Feb 16, 2024 · Ali’s performance is brilliantly complex as he grapples with understanding how his actions have a direct effect on this innocent child while simultaneously acting as a well-needed parental figure to him.

Mahershala Ali brought influences from his real life for his Oscar-nominated performance in "Moonlight."

Mar 20, 2022 · For only 20 minutes of screen time in the opening act of Moonlight, he was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, underlining the truth of an old Konstantin Stanislavski adage: there really are...

Dec 23, 2016 · When Juan, a feared drug dealer ruling over a mean corner in a tough Miami neighborhood, comes across a scared, trembling kid in the opening scenes from director Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, the audience does not expect the …

Feb 27, 2017 · Mahershala Ali won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in Moonlight. NPR's Kelly McEvers spoke to Ali in October about his experience working on the film, which won the...

In moonlight, black boys look blue. You blue, that's what I'm gon' call you. 'Blue'." Little : So your name 'Blue'? Juan : [Chuckles] Nah. Juan : [to Little] At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you. Little : …

He won for his powerful performance in Moonlight, becoming the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards, and made his speech about how the award was not about him,...

Jan 29, 2017 · Mahershala Ali delivered an incredible SAG Awards acceptance speech, highlighting his Muslim faith and the themes of Moonlight to convey a powerful message about persecution and acceptance....

Jan 29, 2017 · In the film Moonlight, Mahershala Ali plays a kindly drug dealer named Juan who takes the main character, Chiron (played at that point by Alex Hibbert) under his wing. At his young age, Chiron...

Oct 20, 2016 · Audiences are getting to know “ Moonlight ” star Mahershalalhashbaz Ali. That’s his full, Biblical, first name. (It was the second son of the prophet Isaiah, and means “hurry to the spoils!”)...