Mahershala Ali

American actor

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June 2025 Ali called for the release of Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil.
2025 Mahershala Ali is set to voice the character Eric Brooks / Blade / Moon Knight in an upcoming production
2025 Mahershala Ali is in post-production for the role of Duncan Kincaid.
2025 Mahershala Ali is in production for the role of Brenden.
2024 Mahershala Ali films Taste the Revolution, a project filmed in 2001.
January 2024 Ali recited the poem 'Longing for Haifa' by Palestinian poet Mohammed al-Qudwa in a video for social media, showing support for Palestinians in Gaza.
2023 Mahershala Ali's narration of the Netflix documentary 'Chimp Empire' earned him his fifth Emmy nomination.
2023 Ali voiced Aaron Davis again in the animated film 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.'
2023 Mahershala Ali stars as George G.H. Scott in Leave the World Behind.
October 2023 Ali signed the Artists4Ceasefire letter, which called for a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
2021 Mahershala Ali stars and produces in the film Swan Song.
2021 Mahershala Ali lent his voice to the character Titan in 'Invincible' for 2 episodes.
2021 Mahershala Ali appears as Eric Brooks / Blade in Eternals.
2020 Ranked among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century by The New York Times.
2020 Ali appeared on Riz Ahmed's album The Long Goodbye.
2020 Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing 'We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest.'
2020 Ali starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series 'Ramy.'
2019 Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
2019 Mahershala Ali plays Vector in Alita: Battle Angel.
2019 Ali made a guest appearance on Keith Murray's album Lord Of The Metaphor 2 alongside Casual and Planet Asia.
July 2019 At the annual San Diego Comic-Con, Ali was announced as being cast to play the supernatural superhero Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film of the same name.
January 13 2019 The third season of the HBO series True Detective premiered, featuring Mahershala Ali as Arkansas State Police detective Wayne Hays.
2018 He appeared as Franco in the 'Room 104' episode titled 'Shark.'
2018 Ali voiced Aaron Davis in the animated film 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.'
2018 Ali won another Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Don Shirley in the film 'Green Book,' making him the first black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category.
2017 Ali joined the cast of Madden NFL 18 video game, where he portrayed Cutter Wade, the father of the protagonist Devin.
2017 Mahershala Ali plays Cross in Roxanne Roxanne.
2017 Mahershala Ali provided the voice for the Coach character in 'Comrade Detective' in an episode titled 'Two Films for One Ticket.'
February 2017 Ali and his wife, Amatus Sami-Karim, welcomed their first child, a daughter.
2016 Mahershala Ali appears as Moses in Free State of Jones.
2016 Mahershala Ali plays Marlon in Kicks.
2016 Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a drug dealer in the film 'Moonlight.'
2016 He was featured as a City Hall Informant in 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' in an episode titled 'Journalism.'
2016 Ali portrayed Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series 'Luke Cage.'
2016 Mahershala Ali stars as Colonel Jim Johnson in Hidden Figures.
2016 Mahershala Ali stars as Ochoro in the short film Gubagude Ko.
2015 Mahershala Ali reprises his role as Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
2015 Ali appeared on rap artist Hus Kingpin's album 'House Of Cards,' lending his voice to skits and rapping on the track titled 'House Of Card Gods.'
2014 Mahershala Ali plays Deputy Rivers in Supremacy.
2014 Mahershala Ali portrays Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.
2013 Mahershala Ali appears as Dez in Go for Sisters.
2013 In 'House of Cards,' Mahershala Ali took on the role of Remy Danton, appearing in 33 episodes until 2016.
2012 Mahershala Ali portrayed Clarence Montgomery in the 'Alcatraz' episode titled 'Clarence Montgomery.'
2012 Mahershala Ali stars as Kofi in The Place Beyond the Pines.
2011 Mahershala Ali appeared as Anthony King in the series 'Treme' for a total of 6 episodes.
2011 He played Nathan Clay in the series 'Alphas,' appearing in 12 episodes.
2010 Mahershala Ali began to be credited as Mahershala Ali, having used his full name Mahershalalhashbaz Ali from 2001 until this time.
2010 Mahershala Ali is credited as Mahershalalhashbaz Ali in the film Predators.
2010 Mahershala Ali plays Calvin Willis in the television film The Wronged Man.

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