Mahershala Ali

About Mahershala Ali

Actor best known for his appearances in House of Cards and Luke Cage on Netflix. He won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in Moonlight and Green Book. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Place Beyond the Pines, and Hidden Figures are among his other cinematic credits.

Mahershala Ali is an American actor and former rapper who has received numerous awards, including two Oscars, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2019. In 2020, the New York Times ranked him 23rd on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. began his career as a regular at television dramas, such as Crossing Jordan and Threat Matrix, before taking on the role of Richard Tyler in the sci-fi series. His first major film was in director David Fincher's fantasy, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He gained wider attention for his supporting roles in the final two films in the The Hunger Games series and the Netflix series Luke Cage and House of Cards, which received his first Primetime Emmy nomination for the sequel.

Occupation	Actor, rapper
Education	Saint Mary's College, California (BA), New York University (MFA)
Born	Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, February 16, 1974, Oakland, California, U.S.
Children	1
Years active	2001–present
Other names	Mahershala Karim-Ali, Hershal Gilmore

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Trivia

His television credits include guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, and Alcatraz. He also played Richard Tyler on the sci-fi series The 4400 and provided his voice in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Mahershala Ali before fame

Early in his career, he played Dr. Trey Sanders on the hit television show Crossing Jordan.

Achievement of Mahershala Ali

Guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, and Alcatraz are among his television credits. He also voiced Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and played Richard Tyler in the sci-fi series The 4400.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$8 Million

Mahershala Ali family life

He was named after a Biblical person and was born to a Christian family in Oakland, California. He switched to the Ahmadiyya Muslim faith later in life. In 2013, he married Amatus Sami-Karim, and the pair welcomed their first child, Bari, in 2017.

Associations of Mahershala Ali

He appeared in the 2014 and 2015 installments of The Hunger Games, starring actress Jennifer Lawrence.

Mahershala Ali Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	188 cm
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