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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
President Walker
for President Walker in Justice League: Gods and Monsters (live action version)
Suggested by go77e
(rewritten for live action* In an alternate Earth, a darker Justice League struggles with internal conflicts and moral ambiguity. Superman, Hernan Guerrero—the ruthless son of General Zod—wields immense power with little patience for compromise. Wonder Woman, Bekka, balances her New God heritage with the harsh realities of the surface world. Batman operates from the shadows, unafraid to blur ethical lines to achieve justice. The true threat arises from Dr. Will Magnus, a once-brilliant scientist whose obsession with enhancing humanity leads him to dangerous and unethical experiments. As Magnus’s creations wreak havoc, the League must unite despite their differences to stop him. Lex Luthor, positioned as an uneasy anti-hero, uses his vast resources and ruthless pragmatism to counter Magnus’s threat, though his motives remain complex and ambiguous. Supporting allies including Lois Lane and John Henry Irons aid the League’s efforts to prevent catastrophe. The story culminates in a battle not just for survival, but for the future of humanity—forcing heroes and anti-heroes alike to confront the limits of their power and ideals.
