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Mahershala Ali (1974-) is a two-time Oscar® winning American actor. Ali has quickly become one of the most respected actors working today. Ali began his career as a regular on television series, such as Crossing Jordan (2001–2002), Threat Matrix (2003–2004), and The 4400 (2004–2007). His first major movie role was in 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He won 2 Best Supporting Actor Oscars® (2016’s Moonlight and 2018’s The Green Room) in just three years. His IMDb page shows 43 acting credits since 2001. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 16 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings on the table.
Mahershala Ali Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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I have seen just 2 of the movies in the above table, Predators and The Place Beyond the Pines,but I might have known that once Ali became a double [supporting] actor winner he would attract a Cogerson page. Sometimes I think trying to get out of the ole Work is an elitist – the type of person that Brexiteers such as Steve and I have been voting against because we get the impression they think they know more than we do.
However no matter how often WH lords it over us we will still continue to give HIM our “Vote Up!” and affections. In a way I am therefore reminded of words by my wife’s favourite singer and WH’s fellow-Canuck, the great Leonard Cohen, that allegedly relate to Janis Joplin the rock music Great.
“I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
You were famous, your name was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men,
But for me you would make an exception.”
Those double supporting Oscars, and associated two Golden Globes comprising an award for one movie and a nomination for the other, are just four of the jewels in Ali’s acting crown as IMDB credits him overall with 76 awards and 51 nominations, making him one of those rare performers whose total awards outnumber the nominations. He is said to be worth $8 million net at the moment. He has certainly earned his Cogerson page.
Hey Bob…..like you said….once he got that “two-time Oscar winner” label I looked at his career…..and he got an UMR page. I was actually so confident he was going to win, that I did the page the night before the Oscars. I make a bunch of mistakes…but I got that one right…lol.
Nice music lyrics…..two Oscar wins in three years….he has had a wonderful last few years…I wonder where his career is headed now? More supporting roles….or do the double Oscars get him a leading man role? It will be interesting to watch. Good feedback.
HI BRUCE
Your revelation that you were so confident about Ali’s Oscar victory that you did the Ali page the night before the ceremony reminds me of Robert Redford’s 1984 The Natural.
You may recall that in that movie Redford plays Roy Hobbs a Federer-type figure who takes up professional baseball at a stage when a player would normally be too old to make it and as one wit in the film puts it “Fella you’re starting at a stage at which other guys are retiring!”
Against all odds Hobbs goes on to be a superstar but then goes off the boil for a time. At the end of the movie when he makes his great comeback Robert Duvall’s cynical sportswriter Max Mercy [like you in relation to Ali] is able to anticipate via Hobbs’ body language that the comeback is on the cards and has the Mercy column correctly written up even before Hobbs makes the winning strikes.
I’ve been watching reruns of Cold Case and Unforgettable on Start TV. When you watch these you see commercials for Crossing Jordan which is advertised as see a star in the making Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (he hadn’t won for Green Book either). Marershala is not on the December 15, 2018 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the list he has appeared with;
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
7 HARRISON FORD Crossing Over (2009)
135 WOODY HARRELSON THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
135 WOODY HARRELSON THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
151 BRAD PITT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
160 DANNY GLOVER SUPREMACY (2014)
161 NICOLAS CAGE SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)
171 LIEV SCHREIBER SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)
201 JASON FLEMYNG The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
204 ELIAS KOTEAS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
206 STANLEY TUCCI THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
206 STANLEY TUCCI THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
284 JULIANNE MOORE THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
284 JULIANNE MOORE THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
345 BRUCE GREENWOOD The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
353 CATE BLANCHETT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
357 ADRIEN BRODY Predators (2010)
363 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
363 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
364 RAY LIOTTA Crossing Over (2009)
364 RAY LIOTTA THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (2012)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Predators (2010)
519 KIRSTEN DUNST HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)
603 JEFFREY WRIGHT THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
603 JEFFREY WRIGHT THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
607 KEVIN COSTNER HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)
623 VIGGO MORTENSEN GREEN BOOK (2018)
647 TILDA SWINTON The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
719 WALTON GOGGINS PREDATORS (2010)
732 CLIFF CURTIS CROSSING OVER (2009)
738 JARED HARRIS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Nobody between 739 and 1000/ He has worked with 10 Oscar winners/
ADRIEN BRODY Predators (2010)
CATE BLANCHETT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (2019)
JENNIFER CONNELLY ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (2019)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
JULIANNE MOORE THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
JULIANNE MOORE THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
NICOLAS CAGE SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)
OCTAVIA SPENCER HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (2014)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 (2015)
TILDA SWINTON The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Hey Dan. Thanks for the Mahershala Ali lists. I imagine he will move up the Oracle list. 2 Oscars in three 3 years is pretty impressive. The Hunger Game movies really help both lists for numbers. I did not realize Nicolas Cage was in Spiderverse until I read your comment. I need to add Cage to that movie….as well as Chris Pine who also has a voice role in that Oscar winning movie. Going back to the first list…..no actors from 730 to 1000…..that seems like a strange set of stats. Good stuff as always.
I saw 5 of top 6. 10 not a favourite: the curious case of Benjamin button. no hidden gems. time to see green book.
Hey bob cox….thanks for checking out 2-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali’s UMR page. 5 of the Top 6….is a great start. I have high hopes for Green Book…..hoping to see that one soon. Good feedback as always.
Congrats to Mahershala Ali on his 2nd Oscar win and Green Book winning Best Picture.
I watched Green Book a few days ago and really enjoyed it. Based on a true story it’s a twist on Driving Miss Daisy with a white man chauffeuring a black man across America.
I’ve seen 7 of the 16 films on the chart – Benjamin Button, Predators, Mockingjay 1 & 2. Spider-Man into the Spiderverse, Alita Battle Angel and Green Book.
I don’t remember his role in Hunger Games I’ll watch out for him when I watch the series again some time this year.
I haven’t seen his previous Oscar winning role in Moonlight, and that film won Best Picture too. So hang on, Spotlight won Best Picture in 2015 and Moonlight in 2016. No no last years winner wasn’t Sunlight, it was… The Shape of Water.
Good work Bruce and always topical. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….Mahershala Ali might be the quietest two time Oscar winner of all-time. I imagine many people I not even sure of how to pronounce his name properly. He was getting lots of press yesterday…so maybe that is about to change. For example…yesterday I heard his name almost a dozen times, learned he used to play college basketball and heard about his role in season three of True Detective.
I have seen 10 of his movies. I want to see all three of his movies that are still in theaters…Alita, Spiderverse and Green Book…..when I see those…my tally will be 13….almost a Ali completist…and did not even know it.
He was the best part of Moonlight….but I thought the rest of the movie was ok at best. I have not seen his Hunger Games in awhile….I am sure he will jump off the screen when I re-visit those movies. Good stuff.
P.S. As always…it was fun e-mailing back and forth as we watched the Oscars together. That was the 4th or 5th year we did that?
Bruce, yes we’ve been emailing our views of the Oscars during the live broadcast. And you’ve been picking the winners as usual too, though you missed the big one this year – Best Picture. It caught everyone by surprise. I wanted Black Panther to win but it had zilch chance of winning. Spike Lee wasn’t happy with Best Picture and nearly walked out. 🙂