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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
Eric Brooks
for Eric Brooks in Marvel Studios' Avengers: King in Black
Suggested by erentan
Knull, the master of absolute darkness predating the universe, targets Earth-616, launching an unprecedented cosmic invasion. Blacking out the skies and crippling global communications, massive Grendel dragons, Xenophages, and Ratrage swarms descend upon cities. As street-level heroes fight to survive, a global defense network led by Captain America and Mr. Fantastic unites Earth's forces across technological, cosmic, mystic, and supernatural fronts against an existential threat far greater than Thanos. While Iron Princess and her team defend the skies with Wakandan tech, Wanda and Doctor Strange cast mystic barriers, and the Midnight Sons protect Europe, Knull's personal arrival shatters the balance. He brutally executes Sentry by weaponizing the hero's own inner darkness, devastating the heroes' morale. Knull's true goal is capturing Dylan Brock, who holds a unique influence over the hive mind. However, Dylan's humanity and love for his father, amplified by the Spider-Men's empathic powers, sparks an unexpected rebellion within the billion-year-old hive, breaking Knull's absolute authority. This rupture, combined with the heroes' unified assault, creates an opening for the cosmic "Enigma Force" to descend and choose Eddie Brock. Transformed into a cosmic Knight of Light, Eddie is backed by Earth's heroes to destroy Knull in an epic sword duel, banishing the darkness back to the Void. Following the war, Eddie departs Earth as the new "King in Black" to control the universe's stray symbiotes. Meanwhile, the Avengers, X-Men, and all remaining protectors forge a new, unbreakable alliance to defend a brighter future together.
