Age: 52
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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
Nathan Cross
for Nathan Cross in Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2026)
Suggested by roma_007
In the high-stakes world of underground street racing, Jake Ryder, a talented racer, arrives in Rockport City with dreams of dominating its infamous racing scene. His prized possession—a heavily modified BMW M3 GTR—quickly makes him a target for the "Blacklist," a ruthless group of the city's top 15 racers. But Jake's ambitions take a devastating turn when Razor Callahan, the Blacklist's top racer, sabotages Jake's car during a pivotal race, causing him to lose the race, his car, and his freedom. Arrested by the relentless Sergeant Cross, Jake is released on a technicality but is left humiliated and carless. Determined to reclaim his car and take down Razor, Jake begins his climb up the Blacklist, racing and defeating each member one by one. With the help of his loyal friend Rog and mysterious ally Mia Townsend, Jake takes on increasingly dangerous challenges, culminating in a final showdown against Razor. Along the way, Jake must also evade Cross and his ever-tightening police net. The stakes are high, but for Jake, the road to redemption is paved with speed.
