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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
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for General Swanwick in Superman And Batman World's Finest
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the Joker discovers a large piece of Kryptonite and plans to sell it to Lex Luthor to kill Superman. Batman, tracking the Joker, ends up in Metropolis and encounters Superman. The two heroes initially clash due to their different methods, but ultimately team up to stop the Joker and Lex Luthor. The Joker finds a large chunk of Kryptonite and offers to kill Superman for Lex Luthor in exchange for a billion dollars. Bruce Wayne, investigating the Joker's activities, travels to Metropolis and encounters Superman. Superman and Batman's methods clash, leading to a brief conflict as they each try to figure out the other's identity. The two heroes eventually realize they need to work together to stop the Joker and Lex Luthor, who are both involved in the plot to harm Superman. The Joker attempts to kill Superman with a bomb on a sinking ship and also tries to destroy Metropolis with a giant wing, but Batman and Superman thwart his plans. Lex Luthor, fearing exposure, tries to kill the Joker, but the Joker survives and eventually gets his revenge, while Batman and Superman prevent further chaos.
