Omar Epps
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 July 1973 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Acting 38
- 2026Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” as Self
- 2026Moses the Black as Malik
- 2025Everybody Wants to Be Gen X as Self
- 2024The Deliverance as Melvin
- 2022The Devil You Know as Marcus Cowans
- 2020Fatal Affair as David Hammond
- 20193022 as Captain John Laine
- 2019Trick as Detective Mike Denver
- 2018Traffik as John
- 2016Almost Christmas as Malachi
- 2012House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
- 2012House: Swan Song as Self
- 2009A Day in the Life as O
- 2004Alfie as Marlon
- 2004Against the Ropes as Luther Shaw
- 2002Conviction as Carl
- 2002Big Trouble as Seitz
- 2001MTV 20: Jams
- 2001Perfume as J.B.
- 2000Dracula 2000 as Marcus
- 2000Brother as Denny
- 2000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano as Self
- 2000Love & Basketball as Quincy McCall
- 1999In Too Deep as Jeff Cole / J. Reid
- 1999The Wood as Mike
- 1999The Mod Squad as Lincoln Hayes
- 1999Breakfast of Champions as Wayne Hoobler
- 1997Scream 2 as Phil
- 1997First Time Felon as Greg Yance
- 1996Deadly Voyage as Kingsley
- 1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Malik
- 1995Higher Learning as Malik Williams
- 1994Major League II as Willie Mays Hayes
- 1993The Program as Darnell Jefferson
- 1993Daybreak as Hunter
- 1992Juice as Quincy 'Q' Powell
- 1991In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story as Deron
- 1988The Green Flash as Charlie
Production 2
- 2026Moses the Black · executive producer
- 2025Red Clay · executive producer
Writing 1
- 2025Red Clay · screenplay