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'''Mahershala Ali''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|h|ɜr|ʃ|ə|l|ə}} {{respell|mə|HUR|shə-lə}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahershala Ali Breaks Down His Career, from 'Moonlight' to 'Swan Song' {{!}} Vanity Fair |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=20&v=7g0jQukm2ow&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube | date=December 16, 2021 |publisher=Vanity Fair |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> born '''Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore''' on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Mahershala Ali|multiple accolades]], including two [[Academy Awards]], a [[British Academy Film Award]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named him one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2019,<ref name="Time100">{{cite magazine|first=Octavia|last=Spencer|title=Mahershala Ali |url=
After pursuing an [[Master of Fine Arts|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 [[List of The 4400 characters#Richard Tyler|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 (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original [[The Hunger Games (film series)|''The Hunger Games'' film series]], and in ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'', for which he received his first [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination.
Ali won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' (2016) and as [[Don Shirley]] in the comedy-drama film ''[[Green Book (film)|Green Book]]'' (2018). He is the first
In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the [[True Detective season 3|third season]] of the [[HBO]] anthology crime series ''[[True Detective]]'' and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the [[Hulu]] comedy-drama series ''[[Ramy (TV series)|Ramy]]''. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played [[Cornell Stokes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes]] in the [[Luke Cage season 1|first season]] of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'' (2016), and voiced [[Prowler (Marvel Comics)|Aaron Davis]] in the animated films ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'' (2018) and ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]'' (2023).
==Early life and education==
Ali was born in [[Oakland, California]], on February 16, 1974<!--Per 2017 Hollywood Reporter source-->, to Willicia Goines and Phillip Gilmore.<ref name="hollywoodreporter20170215">{{cite news|last1=Galloway|first1=Stephen|title='Moonlight' Breakout Mahershala Ali in His Own Words: A Persona Journey From Childhood Upheaval to Spiritual Awakening|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/moonlight-breakout-mahershala-ali-his-own-words-a-personal-journey-childhood-upheaval-spiri|access-date=April 29, 2019|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 15, 2017|language=en|archive-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521210653/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/moonlight-breakout-mahershala-ali-his-own-words-a-personal-journey-childhood-upheaval-spiri|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gutthman|first=Edward|url=http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/December-2018/Mahershala-Ali-Talks-About-Life-After-Oscar/|title=Mahershala Ali Talks About Life After Oscar|work=Oakland Magazine|date=December 5, 2018|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-date=July 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715181231/http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/December-2018/Mahershala-Ali-Talks-About-Life-After-Oscar/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gentile|first=Dan|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Mahershala-Ali-HBO-We-Are-The-Dream-BART-15050962.php|title=Mahershala Ali talks BART, his favorite Bay Area restaurant and new Oakland film|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=February 12, 2020|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712030413/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Mahershala-Ali-HBO-We-Are-The-Dream-BART-15050962.php|url-status=live}}</ref> His birth name, Mahershalalhashbaz, is from [[Maher-shalal-hash-baz]], the name of the prophet [[Isaiah]]'s second child ([[Isaiah 8|chapter 8]], [[Book of Isaiah]]).<ref name="hollywoodreporter20170215"/> Ali was raised as a Christian in [[Hayward, California]], by his mother, an ordained [[Baptists in the United States|Baptist]] minister whose own mother, Evia Goines, was herself an ordained minister at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward.<ref name="hollywoodreporter20170215"/><ref name="smc">{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Mahershala|date=October 22, 2011|url=http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/mahershala-ali-96|title=Mahershala Ali ('96)|publisher=[[Saint Mary's College of California]]|access-date=December 14, 2016|archive-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302104605/https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/mahershala-ali-96|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="gq">{{cite web|last1=Viera|first1=Bené|title=Mahershala Ali Quit House of Cards and Became Marvel's New Villain|url=https://www.gq.com/story/mahershala-ali-interview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106125801/http://www.gq.com/story/mahershala-ali-interview|archive-date=January 6, 2017|access-date=January 6, 2017|website=[[GQ]]|date=August 15, 2016}}</ref> His father left the family when Ali was a toddler to pursue a career as a dancer;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bauer |first1=Pat |title=Mahershala Ali |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mahershala-Ali |website=Britannica |access-date=March 18, 2024 |date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615170647/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mahershala-Ali |url-status=live }}</ref> he appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]],<ref name="gq" /> and died in 1994.<ref name="hollywoodreporter20170215"/>
Ali attended [[St. Mary's College of California]] (SMC) in [[Moraga, California]], where he graduated in 1996 with a degree in mass communication as a [[First-generation college students in the United States|first-generation college student]].<ref name="smc" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mahershala Ali '96: Inspiring SMC Students to Reach Their Full Potential {{!}} Saint Mary's College |url=https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/news/mahershala-ali-96-inspiring-smc-students-reach-their-full-potential#:~:text=Moonlight%20Scholars,for%20acting%20and%20the%20arts. |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.stmarys-ca.edu}}</ref> He entered SMC with a basketball scholarship and went by the name "'''Hershal Gilmore'''" when playing for the [[Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball|SMC Gaels]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/espn/status/1099857708893831168|title=Before becoming a two-time #Oscars winner, Mahershala Ali (then Gilmore) played D-I basketball at St. Mary's from 1992-96. (via @TheUndefeated, @WCCsports)pic.twitter.com/MhHWPiY9aF|last=ESPN|date=February 24, 2019|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317070016/https://twitter.com/espn/status/1099857708893831168|url-status=live}}</ref> He became disenchanted with the idea of a sports career because of the treatment given to the team's athletes and developed an interest in acting, particularly after taking part in a staging of ''[[Spunk (play)|Spunk]]'', which later landed him an apprenticeship at the [[California Shakespeare Theater]] following graduation. After a sabbatical year working for ''[[Gavin Report]]'', he enrolled in [[New York University]]'s graduate acting program at [[Tisch School of the Arts]], earning his master's degree in 2000.<ref name="smc" />
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===Acting===
[[File:MahershalalhashbazAliCCJuly07.jpg|thumb|upright|Ali at the 2010 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
Ali was known professionally by his full name, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, from 2001 until 2010, when he began to be credited as Mahershala Ali.<ref name="smc" /><ref name=gettingstarted>{{cite journal|last=Desta|first=Yohana|date=October 20, 2016|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/10/mahershala-ali-moonlight-luke-cage|title=Mahershala Ali Is Everywhere—and He's Only Getting Started|journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=December 14, 2016|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417143652/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/10/mahershala-ali-moonlight-luke-cage|url-status=live}}</ref> Ali had considered shortening his name for a while, saying that using his full first name was "a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood", although he had never been pressured by managers or agents to change it.<ref name=gettingstarted/> He decided to use a shorter version of his first name after being told that his full name was too long to fit on the poster for the film ''[[The Place Beyond the Pines]]''. He did not want the alternative of
He elaborated in an interview to ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' in October 2016: {{cquote|"I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name. I didn't want a couple of syllables to get in the way of me having the fullest experience as an actor."<ref name=gettingstarted/>
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[[File:Mahershala Ali (29953410761).jpg|thumb|upright|Ali at the [[2016 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
At the annual [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in July 2019, Ali was announced as being cast to play the supernatural superhero [[Blade (character)|Blade]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film of the [[Blade (
===Music===
Ali was signed to Bay Area recording label [[Hieroglyphics Imperium]] during the late 2000s and recorded [[rap music]] as
==Personal life==
Ali converted to [[Ahmadiyya Islam]] in 2000, changing his surname from Gilmore to
He is married to Amatus Sami-Karim, an actress and musician.<ref>{{cite web|title=AMATUS ARTIST COMPOSER ACTOR|url=https://www.amatusart.com/about |website=amatusmusic.com amatusart.com|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326191000/http://www.amatusart.com/about|archive-date=March 26, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their first child, a daughter, was born in February 2017.<ref name="baby">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/02/24/mahershala-ali-welcomes-first-child-wife-amatus-sami-karim/98369572/|title=Mahershala Ali welcomes first child with wife Amatus Sami-Karim|newspaper=[[Usatoday.com|USA Today]]|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322051203/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/02/24/mahershala-ali-welcomes-first-child-wife-amatus-sami-karim/98369572/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Ali is a devout fan of [[hip hop]] and has said within various interviews that Cambatta, [[Planet Asia]], [[Skyzoo]], [[Blu (rapper)|Blu]], [[Ka (rapper)|Ka]], [[Roc Marciano]], [[Mach-Hommy]], [[Pink Siifu]], [[Fly Anakin]] & Mutant Academy, [[Mick Jenkins (rapper)|Mick Jenkins]], [[Sage Elsesser]], [[EARTHGANG]], [[Benny The Butcher]], [[Conway The Machine]], [[Westside Gunn]], Hus Kingpin & SmooVth are amongst his favorite artists.<ref name ="djbooth">{{citation|url= https://djbooth.net/.amp/features/2017-01-30-mahershala-ali-most-hip-hop-man-in-hollywood|title= Mahershala Ali Is the Most Hip-Hop Man in Hollywood|date= January 30, 2017|access-date= September 5, 2022|archive-date= September 5, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220905160803/https://djbooth.net/.amp/features/2017-01-30-mahershala-ali-most-hip-hop-man-in-hollywood|url-status= live}}</ref>
In October 2023, Ali signed the [[Artists4Ceasefire]] letter calling for a ceasefire in the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|2023 Israel-Hamas War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists Call for Ceasefire Now |url=https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Artists4Ceasefire |language=en-US |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216055552/https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=2023-10-20 |title=Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett and More Stars Demand Joe Biden Call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire: 'Compassion Must Prevail' |url=https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/hollywood-demands-gaza-israel-ceasefire-joaquin-phoenix-cate-blanchett-1235763646/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312082113/https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/hollywood-demands-gaza-israel-ceasefire-joaquin-phoenix-cate-blanchett-1235763646/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2024, he showed further support for [[Palestinians]] in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] by reciting the poem "Longing for Haifa" by Palestinian poet
==Discography==
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! Role
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| rowspan="1"|2003▼
| ''Making Revolution''▼
| Mac Laslow▼
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| rowspan="2" | 2008
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| ''[[Eternals (film)|Eternals]]''
| [[Blade (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Eric Brooks / Blade]]
| Uncredited voice
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| ''[[Swan Song (2021 Benjamin Cleary film)|Swan Song]]''
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| ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]''
| Aaron Davis / Prowler
| Voice
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| ''[[Leave the World Behind (film)|Leave the World Behind]]''
|George G.H. Scott
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▲| Mac Laslow
| Filmed in 2001
|-▼
| rowspan="2"|2025
| Duncan Kincaid
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| {{Pending film|[[Wildwood (film)|Wildwood]]}}
| Brenden
| In production; Voice
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▲| {{Pending film|[[Untitled Jurassic World film]]}}
| {{TableTBA}}
▲| Filming<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/jurassic-world-4-filming-first-plot-details/ |title=Jurassic World 4 Begins Filming, First Plot Details Released |website=CBR |first=Lee |last=Freitag |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>
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| {{Pending film|[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse#Sequel|Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse]]}}
| Aaron Davis / Prowler
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| [[Wayne Hays (True Detective)|Wayne Hays]]
| Main role; 8 episodes
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| rowspan="1"| 2020
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| {{TableTBA}}
| ''The Plot''
| Jake
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{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Mahershala Ali}}
Ali
Ali received critical acclaim and won [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Awards]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' (2016) and as [[Don Shirley]] in the biographical comedy-drama ''[[Green Book (film)|Green Book]]'' (2018), as well as a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|BAFTA]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award]] for the latter. He is the [[List of Muslim Academy Award winners and nominees|first Muslim actor to win an Oscar]], as well as the [[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees|second black actor]] (after [[Denzel Washington]]) to [[List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories|win multiple acting Oscars]] and the only black actor to win [[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actor in a Supporting Role|twice in the same acting category]].
▲Ali was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|SAG Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]] for playing [[Wayne Hays (True Detective)|Wayne Hays]] in [[True Detective season 3|the third season]] of the [[HBO]] crime anthology ''[[True Detective]]'' (2019). [[72nd Primetime Emmy Awards|The next year]], he won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program]] for producing ''[[We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest]]'' (2020), and received [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|another Emmy nomination]] for his role in the second season of ''[[Ramy (TV series)|Ramy]]'' (2020). He received nominations for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor]] for his role in the science fiction romance ''[[Swan Song (2021 Benjamin Cleary film)|Swan Song]]'' (2021). His [[narration]] of the [[Netflix]] documentary ''[[Chimp Empire]]'' (2023) earned him his [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator|fifth Emmy nomination]].
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