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Omar Epps

Actor

Omar Epps

Born July 20, 1973 in New York City, New York, USA33 films

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.

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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood posterFirst watchDon't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood19967.1as MalikWhen Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Scream 2 poster6.5Scream 21997Love & Basketball poster7.4Love & Basketball2000Brother poster7.1Brother2000Juice poster7.2Juice1992Alfie poster5.9Alfie2004The Deliverance poster6.0The Deliverance2024Traffik poster6.1Traffik2018Almost Christmas poster6.0Almost Christmas2016

Filmography

33 films as actor
  1. 2026Moses the BlackMalik
  2. 2024The DeliveranceMelvin
  3. 2022The Devil You KnowMarcus Cowans
  4. 2020Fatal AffairDavid Hammond
  5. 20193022Captain John Laine
  6. 2019TrickDetective Mike Denver
  7. 2018TraffikJohn
  8. 2016Almost ChristmasMalachi
  9. 2009A Day in the LifeO
  10. 2004AlfieMarlon
  11. 2004Against the RopesLuther Shaw
  12. 2002ConvictionCarl
  13. 2002Big TroubleSeitz
  14. 2001MTV 20: Jams
  15. 2001PerfumeJ.B.
  16. 2000Dracula 2000Marcus
  17. 2000BrotherDenny
  18. 2000Love & BasketballQuincy McCall
  19. 1999In Too DeepJeff Cole / J. Reid
  20. 1999The WoodMike
  21. 1999The Mod SquadLincoln Hayes
  22. 1999Breakfast of ChampionsWayne Hoobler
  23. 1997Scream 2Phil
  24. 1997First Time FelonGreg Yance
  25. 1996Deadly VoyageKingsley
  26. 1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the HoodMalik
  27. 1995Higher LearningMalik Williams
  28. 1994Major League IIWillie Mays Hayes
  29. 1993The ProgramDarnell Jefferson
  30. 1993DaybreakHunter
  31. 1992JuiceQuincy 'Q' Powell
  32. 1991In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS StoryDeron
  33. 1988The Green FlashCharlie