Isaiah Amir Mustafa (born February 11, 1974) is an American actor and
former American football wide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the
main character in the series of Old Spice television commercials, The
Man Your Man Could Smell Like. He is also known for portraying Luke
Garroway on Freeform's fantasy series Shadowhunters and adult Mike
Hanlon in It Chapter Two.Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon to
Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, the youngest of seven
children in a Muslim family. When Mustafa was 5 years old, the family
relocated from Portland to Mission Viejo, California, and his father
opened a limousine service in Laguna Hills. Several years after the
family relocated to California, Mustafa's father was killed in a car
accident.He was educated at Santa Clara High School, and later
attended Santa Monica College, before transferring to Moorpark
College. Mustafa then studied history at Arizona State University,
from which he graduated in 1995.Mustafa played basketball and ran
track at Santa Clara High School in Oxnard, California. He did not
play high school football, but he tried out for Moorpark College's
football team hoping for an athletic scholarship; he became a free
safety, and later became a wide receiver.
former American football wide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the
main character in the series of Old Spice television commercials, The
Man Your Man Could Smell Like. He is also known for portraying Luke
Garroway on Freeform's fantasy series Shadowhunters and adult Mike
Hanlon in It Chapter Two.Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon to
Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, the youngest of seven
children in a Muslim family. When Mustafa was 5 years old, the family
relocated from Portland to Mission Viejo, California, and his father
opened a limousine service in Laguna Hills. Several years after the
family relocated to California, Mustafa's father was killed in a car
accident.He was educated at Santa Clara High School, and later
attended Santa Monica College, before transferring to Moorpark
College. Mustafa then studied history at Arizona State University,
from which he graduated in 1995.Mustafa played basketball and ran
track at Santa Clara High School in Oxnard, California. He did not
play high school football, but he tried out for Moorpark College's
football team hoping for an athletic scholarship; he became a free
safety, and later became a wide receiver.
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