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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Red Clay
2025
Screenplay, Executive Producer
In early 2000s Atlanta, Nook struggles to define a future for himself, aside from the world perpetuated by his mother's addiction.
The Deliverance
2024
as Melvin
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
2022
as Marcus Cowans
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
2020
as David Hammond
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
2019
as Captain John Laine
A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space struggle to cope after Earth suffers an extinction-level event.
Trick
2019
as Detective Mike Denver
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
Traffik
2018
as John
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
2016
as Malachi
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
A Day in the Life
2009
as O
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
2004
as Marlon
A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
Against the Ropes
2004
as Luther Shaw
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
2002
as Carl Upchurch
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
2002
as Seitz
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
2001
as J.B.
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
2000
as Marcus
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
2000
as Denny
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
2000
as Quincy McCall
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
1999
as Jeff Cole / J. Reid
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
1999
as Mike
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
1999
as Lincoln Hayes
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.
Breakfast of Champions
1999
as Wayne Hoobler
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
1997
as Phil Stevens
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
1997
as Greg Yance
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
1996
as Kingsley
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
1996
as Malik
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
1995
as Malik Williams
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
1994
as Willie Mays Hayes
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
1993
as Darnell Jefferson
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
1993
as Hunter
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
1992
as Quincy 'Q' Powell
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
1991
as Deron
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
1988
as Charlie
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
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”
N/A
as Himself
Documentary on the making of the film “Love & Basketball” produced by the Criterion Collection in 2021
Moses the Black
N/A
Executive Producer
A gangster in modern day Chicago, inspired by the repentance story of the fifth-century saint of the same name.