Rhoda phifer biography

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Back in the mid-'90s, Mekhi Phifer was one of the hottest things in Hollywood. After shooting to fame virtually overnight in Spike Lee's Clockers, he appeared in hit ensemble comedy Soul Food, graced the era's second-biggest slasher franchise in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and was famously fought over by Brandy and Monica in the iconic video for "The Boy Is Mine."

The New Yorker managed to continue his golden streak well into the new century, landing key roles in box office hits 8 Mile, Honey and Dawn of the Dead.

He also took center stage in MTV-friendly adaptations of Othello and Carmen and enjoyed a six-season spell in ER as the ill-fated Dr. Gregory Pratt (we're still not over his tragic death).

But while Phifer has never been short of work, his resume over the last five years has been relatively low-profile compared to his heyday.

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