Mahershala Ali


Biography

Life Events

2001

Made TV debut on NBC's "Crossing Jordan"

2004

Featured on USA's "The 4400"

2008

Appeared in David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

2011

Cast as a government agent on SyFy's "Alphas"

2011

Appeared in a recurring role on HBO's "Treme"

2012

Landed a role opposite Ryan Gosling in "The Place Beyond the Pines"

2013

Portrayed D.C. lobbyist Remy Danton on Netflix's "House of Cards"

2014

Played Boggs in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1"

2015

Reprised his role as Boggs in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2"

2016

Starred in "Moonlight" (2016) as Juan, surrogate father to a young Chiron.

2016

Portrayed Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes on the Netflix superhero series "Luke Cage"

2017

Won Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in "Moonlight"

2018

Starred in "Green Book" opposite Viggo Mortensen

2019

Played Vector in the big-screen adaptation of "Alita: Battle Angel"

2019

Starred on the third-season of HBO's anthology crime series, "True Detective"

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