Omar Epps

Omar Epps

Known for
Acting
Born
July 20, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” poster

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

Movie · as Self

2027
The Land poster

The Land

TV · 10 eps

2026
Moses the Black poster

Moses the Black

Movie · as Malik

2025
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X poster

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

Movie · as Self

2024
The Deliverance poster

The Deliverance

Movie · as Melvin

2024
Hollywood Black poster

Hollywood Black

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2022
The Devil You Know poster

The Devil You Know

Movie · as Marcus Cowans

2022
The Crew Has It poster

The Crew Has It

TV · 1 ep

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Power Book III: Raising Kanan poster

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

TV · as Malcolm Howard · 30 eps

2021
Name That Tune poster

Name That Tune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2020
Fatal Affair poster

Fatal Affair

Movie · as David Hammond

2019
Trick poster

Trick

Movie · as Detective Mike Denver

2019
3022 poster

3022

Movie · as Captain John Laine

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Traffik poster

Traffik

Movie · as John

2016
Almost Christmas poster

Almost Christmas

Movie · as Malachi

2016
Shooter poster

Shooter

TV · as Isaac Johnson · 31 eps

2016
This Is Us poster

This Is Us

TV · as Darnell Hodges · 3 eps

2014
Resurrection poster

Resurrection

TV · as J. Martin Bellamy · 21 eps

2012
House: Swan Song poster

House: Swan Song

Movie · as Self

2012
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs poster

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs

Movie

2009
A Day in the Life poster

A Day in the Life

Movie · as O

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Against the Ropes poster

Against the Ropes

Movie · as Luther Shaw

2004
Alfie poster

Alfie

Movie · as Marlon

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Eric Foreman · 176 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Big Trouble poster

Big Trouble

Movie · as Seitz

2002
Conviction poster

Conviction

Movie · as Carl

2001
Perfume poster

Perfume

Movie · as J.B.

2001
MTV 20: Jams

MTV 20: Jams

Movie

2000
Brother poster

Brother

Movie · as Denny

2000
Dracula 2000 poster

Dracula 2000

Movie · as Marcus

2000
Love & Basketball poster

Love & Basketball

Movie · as Quincy McCall

2000
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano poster

Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

Movie · as Self

1999
In Too Deep poster

In Too Deep

Movie · as Jeff Cole / J. Reid

1999
The Wood poster

The Wood

Movie · as Mike

1999
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

Movie · as Lincoln Hayes

1999
Breakfast of Champions poster

Breakfast of Champions

Movie · as Wayne Hoobler

1997
First Time Felon poster

First Time Felon

Movie · as Greg Yance

1997
Scream 2 poster

Scream 2

Movie · as Phil

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Deadly Voyage poster

Deadly Voyage

Movie · as Kingsley

1996
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood poster

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Movie · as Malik

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Higher Learning poster

Higher Learning

Movie · as Malik Williams

1994
Major League II poster

Major League II

Movie · as Willie Mays Hayes

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Dennis Gant · 10 eps

1993
Daybreak poster

Daybreak

Movie · as Hunter

1993
The Program poster

The Program

Movie · as Darnell Jefferson

1992
Juice poster

Juice

Movie · as Quincy 'Q' Powell

1992
Here and Now poster

Here and Now

TV · as Curtis · 2 eps

1991
In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story poster

In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

Movie · as Deron

1991
Street Justice poster

Street Justice

TV · as Clint · 1 ep

1988
The Green Flash poster

The Green Flash

Movie · as Charlie

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Kingsley · 1 ep