—Variety’s Actors to Watch 

“One of my favorite things that I think we added and I think sort of speaks to who Juan is— is he’s on the block, and he’s asking Terence about his mother. And you might not have caught it, but he says she’s in my prayers between blow and smoke. And I think that speaks to that situation and that circumstance. It’s somebody who’s on the corner selling drugs, who is a general and this is his lieutenant, but he’s checking on the brother’s mom and just letting him know – I think the audience then knows that oh, wow, this man has a relationship with a higher power in some capacity. And we would never give that person that kind of credit as we drive past them on the street, very quickly, with our doors locked.“ —Mahershala Ali

Taraji P. Henson and Mahershala Ali reunited in Hidden Figures (2016)

Mahershala Ali and Riz Ahmed on Variety’s Actors to Watch 

Ashton Sanders and Lakeith Stanfield at the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Mahershala Ali as Juan in Moonlight (2016)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Montage Hotel / March 5, 2017)

Mahershala Ali in Kicks (2016)