Omar Epps
Date of birth: 1973-07-20
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Omar Hashim Epps, Ομάρ Εππες, Ομάρ Επς, 오마 엡스, عمر اپس
Biography
Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, and producer. Epps's film roles include Juice, Higher Learning, The Wood, In Too Deep, and Love & Basketball. His television work includes the role of Dr Dennis Gant in the medical drama series ER, J. Martin Bellamy in Resurrection, Dr Eric Foreman on the Fox medical drama series House from 2004 to 2012, Isaac Johnson in the TV series Shooter from 2016 to 2018, and Detective Malcolm Howard on the Starz crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. He has been awarded nine NAACP Image Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, one MTV Movie Award, one Black Reel Award, and one Screen Actors Guild Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Omar Epps, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Brother
2000-12-13
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where
Big Trouble
2002-04-05
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an
Dracula 2000
2000-12-22
When a team of techno-savvy thieves break into a high-security vault, they don't discover priceless
Major League II
1994-03-30
After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Cleveland Indians are determined to make it into the W
A Day in the Life
2009-07-07
Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who gets caught
In Too Deep
1999-08-25
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the st
Against the Ropes
2004-02-20
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her
Alfie
2004-10-22
A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
Love & Basketball
2000-04-21
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since chi
Perfume
2001-04-08
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other cha
The Wood
1999-07-16
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best
Juice
1992-01-17
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go b
Higher Learning
1995-01-11
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he
The Mod Squad
1999-03-26
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.
Daybreak
1993-05-08
When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical
The Program
1993-09-24
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a m
First Time Felon
1997-09-06
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for p
Conviction
2002-09-29
The story of Carl Upchurch who experiences jail as a young adult. While in prison, a compassionate t
The Devil You Know
2022-04-01
Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving fam
Deadly Voyage
1996-06-14
When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to disp
The Deliverance
2024-08-16
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new
Breakfast of Champions
1999-02-18
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celeb
Scream 2
1997-12-12
Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donn
Almost Christmas
2016-11-11
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch
Traffik
2018-04-20
A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the moun
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996-01-12
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he
Trick
2019-10-18
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
3022
2019-11-22
A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space struggle to cope after Earth su
Fatal Affair
2020-07-16
After a brief encounter with David Hammond, an old college friend, successful lawyer Ellie Warren tr
The Green Flash
1988-10-24
When a runaway orphan encounters a hoodlum on-the-lamb in Coney Island, their chance encounter becom
Moses the Black
2026-01-30
A gangster in modern day Chicago, inspired by the repentance story of the fifth-century saint of the
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
Documentary on the making of the film “Love & Basketball” produced by the Criterion Collection in 20
In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
1991-09-18
Two high school journalists write a story about a teen HIV support group, and are stunned by some of
MTV 20: Jams
2001-07-10
20th Anniversary R&B and Hip Hop collection (16 videos) including "Walk This Way" by Run DMC featuri