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.
| Organization | Category | Movie |
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ER
as Greg Pratt
Episodes: 133
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
Truth Be Told
as Markus Killebrew
Episodes: 28
First Aired: Dec 06, 2019
Lie to Me
as Ben Reynolds
Episodes: 24
First Aired: Jan 21, 2009
Frequency
as Satch Reyna
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Oct 05, 2016
Torchwood
as Rex Matheson
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Oct 22, 2006
Love, Victor
as Harold Brooks
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jun 17, 2020
Secret City
as Ambassador Moreton
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jun 05, 2016
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Omar Jones
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 15, 2000
Roots
as Jerusalem
Episodes: 4
First Aired: May 30, 2016
New York Undercover
as Sekou
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 1994
White Collar
as Kyle Collins
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 23, 2009
The Bobby Brown Story
as Tommy Brown
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 04, 2018
Psych
as Drake
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 07, 2006
Chicago P.D.
as Joe Baker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 2014
Key & Peele
as Cousin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 2012
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
The View
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Homicide: Life on the Street
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 31, 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
Best Week Ever
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
Punk'd
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 17, 2003
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 26, 2016
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2013
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 2004
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 24, 2013
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