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Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. After pursuing an 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 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 (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series and in 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) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama Green Book (2018). He is the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020). In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the 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. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016) and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mahershala Ali, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Mahershala Ali
Commissioner James Gordon
for Commissioner James Gordon in Dang Mcgee's Joker II: Rusthouse (2019)
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Gotham City descends further into chaos as the Joker tightens his grip on the criminal underworld. Driven by a twisted sense of amusement, he orchestrates a series of increasingly elaborate crimes, leaving the city on edge. However, the arrival of the Justice League, a newly formed team of extraordinary heroes, throws a wrench into the Joker's plans. Threatened by the prospect of order, the Joker hatches a desperate scheme. He forms an uneasy alliance with his estranged father, the Red Hood, now a broken shell of his former self. Together, they recruit a team of Gotham's most notorious villains: the monstrous Clayface, the fear-mongering Scarecrow, the cunning Sofia Gigante, and the brutal Bane. This unlikely alliance, dubbed the "Rusthouse," stands as the last bastion of chaos against the encroaching forces of justice. As the Joker revels in the escalating conflict, a twisted game of cat-and-mouse ensues between the Rusthouse and the Justice League. The film delves deeper into the Joker's psyche, exploring his motivations and the ever-widening chasm between his warped sense of humor and a terrifying reality.
