Biography
Mahershala Ali
Acting
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 N…
Career works
69
Movies
40
Series
29
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
02/16/1974
Place of birth
Oakland, California, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
Wildwood
2026
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
2026
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · 8.9
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · 6.3
Leave the World Behind
2023 · 6.4
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · 8.3
Stand
2023 · 3.3
Swan Song
2021 · 7.1
Eternals
2021 · 6.8
Between the World and Me
2020 · 7.9
Alita: Battle Angel
2019 · 7.3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · 8.4
Green Book
2018 · 8.2
Adnis
2017
Series
Task
2025 · 6.9
Chimp Empire
2023 · 8.0
INVINCIBLE
2021 · 8.6
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · 7.1
A World of Calm
2020 · 6.7
Ramy
2019 · 7.3
Room 104
2017 · 5.7
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · 6.9
Race for the White House
2016 · 7.9
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 6.1
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · 6.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · 4.2
True Detective
2014 · 8.3
House of Cards
2013 · 8.0
Alcatraz
2012 · 6.3