Isaiah Mustafa
Born: 1974-02-11 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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 as John Sampson
- Boy Kills World as Benny
2022
- Murder at Yellowstone City as Cicero
- Home Team as Porcupine Coach
- The Hostage as J.R.
2020
- Rosalinda 2020 ... (Director)
2019
- It Chapter Two as Mike Hanlon
- The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends as Self
2018
- The Clinic as Fletcher
2017
- Time for Bed with Punam Patel as Himself
- Five Minutes as Roman
2016
- Shadowhunters as Luke Garroway
- A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus as Himself
- Girl Flu. as Gabriel
- After the Reality as Garreth
2014
- black-ish as Isaiah Mustafa
- Sirens as Danny
- Selfie as Mitchell McMoney
- Back in the Day as T
2013
- Crush as Coach Evans
2012
- Anger Management as Paul Wesley
- Baby Daddy as Captain Hudson
- Rags as Reginald Worth
- The Three Stooges as Moe's Hip Executive
- Mansome as Self
2011
- Femme Fatales as Raven
- Horrible Bosses as Officer Wilkens
- Charlie's Angels as Detective Ray Goodson
- Madea's Big Happy Family as Calvin
- Thunderballs as Ronnie
2010
- Conan as Self - Guest
- Nikita as Cyrus
- Hot in Cleveland as Kevin
2009
- Castle as Team Leader
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Brent Duffy
2008
- Eli Stone as Newlywed Husband
2007
- Chuck as Greta #2
- Even Money as Basketball Player (uncredited)
2006
- Ugly Betty as Bailiff
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Brian Williams
- Robot Chicken as Genie / Gerald Johanssen / Harlem Globetrotter (voice)
2003
- NCIS as Oliver Newcomb