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Acting

Mahershala Ali

Career: Active from 2001 to 2026, busiest in 2016 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Wildwood
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Mahershala Ali Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.2, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven Narrative 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Social Commentary 2
Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

All Signs of Death

as Gabe

Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel

as Duncan Kincaid

The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

as Isaac Dupree

2020s

12 titles · average score 70

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

as Uncle Aaron (voice)

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

82

as Latif

Wildwood

86

as Brenden (voice)

Jurassic World Rebirth

53

as Duncan Kincaid

Task

75

TV show · as Eddie Barnes

Leave the World Behind

62

as G.H. Scott

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

88

as Uncle Aaron (voice)

Swan Song

68

as Cameron Turner

INVINCIBLE

80

TV show · as Titan (voice)

Eternals

56

as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)

A World of Calm

50

TV show · as Narrator

We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest

Executive Producer

2010s

26 titles · average score 70

Alita: Battle Angel

67

as Vector

Waves

79

Thanks

Green Book

77

as Dr. Don Shirley

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

86

as Uncle Aaron (voice)

Roxanne Roxanne

66

as Cross

Free State of Jones

58

as Moses Washington

Hidden Figures

82

as Jim Johnson

Race for the White House

78

TV show · as Narrator

Kicks

72

as Marlon

True Detective

76

TV show · as Wayne Hays

House of Cards

77

TV show · as Remy Danton

The Wronged Man

60

as Calvin Willis

2000s

9 titles · average score 63

Lie to Me

71

TV show · as Detective Hughes

Crossing Over

42

as Detective Strickland

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

73

as Tizzy Weathers

Umi's Heart

as Ezra

The 4400

79

TV show · as Richard Tyler

Threat Matrix

36

TV show · as Jelani Harper

Taste the Revolution

as Mac Laslow

Crossing Jordan

69

TV show · as Trey Sanders

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

68

TV show · as Tombs' Security Guard

1990s

1 title · average score 73

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Mark Foster