In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances.

Jan 25, 2019 · Mahershala Ali is the lead character in the third season of True Detective, but who exactly is this new addition to the show? Find out here!

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Feb 25, 2019 · Sunday’s finale confirmed that as a mystery, this True Detective season was essentially garbage. Across three different time periods, Ali’s Wayne Hays and Stephen Dorff’s Roland West essentially...

Aug 16, 2019 · Mahershala Ali gives not one, not two, but three riveting performances on season three of HBO's True Detective as Arkansas state police officer Wayne Hays. Set against an...

Mar 5, 2024 · He later opened 2019 with a return to the small screen in Season 3 True Detective. After more than a decade in the industry, it was Ali's contribution to the independent film...

Nov 16, 2018 · After filming 'Green Book' last fall, Mahershala Ali had a whopping seven days off before jumping straight into Season Three of 'True Detective,' the HBO crime series he’ll take over in...

Jan 9, 2019 · Oscar winner Mahershala Ali plays an investigator shadowed over the years by fallout from a missing children investigation in HBO's 'True Detective.'

Jul 31, 2022 · After a second season that earned mixed reviews, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali helped steer "True Detective" back to a place of prestige.

Jan 22, 2019 · It’s not easy turning True Detective star Mahershala Ali into a 70-year-old man, but makeup artist Mike Marino pulled off the task for the HBO crime drama’s third season.