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.
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Films (51)
Be Happy
2026 · Peter Mosley
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
2026 · Peter Mosley
Labyrinth
2025
La hora del silencio
2024 · Mason Lynch
Héros disparus
2024 · Moreao
Les Suprêmes
2024 · James Henry
Underground Fights
2024 · Max Bomer, Co-Executive Producer
Obsession
2019 · Sonny
Canal Street
2019 · Prosecutor A.J. Canton
A Talent For Trouble
2018 · Mekhi Phifer
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016 · Best Valentine
Divergente 3 : Au-delà du mur
2016 · Max
Pandémie
2016 · Gunner
Divergente 2 : L'Insurrection
2015 · Max
La fin du voyage
2014 · Lewis
Divergente
2014 · Max
The Love Section
2013 · James Johnson
The Suspect
2013 · The Suspect
Hold-Up$
2011 · Darrien
Celui qui Reste
2011 · Jeremy Davis
A Day in the Life
2009 · King Khi
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
2008 · Maxwell Terry, Production Artist
This Christmas
2007 · Gerald
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006 · Big Daddy, Director, Producer
Slow Burn
2005 · Isaac Duperde
Dawn of the Dead
2004 · Andre
Honey
2003 · Chaz
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic
2003
The Making of '8 Mile'
2003 · Self
8 Mile
2002 · Future
Paid in Full
2002 · Mitch
The Other Brother
2002 · Martin
Impostor
2001 · Cale
Brian's Song
2001 · Gale Sayers
Othello 2003
2001 · Odin James
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001 · Hill
Shaft
2000 · Trey Howard
Uninvited Guest
1999 · Silk
A Lesson Before Dying
1999 · Jefferson
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998 · Tyrell
Hell's Kitchen
1998 · Johnny Miles
Soul Food
1997 · Lem
Hav Plenty
1997 · Harold
Subway Stories
1997 · Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")
High School High
1996 · Griff McReynolds
Girl 6
1996 · Self (uncredited)
Clockers
1995 · Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995 · Lewis Johns
Marx
· Axel Marx
Hollow Moon
· Captain Josh Briley
Future Tense
Séries (34)
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025 · Self - Contestant
High Potential
2024 · Arthur Ellis
Avec amour, Victor
2020 · Harold Brooks
Le poison de la vérité
2019 · Markus Killebrew
The Bobby Brown Story
2018 · Tommy Brown
Frequency
2016 · Satch Reyna
Match Game
2016 · Self - Panelist
La Ciudad Secreta
2016 · Ambassador Moreton
Racines
2016 · Jerusalem
Chicago Police Department
2014 · Joe Baker
Tous contre Bobby Flay
2013 · Self
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · Self
Key & Peele
2012 · Cousin
House of Lies
2012 · Dre Collins
FBI : Duo très spécial
2009 · Kyle Collins
Lie to Me : Crimes et Mensonges
2009 · Ben Reynolds
Black Poker Stars Invitational
2008 · Self – Guest, Self – Player
Torchwood: El día del milagro
2006 · Rex Matheson
Psych : Enquêteur malgré lui
2006 · Drake
Best Week Ever
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004 · Self
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Punk'd
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Omar Jones
The View
1997 · Self
Le Daily Show
1996 · Self
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Presenter
ER
1994 · Greg Pratt
New York Undercover
1994 · Sekou
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Nathaniel Lee 'Junior Bunk' Mahoney
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Lyman Ross
Miss USA
1963 · Self - Judge