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| image = Mekhi Phifer at 2011 Comic-Con International (5983164175) (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 220px | caption = Phifer at the 2011 Comic-Con International | birthname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|29}} | birth_place = Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | othername = | years_active = 1995–present | homepage = | occupation = Actor, director, producer, rapper | spouse ={{marriage|Malinda Williams|1999|2003|end=div}} {{marriage|Reshelet Barnes|2013}} |children = 2 }} Mekhi Phifer ({{IPAc-en|m|ɛ|ˌ|k|aɪ|_|ˈ|f|aɪ|f|ər}}; born December 29, 1974)[1][2] is an American actor. He portrayed Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and had a co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a regular on the Fox crime show Lie to Me in the role of Ben Reynolds before season three, and also starred as CIA agent Rex Matheson in Miracle Day. Early lifePhifer was born in Harlem, New York City. He grew up in a single-parent household with his mother, Rhoda Phifer, a high-school teacher.[3] CareerIn 1994, 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.[2] 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 horror film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr. He portrayed Dr. Gregory Pratt on the medical drama ER, which he started in April 2002. Phifer left the show in September 2008, in the first episode of Season 15. His character died during the conclusion of the season 14 finale cliffhanger involving an ambulance explosion that was rigged to kill an injured FBI informant (Steve Buscemi). During his six years in the show, he was nominated twice for an NAACP Image Award. Phifer's television credits include the movies The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), HBO's Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (1997), and Brian's Song (2001) (as former Chicago Bear Gale Sayers). He received additional notice for his performance opposite singer Beyoncé Knowles (from Destiny's Child) on MTV's alternative take on the Carmen legend with the movie A Hip Hopera (2001). Phifer had a recurring guest role in Seasons 5 and 6 of Life on the Street, portraying "Junior Bunk", the troubled nephew of Baltimore drug lord Luther Mahoney, and also guest-starred in New York Undercover. Likewise, he earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for another TV movie, A Lesson Before Dying, opposite Don Cheadle. In 2009, Phifer began a guest-starring arc on the Fox drama Lie to Me.[4] 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, an urban classic, that has given him notorious recognition as he portrayed Mitch and director Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile, opposite Eminem. He is mentioned in the Grammy- and Academy Award-winning song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. In June 2011, Phifer starred alongside John Barrowman and Eve Myles as CIA agent Rex Matheson in Miracle Day, the fourth series of the BBC/Starz Entertainment television show Torchwood. Phifer starred as Agent Collins in the fourth season of White Collar. Phifer made a guest appearance on the sitcom series Husbands in its second season.[5] In fall 2016, he joined the TV series Frequency as a series regular. Personal lifePhifer has a son with his former wife, actress Malinda Williams. His second son was born to Oni Souratha in Los Angeles in 2007.[6] On March 30, 2013, Phifer wed his longtime girlfriend Reshelet Barnes, in Beverly Hills, California.[7] Filmography
Television appearances
Music videos
Other activitiesPhifer was the 2004 winner of the Celebrity Poker Showdown Championship, defeating Neil Patrick Harris during the fourth season. Phifer plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Love Our Children USA charity. Phifer is chairman of the board of trustees of The Vine Group USA.[8] a non-profit organization established in 2000 to provide educational resources to universities in Africa. He has signed up with Full Tilt Poker. He has his own well on the poker forum 2+2. Phifer is an owner of a number of Athlete's Foot athletic shoe store franchises in California.[2] In January 2011, Mekhi Phifer launched Third Reel Films[9] The stated mission of the company is to provide an environment for filmmakers to showcase their work to entertainment representatives, acquisition executives and other key-industry professionals. References1. ^{{cite web|title=BIRTHDAYS 29 Dec: Mary Tyler Moore is 74. Ted Danson is 64. Patricia Clarkson is 52. Jude Law is 39. @MekhiPhifer is 37. Diego Luna is 32.|url=https://twitter.com/bettyb00p00/status/152533332037615616|publisher=Mekhi Phifer Verified Twitter|accessdate=30 June 2014|date=29 Dec 2011|quote=Mekhi Phifer retweeted this to his Verified Twitter Account}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web | url= http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mekhi-phifer/bio/165693 | title =Mekhi Phifer | publisher = TVGuide.com | accessdate= 2014-05-07 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140507214500/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mekhi-phifer/bio/165693 | archivedate = May 7, 2014 | deadurl=no}} 3. ^Mekhi Phifer Biography (1975–) from filmreference.com 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-mekhi-phifer-guests-on-lie-to-me,0,7607210.story |title='Lie to Me' recruits Mekhi Phifer |accessdate=May 6, 2009 |date= |publisher=Zap2it }} 5. ^{{citation|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2012/08/17/husbands-second-season/|title=Hollywood Stars Drop in on Male Newlyweds in 'Husbands'|publisher=Tubefilter.com|accessdate=August 18, 2012}} 6. ^{{cite news |last1=Saad |first1=Nardine |title=Report: Mekhi Phifer of 'ER,' 'Divergent' files for bankruptcy |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-mekhi-phifer-bankruptcy-20140507-story.html |accessdate=July 18, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 7, 2014}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Former 'ER' actor Mekhi Phifer marries Reshelet Barnes |url=https://www.upi.com/Former-ER-actor-Mekhi-Phifer-marries-Reshelet-Barnes/43331364818822/ |accessdate=July 18, 2018 |agency=United Press International |date=April 1, 2013}} 8. ^The Vine Group, USA 9. ^Thirdreel, External links{{commons category}}
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