Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer began his acting career after landing the lead role in Spike Lee's 1995 film Clockers, beating over a thousand others at an open casting call. He later appeared in the comedy spoof High School High alongside his future wife Malinda Williams, and in the horror film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Phifer went on to star in a range of films, including Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell's Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, and O, in which he played the title character Odin. He also had notable roles in Impostor, Paid in Full, and Uninvited Guest.