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Isaiah Mustafa
Actor, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn February 11, 1974 (51 years)
Isaiah Mustafa (born February 11, 1974 height 6' 3½" (1,92 m)) is an American actor and former NFLpractice squadwide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the main character for a series of Old Spice TV commercials, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, for portraying Luke Garroway on Freeform's fantasy series Shadowhunters, and as adult Mike Hanlon in It Chapter Two (2019). Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon, the youngest of seven children of Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, who owned and ran a limousine service in Laguna Hills, California in the early 1980s. Mustafa studied history at Arizona State and he played during the 1997 Rose Bowl between the then-undefeated Sun Devils and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Although Mustafa expected to become a high school teacher after graduation, a sports agent suggested that he try out for NFL teams. The Tennessee Oilers signed him to the practice squad, then sent him to NFL Europe's Barcelona Dragons in 1998. After a season on the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns' practice squads in 1999, Mustafa attended the Seattle Seahawks' training camp in 2000. Next he owned a restaurant called Jo Jo's Barbecue on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles that has since closed. Mustafa is a comic book fan; his knowledge of Doctor Doom's first name helped him win $47,000 on The Weakest Link, for a question on the first name of Doctor Frankenstein. The money helped him pursue his post-restaurateur goal of becoming an actor.
Filmography
| 2025 | I Know What You Did Last Summer · as Andrew |
| 2024 | Cross (TV Series) · as John Sampson |
| 2023 | Boy Kills World · as Benny |
| 2022 | Murder at Yellowstone City · as Cicero |
| 2022 | Home Team · as Porcupine Coach |
| 2019 | It: Chapter Two · as Mike Hanlon |
| 2018 | The Clinic · as Fletcher |
| 2016 | Girl Flu. · as Gabriel |
| 2016 | After the Reality · as Garreth |
| 2016 | Shadowhunters (TV Series) · as Luke Garroway |
| 2014 | Selfie (TV Series) · as Mitchell Mcmoney |
| 2014 | Sirens (2014) (TV Series) · as Danny |
| 2014 | Back in the Day · as T |
| 2013 | Crush · as Coach Evans |
| 2013 | Kroll Show (TV Series) · as Hammer |
| 2012 | You're Whole (TV Series) · as Donny Van Kleef |
| 2012 | Anger Management (TV Series) · as Paul Wesley |
| 2012 | Baby Daddy (TV Series) · as Captain Hudson |
| 2012 | Rags · as Reginal Worth |
| 2012 | The Three Stooges · as Moe's Hip Executive |
| 2011 | Charlie's Angels (2011) (TV Series) · as Detective Ray Goodson |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses · as Officer Wilkens |
| 2011 | Love Bites (2011) (TV Series) · as Craig |
| 2011 | Femme Fatales (TV Series) · as Raven |
| 2011 | Madea's Big Happy Family · as Calvin |
| 2010 | Nikita (TV Series) · as Cyrus |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) · as Kevin |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) · as Brent Duffy |
| 2009 | Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?! (TV Series) · as Luke Cage |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Team Leader |
| 2008 | Eli Stone (TV Series) · as Newlywed Husband |
| 2007 | Chuck (TV Series) · as Greta #2 |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty (TV Series) · as Bailiff |
| 2006 | Even Money · as Basketball Player (uncredited) |
| 2005 | The Island · as Injured Football Player |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Brian Williams |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Genie / Gerald Johanssen / Harlem Globetrotter (voice) |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Oliver Newcomb |
| 1965 | Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Cleveland Cop |