1. Mekhi Phifer was born on December 29,1974, in Harlem, New York City.
24 Facts About Mekhi Phifer
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Mekhi Phifer grew up in a single-parent household with his mother, Rhoda Phifer, a high-school teacher.
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In 1994, while attending Columbia University to study electrical engineering, 20-year-old Mekhi Phifer attended an open-casting call for director Spike Lee's Clockers, beating over a thousand others to get the lead role as a narcotics dealer embroiled in a murder cover-up.
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Mekhi Phifer followed that role with another in the comedy spoof feature High School High and continued by co-starring in the horror film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.
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Mekhi Phifer starred in the film Paid in Full in 2002.
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Mekhi Phifer portrayed Dr Gregory Pratt on the NBC medical drama ER, a role which he introduced in April 2002.
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Mekhi Phifer left the show in September 2008, in the first episode of Season 15.
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Mekhi Phifer's character died during the conclusion of the season 14 finale cliffhanger involving an ambulance explosion that was rigged to kill an injured FBI informant.
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Mekhi Phifer received additional notice for his performance opposite singer Beyonce Knowles on MTV's alternative take on the Carmen legend with the film Carmen: A Hip Hopera.
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Mekhi Phifer had a recurring guest role in the fifth and sixth seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street, portraying "Junior Bunk", the troubled nephew of Baltimore drug lord Luther Mahoney, and guest-starred in New York Undercover.
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Mekhi Phifer earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for the TV film, A Lesson Before Dying, opposite Don Cheadle.
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In 2009, Mekhi Phifer began a guest-starring arc on the Fox drama Lie to Me.
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Mekhi Phifer appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full, an urban classic, that has given him notorious recognition as he portrayed Mitch and director Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile, opposite Eminem.
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Mekhi Phifer is mentioned in the lyrics of the Grammy and Academy Award winning song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem.
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Mekhi Phifer starred as Agent Collins in the fourth season of White Collar.
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Mekhi Phifer made a guest appearance on the sitcom series Husbands in its second season.
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Mekhi Phifer has a son with his former wife, actress Malinda Williams.
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Mekhi Phifer's second son was born to Oni Souratha in Los Angeles in 2007.
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On March 30,2013, Mekhi Phifer married his longtime girlfriend Reshelet Barnes in Beverly Hills, California.
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Mekhi Phifer was the winner of the Celebrity Poker Showdown's fourth tournament, defeating Matthew Perry, Dennis Rodman, Kevin Nealon and Neil Patrick Harris in the Championship game.
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Mekhi Phifer plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Love Our Children USA charity.
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Mekhi Phifer is chairman of the board of trustees of The Vine Group USA.
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Mekhi Phifer has his own well on the poker forum 2+2.
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Mekhi Phifer is an owner of a number of Athlete's Foot athletic shoe-store franchises in California.