Mahershala Ali

Career timeline

1. 1974 · Born

   Born in Oakland, California, USA

2. 1999 · Screen debut

   Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV)

3. 2014 · Breakthrough

   True Detective (TV)

4. 2021 · First production

   Swan Song (Movie)

5. 2026 · Latest release

   Wildwood (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1990s

9 2000s

26 2010s

12 2020s

• Drama35
• Crime13
• Science Fiction13
• Action12
• Adventure11
• Mystery7

Highest-rated title INVINCIBLE 2021 8.6 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Mahershala Ali in our catalogue.

Jake Johnson

4 titles together

David Fincher

2 titles together

Jodie Foster

2 titles together

Awkwafina

2 titles together

Christopher Miller

2 titles together

1. — All Signs of Death Upcoming as Gabe Movie
2. — Driver Upcoming Movie
3. — The Personal History of Rachel DuPree Upcoming as Isaac Dupree Movie
4. — 77 Blackout Upcoming Movie
5. 2027 Jurassic World Liberation Upcoming as Duncan Kincaid Movie
6. 2027 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Upcoming as Uncle Aaron (voice) Movie
7. 2026 Wildwood as Brenden (voice) 8.5 Movie
8. 2026 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother as Latif 6.6 Movie
9. 2025 Task as Eddie Barnes 7.0 TV
10. 2025 Jurassic World Rebirth as Duncan Kincaid 6.2 Movie
11. 2023 Leave the World Behind as G.H. Scott 6.4 Movie
12. 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Uncle Aaron (voice) 8.4 Movie
13. 2021 Swan Song as Cameron Turner 7.1 Movie
14. 2021 Eternals as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
15. 2021 INVINCIBLE as Titan (voice) 8.6 TV
16. 2020 Between the World and Me Movie
17. 2020 A World of Calm as Narrator TV
18. 2019 Ramy as Sheikh Ali Malik 7.3 TV
19. 2019 Alita: Battle Angel as Vector 7.3 Movie
20. 2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Uncle Aaron (voice) 8.4 Movie
21. 2018 Green Book as Dr. Don Shirley 8.2 Movie
22. 2017 Room 104 as Franco 5.7 TV
23. 2017 Roxanne Roxanne as Cross 6.1 Movie
24. 2016 Hidden Figures as Jim Johnson 8.1 Movie
25. 2016 Moonlight as Juan 7.4 Movie
26. 2016 Marvel's Luke Cage as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes 6.9 TV
27. 2016 Kicks as Marlon 6.7 Movie
28. 2016 Free State of Jones as Moses Washington 6.8 Movie
29. 2016 Gubagude Ko as Ochoro Movie
30. 2016 Race for the White House as Narrator TV
31. 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Boggs 6.9 Movie
32. 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Boggs 6.8 Movie
33. 2014 Supremacy as Deputy Rivers 5.7 Movie
34. 2014 True Detective as Wayne Hays 8.3 TV
35. 2013 Go for Sisters as Dez Movie
36. 2013 The Place Beyond the Pines as Kofi Kancam 7.0 Movie
37. 2013 House of Cards as Remy Danton 8.0 TV
38. 2012 Alcatraz as Clarence Montgomery 6.3 TV
39. 2011 Alphas as Nathan Clay 6.8 TV
40. 2010 Predators: Moments of Extraction as Mombasa (voice) Movie
41. 2010 The Wronged Man as Calvin Willis 6.1 Movie
42. 2010 Predators as Mombasa 6.3 Movie
43. 2010 Predators: The Chosen Movie
44. 2009 Crossing Over as Detective Strickland 6.1 Movie
45. 2009 Lie to Me as Detective Hughes 7.9 TV
46. 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Tizzy Weathers 7.6 Movie
47. 2008 Umi's Heart as Ezra Movie
48. 2004 The 4400 as Richard Tyler 7.2 TV
49. 2003 Threat Matrix as Jelani Harper TV
50. 2003 Taste the Revolution as Mac Laslow Movie
51. 2001 Crossing Jordan as Trey Sanders 7.2 TV
52. 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Tombs' Security Guard 7.6 TV
53. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mark Foster 8.0 TV

1. 2021 Swan Song 7.1 Movie

1. 2020 We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest Movie
2. 2003 Taste the Revolution Movie

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