Fan Casting Mahershala Ali as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

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Mahershala Ali

51 years old

Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British ...

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Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

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Mahershala Ali

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

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The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

Fear Can Hold You Prisoner. Hope Can Set You Free

by Frank Darabont

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an am...

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Mahershala Ali is known for his roles in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. He has been suggested by fans for 6,501 roles on myCast, including Sazed in The Mistborn Trilogy. Similar actors include Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Sterling K. Brown. Mahershala Ali was suggested to play Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (2024) by hc123456789. Other actors sugggested to play this role include Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Denzel Washington. The Shawshank Redemption (2024) has 8 roles, including Andy Dufresne, Warden Norton, and Captain Byron Hadley.

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Mahershala Ali

51 years old

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The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

Fear Can Hold You Prisoner. Hope Can Set You Free

by Frank Darabont

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