An Academy Award-winning actor named Mahershala Ali already has two houses. One is in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the other is in Philadelphia’s historic Germantown neighborhood. It’s his choice, though, to add a peaceful haven to his collection of homes in Oakland’s North Hills neighborhood.

 Ali and his wife, director and actress Amatus Sami-Karim, paid more than $1.2 million for their new home. It was first listed for just under $1 million. Ali and his wife bought a new house for almost $1.2 million.

Even though the actor, who is now 48 years old, has been in a lot of movies and TV shows, his big break came when he was cast as Remy Danton on the Netflix show “House of Cards.” Aside from that, he has been in movies like “The Hunger Games,” “True Detective,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Although Ali may be best known for his supporting roles in “Moonlight” and “Green Book,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice.

Ali just got the lead role in his first leading part, which was in the science fiction drama “Swan Song” on Apple TV. Besides that, he’s likely to be in the next Marvel Comics movie, “Blade.” As executive producers for the HBO documentary “We are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Fest,” Ali and his wife won an Emmy for their work on the film.

Ali just bought a house that was constructed in the early 1960s. The living area is a little more than 2,100 square feet, and there are four bedrooms and three baths. It also has skylights, high wood-paneled ceilings, and parquet and tile floors. Skylights are another feature.

. Steps that lead down to a deck and the front entry are located on the front of the rustic wood-shingled building. The garage is right next to the building and has space for two cars.

The living room on the main level has a fireplace and glass walls. It opens up to a small dining area and kitchen with stone countertops, a copper range hood, and stainless steel tools. There are three bedrooms on this floor, including a master suite with a tiled bathroom that has glass-block accents, two sinks, and a tub/shower combination.

The lower level has a bedroom with a bathroom connected, a full kitchen, and a family room with a beautiful red brick fireplace and sliding glass doors that lead to a balcony. This is a great place for guests to stay. The almost quarter-acre grounds are outside and have a patio in the garden where you can eat and relax while enjoying the wooded views.

The listing agent for the house was Michael Stephens of Corcoran Global Living, and Tom Telfer of Pointe Real Estate worked with Mahershala.