Isaiah Mustafa

Isaiah Mustafa

Acting • Born 1974-02-11

Acting1Portland, Oregon, USA

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

42 credits
Home Team

Home Team

Movie • 2022

Porcupine Coach

Mansome

Mansome

Movie • 2012

Self

Boy Kills World

Boy Kills World

Movie • 2024

Benny

Rags

Rags

Movie • 2012

Reginald Worth

Even Money

Even Money

Movie • 2007

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City

Movie • 2022

Cicero

Back in the Day

Back in the Day

Movie • 2014

T

The Hostage

The Hostage

Movie • 2022

J.R.

After the Reality

After the Reality

Movie • 2016

Garreth

Crush

Crush

Movie • 2013

Coach Evans

The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges

Movie • 2012

Moe's Hip Executive

The Clinic

The Clinic

Movie • 2018

Fletcher

It Chapter Two

It Chapter Two

Movie • 2019

Mike Hanlon

Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses

Movie • 2011

Officer Wilkens

Five Minutes

Five Minutes

Movie • 2017

Roman

Girl Flu.

Girl Flu.

Movie • 2016

Gabriel

Madea's Big Happy Family

Madea's Big Happy Family

Movie • 2011

Calvin

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

Movie • 2019

Self

Thunderballs

Thunderballs

Movie • 2011

Ronnie

I Know What You Did Last Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Movie • 2025

Andrew

Selfie

Selfie

TV • 2014

Mitchell McMoney

NCIS

NCIS

TV • 2003

Oliver Newcomb

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV • 2009

Brent Duffy

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

TV • 2011

Detective Ray Goodson

Nikita

Nikita

TV • 2010

Cyrus

Sirens

Sirens

TV • 2014

Danny

Baby Daddy

Baby Daddy

TV • 2012

Captain Hudson

Chuck

Chuck

TV • 2007

Greta #2

Chuck

Chuck

TV • 2007

Rick Noble

Shadowhunters

Shadowhunters

TV • 2016

Luke Garroway

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

TV • 2005

Brian Williams

Time for Bed with Punam Patel

Time for Bed with Punam Patel

TV • 2017

Himself

A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus

A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus

TV • 2016

Himself

Cross

Cross

TV • 2024

John Sampson

black-ish

black-ish

TV • 2014

Isaiah Mustafa

Femme Fatales

Femme Fatales

TV • 2011

Raven

Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

TV • 2010

Kevin

Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

TV • 2005

Genie / Gerald Johanssen / Harlem Globetrotter (voice)

Castle

Castle

TV • 2009

Team Leader

Anger Management

Anger Management

TV • 2012

Paul Wesley

Eli Stone

Eli Stone

TV • 2008

Newlywed Husband

Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

TV • 2006

Bailiff

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