Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a regular on the Fox crime show Lie to Me portraying the role of Ben Reynolds, before season 3. He was born in in Harlem, New York City, the son of Rhoda Phifer, a high school teacher; he grew up in a single-parent household with his mother. His acting career began in 1995, when Phifer attended an open casting call for director Spike Lee’s Clockers, beating over a thousand others to get the lead role as a narcotics dealer embroiled in a murder cover-up. He followed that role with another in the comedy spoof feature High School High (which also starred his former wife Malinda Williams) and continued by co-starring in the fright flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Among Phifer’s other big-screen credits are Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, O (as the titular character Odin a.k.a. O), and the thriller Uninvited Guest (as Silk). He appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full, 8 Mile, opposite Eminem and Dawn of the Dead. Phifer has a son, Omikaye, with his ex-wife, actress Malinda Williams. His second son, Mekhi Thira Phifer Jr., was born to his girlfriend Oni Souratha in Los Angeles on October 30, 2007. 메키 파이퍼(1974년생, New York City, New York, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 새벽의 저주, 8 마일, 나는 아직도 네가 지난 여름에 한 일을 알고 있다가 있으며, 그 외에도 로 앤 오더, 데일리 쇼, 시카고 PD, 하이 포텐셜, 싸이크, 커브 유어 엔수지애즘, 지미 키멜 라이브!, The View, ER, Homicide: Life on the Street, 화이트 칼라, 라이 투 미 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 Be Happy에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Be Happy에서 Peter Mosley 역을 맡았다. 2026년 Mary J. Blige Presents Be Happy에서 Peter Mosley 역을 맡았다. 2025년 Labyrinth에 출연했다.