Omar Epps
Biography
Omar Epps, an American actor, rapper and producer, grew up in Brooklyn and trained at LaGuardia High School before his first film role in Juice (1992), opposite Tupac Shakur. Early parts cast him as athletes, among them a running back in The Program (1993), a center fielder in Major League II (1994), and a college track competitor in John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995). He later appeared in Scream 2 (1997), The Mod Squad (1999), The Wood (1999), In Too Deep (1999) and Love & Basketball (2000), and he took the lead in the HBO film First Time Felon (1997) while earning a best actor award from the Monte Carlo Television Festival for Deadly Voyage. On television he played Dr. Dennis Gant on ER, Dr. Eric Foreman on House from 2004 to 2012, and Detective Malcolm Howard on Power Book III: Raising Kanan. His three NAACP Image Awards came for House, and he earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination.
53years old
Turns 54 on July 20in 251 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Omar Hashim Epps (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 32 years1992 to 2024
First and latest
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A role that slipped away
In 1994, Epps went back to sports movies, co-starring in Major League II. He took the part of center fielder Willie Mays Hayes, which Wesley Snipes had originated.
Behind the award
Epps played Kingsley Ofusu in the 1996 BBC/HBO film Deadly Voyage, a true story about undocumented African stowaways hoping to reach America. For that role, he took home the best actor prize at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
First role
In 1992, Epps played a DJ in Juice, the first film he appeared in. The movie was the directorial debut of cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, and rapper 2Pac starred alongside him.
Omar Epps movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Patrick Lussier directed two of these films, David S. Ward two and Charles S. Dutton two. Nia Long appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Nia Long's page
Stanley Tucci's page
Dennis Haysbert's page
Gabrielle Union's page
Aunjanue Ellis's page
All films by Patrick Lussier
David S. WardDirector, 2 films, 1993 to 1994
All films by David S. Ward
All films by Charles S. Dutton
Also two films together7 more actors
- Kristy SwansonHigher Learning (1995) and The Program (1993)
- Dennis FarinaBig Trouble (2002) and The Mod Squad (1999)
- Sanaa LathanLove & Basketball (2000) and The Wood (1999)
- Mo'NiqueThe Deliverance (2024) and Almost Christmas (2016)
- Andrew BryniarskiHigher Learning (1995) and The Program (1993)
- Tyra BanksLove & Basketball (2000) and Higher Learning (1995)
- Vitamin CDracula 2000 (2000) and Higher Learning (1995)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Omar Epps's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$509 million
15 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 15 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 82% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$172M33.8% of the total
- 2$47M9.2% of the total
- 3$43M8.4% of the total
- 4$38M7.5% of the total
- 5$35M6.9% of the total
- 6$31M6.0% of the total
- 7$28M5.4% of the total
- 8$25M4.9% of the total
$90.5 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 18% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.