Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Known for Acting · 26 titles on FreeFlix

Mahershala Ali is credited on FreeFlix as an actor, with TMDB listing their main department as Acting. Their catalogue-connected work here covers 18 films and 8 TV titles.

The titles drawing the most attention are Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015).

Across that filmography the recurring genres are drama, science fiction, action — these are genres calculated from their credits, not an official label.

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Biography

Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the orig…

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Known For

Mahershala Ali Movies

Eternals (2021) poster

Eternals

2021 • as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)

TV Credits

The 4400 (2004) poster

The 4400

2004 • TV • as Richard Tyler
Alphas (2011) poster

Alphas

2011 • TV • as Nathan Clay

Genres associated with their filmography

Calculated from the 26 catalogue titles above — these are the genres their work most often falls under, not an official classification.

Drama (17)Science Fiction (9)Action (8)Adventure (7)Crime (4)

Frequent Collaborations

People credited alongside Mahershala Ali on more than one of the titles above.

  • Jennifer Lawrence — 2 shared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
  • Josh Hutcherson — 2 shared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
  • Liam Hemsworth — 2 shared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
  • Woody Harrelson — 2 shared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
  • Elizabeth Banks — 2 shared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
  • Julianne Moore — 2 shared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

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Further credits

Smaller or less widely rated credits, listed for completeness.