Omar Epps

Omar Epps

1973-07-20 New York City, New York, USA 35 Credits

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...

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Red Clay

2025

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

In early 2000s Atlanta, Nook struggles to define a future for himself, aside from the world perpetuated by his mother's addiction.

The Deliverance

The Deliverance

2024

as Melvin

6.0
Acting

Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrenc...

The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know

2022

as Marcus Cowans

6.7
Acting

Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving family. Upon discovering that one of his brothers may...

Fatal Affair

Fatal Affair

2020

as David Hammond

5.6
Acting

After a brief encounter with David Hammond, an old college friend, successful lawyer Ellie Warren tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus. ...

3022

3022

2019

as Captain John Laine

5.3
Acting

A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space struggle to cope after Earth suffers an extinction-level event.

Trick

Trick

2019

as Detective Mike Denver

5.8
Acting

A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.

Traffik

Traffik

2018

as John

6.1
Acting

A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves agains...

Almost Christmas

Almost Christmas

2016

as Malachi

6.0
Acting

A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

2009

as O

5.5
Acting

Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who gets caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime fami...

Alfie

Alfie

2004

as Marlon

5.8
Acting

A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.

Against the Ropes

Against the Ropes

2004

as Luther Shaw

5.0
Acting

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominat...

Conviction

Conviction

2002

as Carl Upchurch

3.8
Acting

The story of Carl Upchurch who experiences jail as a young adult. While in prison, a compassionate teacher helps turn his life around through educatio...

Big Trouble

Big Trouble

2002

as Seitz

6.1
Acting

The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street t...

Perfume

Perfume

2001

as J.B.

4.8
Acting

A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York Ci...

Dracula 2000

Dracula 2000

2000

as Marcus

5.2
Acting

When a team of techno-savvy thieves break into a high-security vault, they don't discover priceless works of art... they find a crypt unopened for 100...

Brother

Brother

2000

as Denny

7.1
Acting

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his broth...

Love & Basketball

Love & Basketball

2000

as Quincy McCall

7.4
Acting

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in ...

In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999

as Jeff Cole / J. Reid

6.3
Acting

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold o...

The Wood

The Wood

1999

as Mike

6.7
Acting

In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in th...

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

1999

as Lincoln Hayes

4.3
Acting

Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

1999

as Wayne Hoobler

5.1
Acting

A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day,...

Scream 2

Scream 2

1997

as Phil Stevens

6.5
Acting

Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string ...

First Time Felon

First Time Felon

1997

as Greg Yance

6.7
Acting

Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years ...

Deadly Voyage

Deadly Voyage

1996

as Kingsley

5.4
Acting

When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to dispose of them at sea. The last time they had a stowa...

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

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

1996

as Malik

7.0
Acting

When 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 s...

Higher Learning

Higher Learning

1995

as Malik Williams

6.3
Acting

African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will ...

Major League II

Major League II

1994

as Willie Mays Hayes

5.7
Acting

After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Cleveland Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! However, they first have to...

The Program

The Program

1993

as Darnell Jefferson

6.4
Acting

Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure diff...

Daybreak

Daybreak

1993

as Hunter

5.1
Acting

When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no ...

Juice

Juice

1992

as Quincy 'Q' Powell

7.2
Acting

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, th...

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

1991

as Deron

Acting

Two high school journalists write a story about a teen HIV support group, and are stunned by some of the stories they hear.

The Green Flash

The Green Flash

1988

as Charlie

Acting

When a runaway orphan encounters a hoodlum on-the-lamb in Coney Island, their chance encounter becomes a life changing event for them both.

Moses the Black

N/A

as Malik

Acting

A gangster in modern day Chicago, inspired by the repentance story of the fifth-century saint of the same name.

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

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

N/A

as Himself

Acting

Documentary on the making of the film “Love & Basketball” produced by the Criterion Collection in 2021

Moses the Black

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

A gangster in modern day Chicago, inspired by the repentance story of the fifth-century saint of the same name.