Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Born: February 16, 1974
in Oakland, California, USA
Mahershalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore; February 16, 1974) is an American actor. Ali began his career as a regular on series such as Crossing Jordan and Threat Matrix before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science-fiction series The 4400. His first major film release was in the 2008 David Fincher-directed romantic fantasy drama film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 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 a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018). He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category, and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars.

Movies for Mahershala Ali...

Blade
Title: Blade
Character: Eric Brooks / Blade
Released: November 5, 2025
Type: Movie
A film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
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Leave the World Behind
Title: Leave the World Behind
Character: G.H. Scott
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: Movie
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Title: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Character: Uncle Aaron (voice)
Released: May 31, 2023
Type: Movie
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
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Title: Chimp Empire
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 19, 2023
Type: TV
A vast community of chimpanzees thrives in a forest in Uganda, navigating complex social politics, family dynamics and dangerous territory disputes.
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Stand
Title: Stand
Character: Self - Actor
Released: February 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the NBA and found his true calling when he converted to Islam. His decision not to stand for the national anthem, however, turned him from prodigy to pariah. Told candidly by Abdul-Rauf himself more than 20 years later it’s the remarkable story of one man who kept the faith and paved the way for a social justice movement.
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Swan Song
Title: Swan Song
Character: Cameron Turner
Released: December 17, 2021
Type: Movie
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.
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Eternals
Title: Eternals
Character: Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 2021
Type: Movie
The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
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Title: Invincible
Character: Titan (voice)
Released: March 25, 2021
Type: TV
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.
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Title: Amend: The Fight for America
Released: February 17, 2021
Type: TV
When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear into the Constitution — with liberty and justice for all.
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Between the World and Me
Title: Between the World and Me
Released: November 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.
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Title: A World of Calm
Character: Narrator
Released: October 1, 2020
Type: TV
A timely antidote for our modern lives, this revolutionary series takes audiences on an immersive audiovisual journey designed to help you relax and transform how you feel. Each episode is brought to life by narration from some of the smoothest voices in Hollywood.
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Title: Ramy
Character: Sheikh Ali Malik
Released: April 19, 2019
Type: TV
Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey neighborhood, pulled between his Muslim community that thinks life is a constant test, his millennial friends who think life is full of endless possibilities, and a God who's always watching.
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Alita: Battle Angel
Title: Alita: Battle Angel
Character: Vector
Released: January 31, 2019
Type: Movie
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Title: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Character: Uncle Aaron / Prowler (voice)
Released: December 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
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Green Book
Title: Green Book
Character: Dr. Don Shirley
Released: November 16, 2018
Type: Movie
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
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Title: Room 104
Character: Franco
Released: July 28, 2017
Type: TV
An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.
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Roxanne Roxanne
Title: Roxanne Roxanne
Character: Cross
Released: January 22, 2017
Type: Movie
The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.
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Hidden Figures
Title: Hidden Figures
Character: Jim Johnson
Released: December 10, 2016
Type: Movie
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
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Moonlight
Title: Moonlight
Character: Juan
Released: October 21, 2016
Type: Movie
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
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Title: Marvel's Luke Cage
Character: Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
Released: September 30, 2016
Type: TV
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
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The Realest Real
Title: The Realest Real
Character: The Minister
Released: September 12, 2016
Type: Movie
The Realest Real is a humorous exploration of the fickle and instant world of the internet.
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Kicks
Title: Kicks
Character: Marlon
Released: September 9, 2016
Type: Movie
When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
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Free State of Jones
Title: Free State of Jones
Character: Moses Washington
Released: June 24, 2016
Type: Movie
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
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Gubagude Ko
Title: Gubagude Ko
Character: Ochoro
Released: June 16, 2016
Type: Movie
A man witnesses a young woman's rape and experiences the guilt of his inaction.
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Title: Race for the White House
Character: Narrator
Released: March 6, 2016
Type: TV
From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White House" captures the drama of how a high-stakes presidential election can turn on a single issue and so much more.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Title: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Character: Boggs
Released: November 18, 2015
Type: Movie
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch
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Title: Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character: Self
Released: August 2, 2015
Type: TV
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Title: The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Character: Self (Boggs)
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. An impressively in depth assortment of seven featurettes that look at a variety of subjects, from casting to visual effects. - Hope and Rebellion: Continuing the Saga - Designing Dystopia: Visual Aesthetic - Rebels and Warriors: The Cast - Fusing Form and Function: Costume, Make-Up and Hair - Fighting the System: Shooting on Location - D13: Rebellion Tactics: Stunts and Special Effects - Perfecting Panem: The Post-Production Process
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Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character: Self
Released: December 21, 2014
Type: TV
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Title: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Character: Boggs
Released: November 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
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Supremacy
Title: Supremacy
Character: Deputy Rivers
Released: June 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
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Title: True Detective
Character: Wayne Hays
Released: January 12, 2014
Type: TV
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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Go for Sisters
Title: Go for Sisters
Character: Dez
Released: November 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne’s parole officer- just when she needs help on the wrong side of the law.
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The Place Beyond the Pines
Title: The Place Beyond the Pines
Character: Kofi Kancam
Released: March 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
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Title: House of Cards
Character: Remy Danton
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: TV
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.
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Title: Alcatraz
Character: Clarence Montgomery
Released: January 16, 2012
Type: TV
A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.
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Title: Alphas
Character: Nathan Clay
Released: July 11, 2011
Type: TV
Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.
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Predators: Moments of Extraction
Title: Predators: Moments of Extraction
Character: Mombasa (Voice)
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Moments of Extraction is an animated short film shows what each character of Predators movie was doing when they were captured by the Predators. Created exclusively for the Blu-ray release of Predators (2010) movie.
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Predators: The Chosen
Title: Predators: The Chosen
Character: Mombasa
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
A brief profile of the main characters of Predators movie who parashooted onto the planet. The short film was released on the Predators (2010) Blu-ray.
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The Wronged Man
Title: The Wronged Man
Character: Calvin Willis
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, Janet takes Calvin's pro bono case and wages a dramatic and stormy 22-year battle with the justice system that ultimately redeems an unjustly accused man and cements a life-long friendship.
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Predators
Title: Predators
Character: Mombasa
Released: July 3, 2010
Type: Movie
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Title: The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Character: Self
Released: May 5, 2009
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.
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Crossing Over
Title: Crossing Over
Character: Detective Strickland
Released: February 10, 2009
Type: Movie
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
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Title: Lie to Me
Character: Detective Hughes
Released: January 21, 2009
Type: TV
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Character: Tizzy Weathers
Released: December 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
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Umi's Heart
Title: Umi's Heart
Character: Ezra
Released: November 30, 2008
Type: Movie
The story of two brothers and their attempts to broach the difficult subject of religious conversion.
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Title: Stand Up to Cancer
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: TV
A biennial charitable telethon bringing together all the networks and the biggest stars in entertainment, for one night of music, laughter, and inspiration. The aim is to raise significant funds for translational cancer research, raise awareness, and bring about an understanding that everyone is connected to cancer.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: The 4400
Character: Richard Tyler
Released: July 11, 2004
Type: TV
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.
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Title: Threat Matrix
Character: Jelani Harper
Released: September 18, 2003
Type: TV
Against the rising threat, the Homeland Security Agency has created a highly specialized, elite task force trained and equipped to counter anyone or anything that threatens our nation. The head of this super-secret team is Special Agent John Kilmer. He reports only to the President and has authority to call upon the technical skills, firepower and the specialist agents of the FBI, CIA and NSA.
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Making Revolution
Title: Making Revolution
Character: Mac Laslow
Released: March 28, 2003
Type: Movie
In August of 2001, a group of disillusioned college students calls a world summit to counter apathy of their privileged generation and unite a splintered activist front. Lured by the promise of free food and booze, hundreds of young people descend upon a borrowed country estate to drink, use drugs, have sex and swap politics. Anticipating an event of historical significance, two aspiring filmmakers solicit a grant from a soft drink company to document the event as it unfolds. Their footage vividly illustrates the different agendas and perspectives in attendance. As the organizers sink deeper into the logistical nightmare of managing a modern revolution the filmmakers bear witness to the group's loss of confidence in their ability to change the world.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Title: Crossing Jordan
Character: Trey Sanders
Released: September 24, 2001
Type: TV
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Tombs' Security Guard
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Mark Foster
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self - Best Supporting Actor winner
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Title: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Character: Uncle Aaron (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Taking place right after the events of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy leads the newly reformed Spider-Gang in a race against the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O'Hara, to find Miles Morales, who is trapped in the home dimension of the spider that bit him, along with an alternate version of himself as the Prowler, while the Spot begins his deadly attack in his dimension with far-reaching multiversal consequences.
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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Title: The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Character: Isaac Dupree
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set during the early 1900s in South Dakota, Rachel and Isaac Dupree, an African American couple, raise their family on an isolated ranch in the Badlands.
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All Signs of Death
Title: All Signs of Death
Character: Gabe
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Centers on an inveterate twenty-something slacker who stumbles into a career as a crime scene cleaner, only to find himself entangled with a murder mystery, a femme fatale and the loose ends of his own past.
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Sovereign
Title: Sovereign
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In the wake of a fractured marriage, a man goes to find his wife and the entire crew of a space station who have gone missing. As he explores the ship, he discovers the truth about their disappearance and is forced to confront his own role in losing her.
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Wildwood
Title: Wildwood
Character: (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But Prue McKeel is about to enter this enchanted wonderland. Her baby brother Mac has been taken by a murder of crows into the forest’s depths, and she – along with her hapless classmate, Curtis – is going to get him back. Prue might think she’s too old for fairytales, but she’s just found herself at the center of one. One filled with strange talking animals, roguish bandits, and powerful figures with the darkest intentions.
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Title: The Plot
Character: Jake
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A struggling author commits an act of literary theft but someone finds out his secret and begins to threaten him.