing a CIA agent on the fourth season of the BBC's Torchwood.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | Obsession (American Dream) | Sonny | — | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | Canal Street | Actor | — | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | Obsession | Actor | — | 2019 |
| 44% | Pandemic | Gunner | — | 2016 |
| 11% | The Divergent Series: Allegiant | Max | — | 2016 |
| 28% | Insurgent | Actor | $114.2M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Lewis | — | 2014 |
| 42% | Divergent | Max | $129.6M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | The Suspect | The Suspect | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | The Love Section | Ali | — | 2012 |
| 17% | Flypaper | Darrien | $1.6K | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Business as Usual: The Exploitation of Hip Hop | Executive Producer Narrator | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Last Man Standing | Jeremy Davis | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Nora's Hair Salon II (Nora's Hair Salon 2) | Producer Actor | — | 2008 |
| 54% | This Christmas | Executive Producer Gerald | $49.2M | 2007 |
| 12% | Slow Burn | Isaac Duparde | $1.2M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above | Actor Producer | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | A Day in the Life | King Khi | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Puff, Puff, Pass | Big Daddy Director Producer | — | 2006 |
| 78% | With All Deliberate Speed: The Legacy of Brown vs. Board | Actor | — | 2004 |
| 75% | Dawn of the Dead | Andre | $58.9M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | The MC: Why We Do It | Narrator | — | 2004 |
| 21% | Honey | Chaz | $30.3M | 2003 |
| 75% | 8 Mile | Future | $116.7M | 2002 |
| 53% | Paid in Full | Mitch | $3.1M | 2002 |
| 33% | The Other Brother | Martin | — | 2002 |
| 22% | Impostor | Cale | $5.3M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | La Canción de Brian | Gale Sayers | — | 2001 |
| 64% | O | Odin `O' James | $15.6M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Carmen: A Hip Hopera | Derrick Hill | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Uninvited Guest | Silk | — | 2000 |
| 67% | Shaft | Trey Howard | $70.4M | 2000 |
| 40% | Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C. | Johnny Miller | $9.6K | 1999 |
| 80% | A Lesson Before Dying | Jefferson | — | 1999 |
| 7% | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Tyrell Martin | — | 1998 |
| 36% | Hav Plenty | Harold | — | 1998 |
| 81% | Soul Food | Lem | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | Actor | — | 1997 |
| 19% | High School High | Griff | — | 1996 |
| 69% | Clockers | Strike Dunham | — | 1995 |
| 88% | The Tuskegee Airmen | Lewis Johns | — | 1995 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 31% |
Truth Be Told 2019 |
Markus Knox Markus Killebrew |
2020 2019 |
| 100% |
Secret City 2016-2019 |
Ambassador Moreton |
2019 2018 |
| 100% |
The Bobby Brown Story 2018 |
Tommy Brown |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
Match Game 2016 |
Panelist |
2017 |
| 77% |
Frequency 2016-2017 |
Satch Reyna |
2017 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Last Call With Carson Daly 2007-2019 |
Guest |
2016 |
| 96% |
Roots 2016 |
Jerusalem |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Chew 2011-2018 |
Guest |
2015 |
| No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show 2008 |
Guest |
2015 2014 2011 2009 |
| No Score Yet |
Hollywood Game Night 2013-2019 |
Appearing |
2014 |
| 77% |
House of Lies 2012-2016 |
Dre Collins Dre |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
The View 1997 |
Guest |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately 2007-2014 |
Guest |
2014 2009 |
| 92% |
Psych 2006-2014 |
Drake |
2012 |
| 96% |
White Collar 2009-2014 |
Kyle Collins |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
The Talk 2010 |
Guest |
2011 |
| No Score Yet |
Torchwood: Miracle Day 2011 |
Rex Matheson |
2011 |
| 78% |
Lie to Me 2009-2011 |
Agent Reynolds Agent Ben Reynolds Ben Reynolds |
2010 2009 |
| No Score Yet |
Top Chef Masters 2009-2013 |
Appearing |
2010 2009 |
| No Score Yet |
ER 1994-2009 |
Dr. Gregory Pratt Gregory Pratt |
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 1997 1995 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2006 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
Lass es, Larry! 2000-2017 |
Omar Jones |
2005 |
| 92% |
Curb Your Enthusiasm 2000-2017 |
Omar Jones |
2005 2000 |
| No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 1999-2015 |
Guest |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
MADtv 1995-2009 |
Guest |
2002 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014 |
Guest |
2002 |
| 91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999 |
Junior Bunk |
1998 1997 1996 |
| No Score Yet |
New York Undercover 1994-1998 |
Broat Sekou |
1996 1995 |
QUOTES FROM Mekhi Phifer CHARACTERS
Gunner says: It's easier if you think of it as a game.
Julie James says: We're all gonna die, his gonna kill us one by one!!!..
Julie James says: We're all gonna die, his gonna kill us one by one!
Tyrell says: Who?!!
Tyrell says: Who?
Julie James says: Ben Willis...
Julie James says: Ben Willis.
Karla Wilson says: Fuck that shit alright, Ben Willis is dead, you killed him remember?
Julie James says: They never found the body...
Julie James says: They never found the body.
Andre says: It's a girl.
Tyrell says: See anybody out there? How about Freddy or Jason or somebody? [Karla stares at him, disgusted]
Karla Wilson says: Hey, you gotta hang in there.
Will Benson says: Any advice?
Tyrell says: Yeah... Find another Jacuzzi
Tyrell says: Don't get her started all right. It's a long fucked up story and you probably won't believe it anyway. All i know is that this is the worst vaction of my life. I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm fucking horny and I ain't seen one goddamn psycho killer.
Future says: I had a lotta names, baby - The most jealous names. I used to be called Maximum, Brimstone, Godfather D - None of 'em worked, you-know-what-Ima-sayin'? 'Til one day someone said I was the future of hip-hop in Detroit. And that was it.