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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
Commisioner James Gordon
for Commisioner James Gordon in Dang McGee's Joker IV: Laughing All the Way to the Bank (December 2020)
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Gotham City cowers under the twisted rule of the Joker. Having subdued the monstrous Solomon Grundy, the Joker reigns supreme over the city's criminal underworld, reveling in the chaos he's orchestrated. However, his amusement is short-lived with the emergence of a new challenger - Oswald Cobblepot, better known as the Penguin. The Penguin, a shrewd businessman with an insatiable thirst for power, views the Joker's brand of anarchy as inefficient and unproductive. He proposes a "legitimate" criminal empire, offering a more structured and profitable alternative to the Joker's current reign of terror. Backing him is his formidable mother, the ruthless socialite and businesswoman, Jill Qcanct. The Joker, initially amused by the Penguin's audacity, soon finds himself embroiled in a power struggle. A hilarious and deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, with each villain employing their signature tactics to outmaneuver the other. The Joker unleashes elaborate pranks and theatrical displays to undermine the Penguin's attempts at legitimacy, while the Penguin uses his influence and resources to disrupt the Joker's criminal operations. Meanwhile, a bewildered Gotham City struggles to cope with this new dynamic. Commissioner Gordon, wearied by the relentless chaos, seeks a way to restore order. In an unexpected twist, Smokey the Bear, a symbol of environmental responsibility, makes a bizarre cameo appearance, leaving both the Joker and the Penguin bewildered.
