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Ali

Ali has worked nearly two decades in Hollywood, but it’s only in the past few years that his uniquely understated power has truly resonated. This year, he picked up his second Academy Award — for best picture “Green Book,” after winning two years prior for “Moonlight” — becoming the only black actor since Denzel Washington to earn two Oscars. He dazzled on the small screen in 2019, earning an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of a troubled, enigmatic investigator on HBO’s “True Detective.” He also lent his voice to the Oscar-winning film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” and Marvel recently cast him in their reboot of “Blade.” But next year brings Ali perhaps his biggest role to date: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.