Mahershalalhashbaz Ali is popular as Mahershala Ali who is an American actor born on February 16, 1974 Oakland, California, U.S with black ethnicity. His mother raised him as a Christian but he changed into Islam in the year 2000. He even changed his surname from Gilmore to Ali, and then he joined to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He played on different regular series like Crossing Jordan, Threat Matrix and started his career as an actor. In the year 2008 his first main film named The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was released which was directed by David Fincher. It was a romantic fantasy drama film. He is very famous for his recent role as Remy Danton in the movie House of Cards and similarly as Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 which was released in 2014 and in its sequel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 which came in 2015. 

He attended St. Mary's College of California, which is situated in Moraga. From there he graduated in the year 1996 with a degree in mass communication. Though Ali entered SMC collage with scholarship in basketball but he did not wanted follow a career in athleticism due to the treatment given to the team's athletes. His interest in the field of acting increased after he took part in staging of Spunk, which later made him able to obtain an apprenticeship at the California Shakespeare Theater after his graduation.

He has played in many films among which his notable films are Predators, which came in the year 2010, and The Place Beyond the Pines, which came in the year 2012 respectively. He has also played in the short film named Umi's Heart as Ezra. He is a talented actor who has many fan followers. Ali is single and doesn’t have any girlfriend until now and is not dating or has dated anyone. There have not been any rumors concerning about him to be a gay but as there is no any information related to his girlfriend so, this kind of rumors may have been raised. He is not married and there is no any news or information regarding this subject matter and it also seems that he not planned anything. He is unmarried so he doesn’t have a wife.

Talking about his height he is about 6 feet and 2 inch tall. He has an eye catching net worth of about 2 million dollars. . He has many fan followers who follow him throughout different social sites like Facebook, twitter, Instagram and so on. His shirtless pictures can also be obtained from these social sites. He is a very hardworking person who is always dedicated towards his work, and this intension has made him able to gain the success, which he has at this time. This very person has a long way to go in his life and may he have all the courage to face all the problems that comes in his way during his life. More information regarding him can be grabbed from wiki.