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 NBCs 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.

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Poster movie 8 Mile

8 Mile

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Poster movie Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

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Poster movie The Silent Hour

The Silent Hour

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Poster movie Honey

Honey

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Poster movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

I Still Know What You Did

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Poster movie O

O

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Poster movie Clockers

Clockers

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Poster movie A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

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Poster movie The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

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Poster movie Puff, Puff, Pass

Puff, Puff, Pass

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Poster movie Paid in Full

Paid in Full

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Poster movie Flypaper

Flypaper

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Poster movie Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

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Poster movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

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Poster movie Slow Burn

Slow Burn

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Poster movie Lights Out

Lights Out

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Poster movie Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

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Poster movie Divergent

Divergent

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Poster movie Insurgent

Insurgent

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Poster movie Impostor

Impostor

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Poster movie The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

The Supremes at Earl's Al

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Poster movie Pandemic

Pandemic

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Poster movie Long Gone Heroes

Long Gone Heroes

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Poster movie Allegiant

Allegiant

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Poster movie Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

Chocolate City: Vegas Str

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Poster movie This Christmas

This Christmas

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Poster movie Canal Street

Canal Street

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Poster movie Shaft

Shaft

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Poster movie Subway Stories

Subway Stories

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Poster movie Torchwood

Torchwood

Tv series
Poster movie Lie to Me

Lie to Me

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Poster movie Psych

Psych

Tv series
Poster movie Frequency

Frequency

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Poster movie Roots

Roots

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Poster movie Truth Be Told

Truth Be Told

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Poster movie Chicago P.D.

Chicago P.D.

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Movies unavailable from Mekhi Phifer

High School High

Griff McReynolds

Movie 1996

Uninvited Guest

Silk

Movie 1999

Soul Food

Lem

Movie 1997

A Lesson Before Dying

Jefferson

Movie 1999

Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above

Maxwell Terry

Movie 2008

Hav Plenty

Harold

Movie 1997

The Other Brother

Martin

Movie 2002

The Love Section

James Johnson

Movie 2013

The Making of '8 Mile'

Self

Movie 2003

The Suspect

The Suspect

Movie 2013

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Self

Movie 2002

Brian's Song

Gale Sayers

Movie 2001

A Talent For Trouble

Mekhi Phifer

Movie 2018

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Lewis

Movie 2014

Girl 6

Himself (cameo) (uncredited)

Movie 1996

Obsession

Sonny

Movie 2019

Tv series unavailable from Mekhi Phifer

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Tv 2003

Best Week Ever

Tv 2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tv 2003

The Daily Show

Self

Tv 1996

The View

Self

Tv 1997

New York Undercover

Sekou

Tv 1994

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Omar Jones

Tv 2000

Homicide: Life on the Street

Tv 1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Tv 1993

ER

Greg Pratt

Tv 1994

White Collar

Kyle Collins

Tv 2009

Punk'd

Self

Tv 2003

Match Game

Self - Panelist

Tv 2016

Hollywood Game Night

Self

Tv 2013

The Bobby Brown Story

Tommy Brown

Tv 2018

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Self

Tv 2004

Secret City

Ambassador Moreton

Tv 2016

Love, Victor

Harold Brooks

Tv 2020

Beat Bobby Flay

Self

Tv 2013