Mahershalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore; February 16, 1974) is an American actor. Ali began his career as a regular on series such as Crossing Jordan and Threat Matrix before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science-fiction series The 4400. His first major film release was in the 2008 David Fincher-directed romantic fantasy drama film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. His other notable films include Predators and The Place Beyond the Pines. He played a major role in Free State of Jones, set during and after the American Civil War. Ali is best known for his recent roles as Remy Danton in House of Cards, Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in Netflix's TV series Luke Cage, Juan in Moonlight, and Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and its sequel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
Movie | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Isaac Dupree | 2025 |
Movie | All Signs of Death | Gabe | 2025 |
Movie | Stand | Self - Actor | 2023-02-03 |
Movie | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2023-05-31 |
Movie | Leave the World Behind | G.H. Scott | 2023-11-22 |
Movie | Eternals | Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited) | 2021-11-03 |
Movie | Between the World and Me | 2020-11-21 | |
Movie | Alita: Battle Angel | Vector | 2019-01-31 |
Movie | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Uncle Aaron (voice) | 2018-12-06 |
Movie | Green Book | Dr. Don Shirley | 2018-11-16 |
Movie | Roxanne Roxanne | Cross | 2017-01-22 |
Series | Race for the White House | Narrator | 2016-03-06 |
Movie | Gubagude Ko | Ochoro | 2016-06-16 |
Movie | Moonlight | Juan | 2016-10-21 |
Movie | The Realest Real | The Minister | 2016-09-12 |
Movie | Free State of Jones | Moses Washington | 2016-06-24 |
Movie | Hidden Figures | Jim Johnson | 2016-12-10 |
Movie | Kicks | Marlon | 2016-09-09 |
Series | Marvel's Luke Cage | Cornell Stokes | 2016-09-30 |
Movie | The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Self (Boggs) | 2015-03-06 |
Movie | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Boggs | 2015-11-18 |
Movie | Supremacy | Deputy Rivers | 2014-06-12 |
Series | True Detective | Wayne Hays | 2014-01-12 |
Movie | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Boggs | 2014-11-19 |
Movie | Go for Sisters | Dez | 2013-11-08 |
Series | House of Cards | Remy Danton | 2013-02-01 |
Movie | The Place Beyond the Pines | Kofi Kancam | 2013-03-20 |
Series | Alphas | Nathan Clay | 2011-07-11 |
Movie | Predators: The Chosen | Mombasa | 2010-10-19 |
Movie | Predators: Moments of Extraction | Mombasa (Voice) | 2010-10-19 |
Movie | The Wronged Man | Calvin Willis | 2010-10-07 |
Movie | Predators | Mombasa | 2010-07-03 |
Movie | Crossing Over | Detective Strickland | 2009-02-10 |
Movie | The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 |
Series | Stand Up to Cancer | Himself | 2008-09-05 |
Movie | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Tizzy Weathers | 2008-12-25 |
Series | The 4400 | Richard Tyler | 2004-07-11 |
Series | Threat Matrix | Jelani Harper | 2003-09-18 |
Series | Crossing Jordan | 2001-09-24 | |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |