- Source of Wealth: Acting
- Age: 45
- Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
- Height: 5′ 9″ (1.76 m)
- Marital Status: Married Reshelet Barnes (m. 2013), Malinda Williams (m. 1999–2003)
- Full Name: Mekhi Thira Phifer
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: December 29, 1974
- Ethnicity: African American
- Occupation: Actor
- Children: Omikaye Phifer, Mekhi Thira Phifer Jr.
Mekhi Phifer’s Net Worth comes in at $8 million. The American actor is well known for his role as Doctor Greg Pratt on ER and the feature length film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello “O”.
Mekhi Phifer was born on December 29th, 1974 in Harlem, New York City. He is the son of Rhoda Phifer, his mother who raised him alone while working as a high school teacher. He attended an open casting call for Spike Lee’s 1995 movie Clockers, where he beat out hundreds of others for the part of a drug dealer caught up in a cover up for murder. Phifer followed that up with light hearted spoof High School High.
Phifer landed a role in the screamer flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, co-starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt. He landed a role on ER as Dr. Pratt and has been featured in Torchwood:Miracle Day and as Agent Collins on White Collar. He stars in the science fiction movie Divergent, which premieres in 2014.