Mekhi Phifer

Sticky Fingaz Preps Hip-Hop Musical Told Entirely In Rap Form, Drafts Mekhi Phifer & Omar Epps 06/05/2009

Birthday: December 12, 1975

Although he had almost no prior acting experience, Mekhi Phifer made a highly auspicious screen debut as Strike, a 19-year-old petty drug dealer in Spike Lee's gritty urban drama Clockers (1995). A veteran of the Harlem streets, Phifer got his break when he attended an open casting call with only photo booth pictures of himself to give to interviewers. Displaying a rare ...more