Biography
Mahershala Ali is an American actor. Born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on 16 February 1974 in Oakland, California, he holds a BA from Saint Mary's College of California and an MFA from New York University.
Ali began his career with regular roles in the television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and The 4400 (2004–07). His film work includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Hidden Figures (2016), the final two Hunger Games films (2014–15), and voice roles as Uncle Aaron in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). He won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018), becoming the first Black actor to win two Oscars in that category. He has also received a BAFTA Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
More recent credits include Leave the World Behind (2023) as G.H. Scott and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) as Duncan Kincaid.
