Trivia

• Collects old vintage Playboy magazines.
• Was all-state in basketball while in highschool.
• Mom is editorialist Alberta Phillips.
• Dad is an attorney. Mehcad used to work at his law firm when he was in high school.
• Plays the acoustic guitar. He says that it was the best birthday gift he got.
• Mentions Eddie Murphy's Raw and Delirious and the time when he went to his first opera at the age of 15 as two of his inspirations to become an actor.
• Is friends with Twilight's Jackson Rathbone and Edi Gathegi.
• Favorite vampire books: Bram Stoker's work.
• Favorite vampire movie: Nosferatu.
• Grew up listening to the Glory Road real story. He knew about the final score, the Miners and Haskins. When he got the part in the Disney movie, he immediately called his father.
• Met the real Harry Flourney in order to prepare for his role in Glory Road.
• Favorite hobbies: meditation, being out in the nature, travelling.
• Personal philosophy: "The fear of error is the death of success", by Douglas Wilder.
• Sprained a finger on the set of Glory Road.
• Celeb crush is Halle Berry.
• Was accepted into Yale University but declined. Instead he went to film school at University of Souther California School of Cinematic Arts.
• Was a model with LA Models and Wilhemina.