Mahershala Ali

Does Versatility Make Him This Year's Alicia Vikander

... three other films this year with “Free State of Jones,” “Kicks” and “ Hidden Figures.” He also had a successful stint in two Netflix series, becoming an Emmy nominee for the fourth season of “House of Cards” and portraying the villain Cottonmouth in “Marvel’s Luke Cage.”. If such a robust laundry list of credits sounds familiar to you, it may be because Alicia Vikander displayed a similarly successful catalog last year. She was featured in “The Man from U. N. C. L. E.,” “Burnt,” “ Ex Machina ” and “ The Danish Girl.” The latter film landed her an Oscar nomination and eventual win for Best Supporting Actress. It’s quite possible that Vikander’s odds were helped by her stellar year. Dish all the Oscar races with Hollywood insiders in our notorious forums. Both Vikander and Ali have not just quantity, but quality on their side. In addition to the film for which they received a ...

Mahershala Ali Wins Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role

... I’m able to see her, and she’s able to see me. We love each other and the love has grown. And that stuff is minutia. It’s not that important.”. Ali also held back tears as he talked about his what he learned while working Moonlight and how his character inspired him as a man. RELATED VIDEO: Moonlight‘s Ashton Sanders Talks Youthful Red Carpet Look At SAG Awards. “I think what I’ve learned from working on Moonlight is we see what happens when you persecute people,” he said. “They fold into themselves. I was so grateful about having the opportunity to play a gentleman who saw a young man folding into himself as a result of the persecution of his community. And taking that opportunity to uplift him and tell him that he mattered, that he was okay and accept him.”. “I hope that we do a better job of that,” he concluded. Ali has been a familiar face along the awards show circuit this season, nabbing an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and a Critics’ Choice win for his role in the moving Barry Jenkins drama. Though he’s been nominated for five other ...

Ernie Kent-coached Player Mahershala Ali Nominated For An Oscar

... and off-guard for Kent. His old coach says his defense was his best attribute. “He was just endless in terms of energy,” Kent said. “Everything that has come true for him he deserves, because he just works so hard and is so focused. That was probably my best team at Saint Mary’s in terms of just chemistry and buy-in, and all of those things they brought to the table. They were a great group that is still friends today and he was one of those guys who initiated that.”. In particular, Ali maintains a friendship with Silvey Dominguez, who was an assistant coach for Kent at Saint Mary’s and holds the same position at WSU. Ali, whose father appeared on Broadway, was frequently in school plays at Saint Mary’s in additoin to playing basketball. He helped stage a production of Spunk that landed him an apprenticeship at the California Shakpespeare Theater upon graduation. “He had a vision for what he wanted to do in his life, which was get to New York and be a bigtime actor,” Kent recalls. Shortly after graduating from New York University’s Tisch school in 2000, Ali got his first on-screen role playing Dr. Trey Sanders in the TV series Crossing ...

Moonlight Star Mahershala Ali Got Dumped By His First Girlfriend After 10 Minutes

... It’s amazing.” And my manager had just said something to me about Moonlight, like, 10 minutes earlier. And then we’re having a meeting, and my agent brings it up. So it came up three times in about a 45 minute period, and that has never happened before with any project. The buzz for this film that had [a budget of] a bag of nickels was pretty amazing—it preceded me actually getting to read it. And I was absolutely blown away by it. It brought me to tears several times. Did you have to audition. You never know how things are going to come your way, because Moonlight was one of those projects that I didn’t have to audition for. I shot a small film in 2014 called Kicks. And I remember when I got the offer on Kicks, I was in season three of House of Cards. I was so blessed to have a job on a series, but also there’s a danger in doing a series that I’m sure a lot of actors would share with you, which is that once you’ve been on a series for a few ...

Mahershala Ali Had A Pretty Bad Game Of Thrones Audition

... memorized. Had this whole thing worked out with this chair…had my stuff all worked out…". But then he went into the HBO offices and was met with two stools, where he proceeded to sit and act a little stiff. The casting director told him to loosen up, all because there was no back to his chair. "Now you know, you got to bring a chair with you next time," the Jimmy Kimmel Live host said. However, he went on to be quite a force on TV. Ali was nominated for an Emmy for his recurring work as Remy Danton on Netflix's House of Cards and joined the Marvel universe in Luke Cage as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes. On the big screen, Ali is getting buzz for his work as Juan in Moonlight and stole hearts in Hidden Figures. Click through the gallery above to see more "what could've been" TV roles. E! Is Everywhere. This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our US edition. E! Is Everywhere. This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our Canadian ...

The Glow Of Moonlight

... understand this concept,” Harris said. “We know how destructive drugs are. So how does somebody get attracted to that, you know? And she has a son. And so I had so much judgment, actually, and I really had to work very hard to overcome that judgment. “What you do as an actor is you’re inhabiting souls. And you’re asking those souls to come into your space. And you could only do that in a non-judgmental way.”. Chiron is actually portrayed at three ages by three different actors. But to play little Chiron, 12-year-old Alex Hibbert didn’t do the preparation that the other, more experienced performers did. How did he do it? “I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t know. I just went with what they told me to do, and then I just got into the character that they told me to be, and just went on from there.”. Hibbert, also from Miami near Liberty City, had acted in school plays, but never in a movie. In this web exclusive, actor Mahershala Ali, an Oscar-nominee for "Moonlight," talks with Nancy Giles about working with his young co-star Alex H. Mahershala Ali said, “Alex is the best scene partner that I’ve ever had. I say that sincerely. He’s so wise for ...

Relive The Top Moments And Highlights

... ban during the 2017 SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 29. But their impassioned speeches were just a few of the most talked-about moments — watch the video above to relive all the highlights. 1. Stars Get Political. Ashton Kutcher and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TNT; Kevork Djansezian/Wire __link__. Ashton Kutcher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the cast of Orange Is the New Black and a handful of other presenters and winners slammed the 45 th President of the United States’ recent immigration order. Kutcher, 38, kicked off the evening’s theme of speaking out with his opening remarks. “Good evening, fellow SAG-AFTRA members and everyone at home. And everyone in airports that belong in my America,” he said to an energetic crowd. “You are a part of the fabric of who we are, and we love you and we welcome you.”. PHOTOS: 2017 SAG Awards: 8 Dresses We’re On the ...