Birth Name: Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore
Place of Birth: Alameda, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 16, 1974
Ethnicity: African-American
Mahershala Ali is an American actor.
He is the son of Willicia (Goines) and Phillip F. Gilmore. He is named after Maher-shalal-hash-baz, the second mentioned prophetic-name child in Isaiah ch.7-9.
He was raised Christian by his mother, a minister. He later converted to Ahmadiyya Islam.
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