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Mekhi Phifer is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Production Artist American born on 29 december 1974 at New York City (USA)

Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer
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Birth name Mekhi Phifer
Nationality USA
Birth 29 december 1974 (49 years) at New York City (USA)

Mekhi Phifer (/mɛˌkaɪ ˈfaɪfər/; born December 29, 1974) 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 Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Biography

Phifer has a son, Omikaye, with his former wife, actress Malinda Williams. His second son, Mekhi Thira Phifer Jr., was born to Oni Souratha in Los Angeles on October 30, 2007. On March 30, 2013, Phifer wed his longtime girlfriend Reshelet Barnes, in Beverly Hills, California. In April 2014, Phifer filed for bankruptcy, owing $1.2 million in back taxes, $50,000 in lawyers bills and $4,500 in back child support.

Best films

8 Mile (2002)
(Actor)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
(Actor)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mekhi Phifer (32 films)

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Actor

Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
Directed by Jean-Claude La Marre
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Vivica A. Fox, Michael Jai White, Robert Ri'chard, Mekhi Phifer, Mel B, Marc John Jefferies
Roles Best Valentine
Rating39% 1.9802351.9802351.9802351.9802351.980235
Les danseurs du club Chocolate City vont à Las Vegas afin de remporter les 500 000 dollars d’une prestigieuse compétition. Ils espèrent alors sauver leur lieu de travail de la fermeture.
Pandemic
Pandemic (2016)

Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Zombie films
Actors Rachel Nichols, Missi Pyle, Alfie Allen, Mekhi Phifer, Paul Guilfoyle, Danielle Rose Russell
Roles Gunner
Rating44% 2.214172.214172.214172.214172.21417
Un virus a infecté la majeure partie de la population. A Los Angeles, vous avez intégré un bataillon de survivants, scientifiques et combattants. Votre mission : stopper l’épidémie, combattre les infectés et secourir les survivants. Après avoir rassemblé des armes et des combinaisons de survie, vous partez caméra au casque affronter le chaos. Vous êtes le dernier espoir de l’Humanité, bonne chance !
Allegiant
Allegiant (2016)
, 2h1
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Dystopian films
Actors Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Jeff Daniels, Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Naomi Watts
Roles Max
Rating57% 2.8592452.8592452.8592452.8592452.859245
Choqués par le message des fondateurs leur dévoilant le véritable objectif du système des factions, Tris, « Quatre » et leurs compagnons décident de franchir le Mur encerclant Chicago pour découvrir le monde qui les entoure et ses survivants. Mais au-delà de la Clôture, ils découvrent un univers hostile avant d'être accueillis par un nouveau peuple complaisant et protecteur. À peine ont-ils compris avoir fait partie d'une expérience qui visait à restructurer la société qu'ils sont à nouveau confrontés à un défi de plus grande envergure. Alors que les dirigeants de ce nouveau monde ont en effet décidé de sélectionner les individus selon la pureté de leur code génétique, une terrible bataille se prépare à Chicago entre les anciens résistants.
Insurgent
Insurgent (2015)
, 1h59
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Jai Courtney, Kate Winslet
Roles Max
Rating62% 3.102983.102983.102983.102983.10298
The story begins five days after the assault on the Abnegation faction by Erudite leader Jeanine's mind-controlled Dauntless soldiers. Dauntless leader Eric and his platoon search through the wreckage of Abnegation for a box of unknown origin that contains the symbols for each faction. They recover the box and take it to Erudite. Jeanine claims it contains data from the city's founders and the means to end the Divergence problem–the issue of individuals having the qualities of multiple factions. Only a Divergent can open the box, so she orders all Divergents hunted down and captured.
Divergent
Divergent (2014)
, 2h19
Directed by Neil Burger
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Kate Winslet, Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, Theo James, Ray Stevenson, Ansel Elgort
Roles Max
Rating66% 3.303973.303973.303973.303973.30397
In a futuristic dystopian Chicago, the society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intellectual). The remaining population are the Factionless, who have no status or privilege in this society. When children reach the age of 16, they undergo a serum-induced psychological test which indicates their best-suited faction, then are allowed to choose any faction as their permanent group at the subsequent Choosing Ceremony.
Flypaper
Flypaper (2011)
, 1h27
Directed by Rob Minkoff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Ashley Judd, Patrick Dempsey, Octavia Spencer, Adrian Martinez, Jeffrey Tambor, Mekhi Phifer
Roles Darrien
Rating63% 3.1508653.1508653.1508653.1508653.150865
A bank is simultaneously attacked by two groups of robbers: three high-tech professionals and two rustic buffoons. One bystander is quickly shot and killed, apparently by accident, and seven hostages taken. One of the hostages, an obsessive-compulsive customer, notices several puzzling details, from which he guesses that the coincidence was intentional: the robbers (among others) were lured here, with misleading blueprints and defective equipment, so that another criminal – at the top of the FBI's wanted list of bank robbers – could kill them to cover his own trail.
Last Man Standing, 1h21
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Anthony Michael Hall, Catherine Bell, Mekhi Phifer, Dale Dickey, Ella Anderson
Roles Jeremy Davis
Rating51% 2.55512.55512.55512.55512.5551
Abby Collins est une mère de famille dynamique qui se consacre à ses enfants. Mariée à Nick, sympathique vétérinaire, elle coule des jours heureux dans leur maison de la banlieue de Detroit. Tout bascule soudain dans le pire des cauchemars lorsqu'elle constate que son époux a été enlevé. Afin de comprendre qui leur en veut de la sorte, elle va devoir se tourner vers son propre passé, un passé qu'elle a toujours soigneusement évité d'évoquer avec ses proches. Rapidement, elle réalise quelles sont les raisons de cet enlèvement...
A Day in the Life, 1h30
Directed by Sticky Fingaz
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Mekhi Phifer, Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Bokeem Woodbine, Omar Epps, Faizon Love
Roles King Khi
Rating51% 2.5653652.5653652.5653652.5653652.565365
The film centers on one day in the life of Stick, a gang leader, as he attempts to retire from a life of crime. A Day in the Life contains no spoken dialogue. Instead, the actors rap all their lines over a hip-hop beat.
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Tatyana Ali, Bobby Brown, Stacey Dash, Donn Swaby, Mekhi Phifer, Lucille Soong
Roles Maxwell Terry
Rating36% 1.8094751.8094751.8094751.8094751.809475
Beauty salon owner Nora has willed her business to her two estranged nieces and both are at odds as to what do with their inheritance.
This Christmas, 1h59
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Mirtha Michelle, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Columbus Short
Roles Gerald
Rating64% 3.2002853.2002853.2002853.2002853.200285
Les membres d'une famille passent Noël ensemble pour la première fois depuis 4 ans...
Puff, Puff, Pass, 1h34
Directed by Mekhi Phifer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Danny Masterson, Mekhi Phifer, Jaleel White, LaVan Davis, Terry Crews, Ashley Scott
Roles Big Daddy
Rating54% 2.7037852.7037852.7037852.7037852.703785
The film opens with an infomercial, given by Dick Dupre (a parody of Don Lapre) played by John C. McGinley, which Larry (Danny Masterson) and Rico (Ronnie Warner) are watching. Larry and Rico are two stoners who live in a one-room apartment, and after watching the entire infomercial, they decide to start a "tiny classified ads" business. This is a running gag throughout the film. Each time they explain their new "business," someone asks, "Ads for what?", and they respond confidently, "That's not the point! It's complex" or "The ads themselves... they generate income", simply quoting the infomercial.
Slow Burn
Slow Burn (2005)
, 1h33
Directed by Wayne Beach
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ray Liotta, Jolene Blalock, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Taye Diggs, Bruce McGill
Roles Isaac Duperde
Rating56% 2.848682.848682.848682.848682.84868
The movie begins with Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock), a biracial (African and European) woman, being questioned by Ford Cole (Ray Liotta), the District Attorney. Nora, who also happens to be the Assistant District Attorney, claims to have been raped by Issac Duparde (Mekhi Phifer), prior to shooting him in the head in self-defense. Ty Trippin (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a journalist interviews Ford in his car; Ford anticipating both his first and second questions, surprises Ty by stating them to him before he asks Ford himself. Nora narrates her version of the story to Ford, meeting Issac at a music store, where he came on to her, asking to give her a ride on the rainy night they had first met about a week ago. Nora politely rebuffs his advances, but is left with no other option then to accept his ride in his car, when left stranded in the rain with no cab to respond to her calls. Issac locks the door to his car when Nora tries to leave his vehicle upon reaching her home, only to give her a music cassette as a compliment. Nora tells Ford that Issac waited for her in her house one night, and grabbed her from behind, and he raped her.
Dawn of the Dead, 1h40
Directed by Zack Snyder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell
Roles Andre
Rating72% 3.6482253.6482253.6482253.6482253.648225
After finishing a long shift, nurse Ana returns to her suburban neighborhood and her husband, Luis. Caught up in a scheduled date night, they miss an emergency news bulletin. The next morning, a neighborhood girl enters their bedroom and kills Luis, who immediately reanimates as a zombie and attacks Ana. She flees in her car but crashes and passes out. Upon waking, Ana joins with Police Sergeant Kenneth Hall, electronics salesman Michael, petty criminal Andre and his pregnant wife, Luda. They break into a nearby mall and are attacked by a zombified security guard, who scratches Luda. They are also confronted by three living guards — C.J., Bart, and Terry — who make them surrender their weapons in exchange for refuge. They split into groups to secure the mall and then go to the roof, where they see another survivor, Andy, who is stranded alone in his gun store across the zombie-infested parking lot.
Honey
Honey (2003)
, 1h34
Directed by Bille Woodruff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Jessica Alba, Romeo Miller, Mekhi Phifer, David Moscow, Zachary Isaiah Williams, Joy Bryant
Roles Chaz
Rating53% 2.6618452.6618452.6618452.6618452.661845
Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) works as a bartender, a record store clerk and a dancer teacher at a local community center run by her mother in New York. Having dreams to make it as a backup dancer in music videos, Honey and rival Katrina (Laurieann Gibson) are recorded dancing in the club where the former works. That same night, Honey and friend Gina (Joy Bryant) leave the club and encounter some kids dancing. Two of the kids are introduced as Benny (Lil' Romeo), and his little brother Raymond (Zachary Williams). Honey invites them to attend her classes at the community center, and they work together to inspire new dance moves. The young teacher soon catches the attention of music director Michael Ellis (David Moscow), who gives her a job as a backup dancer in Jadakiss' new video. Unimpressed with his current choreographer, Michael decides to let Honey choreograph the video. Impressed, Honey gets promoted, and choreographs for Tweet, Sheek Louch, and Shawn Desman.
8 Mile
8 Mile (2002)
, 1h50
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Taryn Manning, King Gordy
Roles David "Future" Porter
Rating71% 3.599223.599223.599223.599223.59922
In Fall 1995 in Detroit, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (Eminem), a young and unhappy blue-collar worker from a poor family, struggles with various aspects of his life. He has moved back north of 8 Mile Road to the rundown trailer home in Warren, Michigan of his alcoholic mother Stephanie (Kim Basinger), his little sister Lily (Chloe Greenfield), and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend Greg (Michael Shannon). Although encouraged by his friends, who hail him as a talented rap music artist, Jimmy worries about his potential as a musician, particularly due to his lack of confidence. This caused him to panic during a rap battle one night at a club called The Shelter, and leave the stage humiliated.