Mekhi Phifer

Also Credited As:

Mekkhi Thira Phifer
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Biography

Mekhi Phifer's success story read like something from Hollywood's Golden Age. With little to no acting experience, Phifer landed a walk-on in an open casting session for the role of Strike in Spike Lee's "Clockers" (1995). After he won the part, his career as a powerful and versatile African-American actor of the hip-hop generation was off and running. Phifer would go on to capture the attention of critics and audiences alike with performances …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Music

Born

Mekkhi Thira Phifer on December 29, 1974 in Harlem, New York, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Hunter's Moon

Actor

The Radical

Actor

An Uninvited Guest

Silk

O

Odin James 'O'

Puff, Puff, Pass

Big Daddy

Hip Hopera: Carmen

Derrick Hill

The Other Brother

Martin

Head Games

John

Honey

Chaz

Miss USA 2004

Judge

Brian's Song

Gale Sayers

A Day In The Life

King Khi

8 Mile

Future

A Lesson Before Dying

Jefferson

Last Man Standing

Jeremy Davis

Canned Ham: High School High

Actor

Flypaper

Darrien

High School High

Griff

Slow Burn

Isaac Duparde

Clockers

"Strike" Dunham

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Tyrell

Hell's Kitchen

Johnny Miller

Dawn of the Dead

Andre

Soul Food

Lem

Impostor

Cale