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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
John Henry Irons/Steel
for John Henry Irons/Steel in Justice League: Darkseid War (2018)
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Released April 27, 2018, Darkseid has arrived. After completing the Anti-Life Equation, he sets his sights on Earth to use the equation. He starts by softening Earth up by sending his son, Kalibak, and Parademons. The Justice League try to fight them off knowing they can only slow them down. Diana/Wonder Woman and Arthur Curry/Aquaman return to Man’s World to help in the battle. However, Darkseid is winning. Batman is nowhere to be seen. Darkseid fights off against Superman and kills Superman. Seeing his death, the people of Earth begin to lose hope as the Anti-Life Equation starts to take over. Though some are able to resist, a majority of Earth is taken over. However, Dr. Fate arrives and transports Wonder Woman, John Stewart, The Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Superman, and Batman to a desolate planet. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are together. Martian Manhunter, Flash, and John are together. Batman and Superman are together.
