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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
Nick Fury
for Nick Fury in S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 2
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In the aftermath of the Terrigenesis disaster, SHIELD struggles to maintain global order. The season focuses on Daisy Johnson, now adapting to her seismic powers as Quake while leading a response team. Standing in their way is the overarching villain of Graviton, a gravity-manipulating villain whose attacks threaten to tear SHIELD's remaining infrastructure apart. Amidst the war, a critical episode shifts focus to the streets of New York, where Hawkeye and Black Widow orchestrate an alliance with Daredevil and Elektra to track down Bullseye, who escaped during the Ultron prison breakout. The pursuit culminates in a warehouse confrontation. Bullseye exploits a defensive lapse, blindsiding Elektra and stabbing her through the chest with her own sai. Witnessing the murder, an unhinged Daredevil unleashes a devastating assault, beating Bullseye within an inch of his life. Just as Clint calls out to restrain Matt, a horrifying anomaly stops them all in their tracks. Elektra's body begins to deconstruct, reverting into a green, pointed-eared alien, a Skrull. Having never encountered the shapeshifters, the street-level heroes are left in complete shock, entirely unable to comprehend the transformation. Matt has a wave of conflicting relief and horror: the woman who just dies was the real Elektra, but her whereabouts remain a mystery-a fact made deeply unsettling by their recent, intense physical intimacy. Recognizing the nature of the security breach, the team transports the body to SHIELD HQ. Confronted by the evidence of a deep-cover global infiltration, Nick Fury dials Tony Stark and Reed Richards, begging for emergency assistance as the season drops a massive cliffhanger.
