Born
29 December 1974 (51)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Mekhi Thira 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...
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.
Be Happy
2026
Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy
2026
The Silent Hour
2024
Long Gone Heroes
2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
Lights Out
2024
Obsession
2019
Canal Street
2019
A Talent For Trouble
2018
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016
Allegiant
2016
Pandemic
2016
Insurgent
2015
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
Divergent
2014
The Love Section
2013
The Suspect
2013
Flypaper
2011
Last Man Standing
2011
A Day in the Life
2009
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above
2008
This Christmas
2007
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006
Slow Burn
2005
Dawn of the Dead
2004
Honey
2003
The Making of '8 Mile'
2003
8 Mile
2002
Paid in Full
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
The Other Brother
2002
Impostor
2001
Brian's Song
2001
O
2001
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001
Shaft
2000
Uninvited Guest
1999
A Lesson Before Dying
1999
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
Hell's Kitchen
1998