Future Black History Month: Mahershala Ali's Captivating Charm

Fuse is once again celebrating an extended Black History Month by highlighting a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Black History before our very eyes. Today we are honoring Mahershala Ali, whose personality and talent both on and off the screen will have you in a trance. Last year, actor received worthy praises for his role as Juan in the critically-acclaimed Moonlight (which scored him an Oscar nomination and was one of our favorite movies of 2016). 

But Ali, 42, grabbed the attention of Hollywood way before that game-changing role. The Bay Area, CA native landed his first mainstream film with 2008's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Since then, he has starred as the clever Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2, the earnest Remy Danton on House of Cards, the wicked Cottonmouth on Luke Cage, the heartwarming drug dealer Juan in Moonlight and a military officer in Hidden Figures.