Omari Newton

Omari Newton is a Canadian actor and playwright whose notable television roles include Larry Summers on Blue Mountain State and Lucas Ingram on Continuum. He grew up in Montreal and studied drama at Concordia University, later attending the National Theatre School of Canada. At 19 he took a lead role with the Black Theatre Workshop, then worked in Montreal theater before moving to Vancouver. There he performed in Romeo and Juliet with Mad Duck Theatre Collective and in The Oresteia at Christ Church Cathedral. In 2001 he was cast as Dalton Nemers in Vampire High, his first television series role. He played Larry Summers from 2010 to 2011, his first regular series role, and portrayed Lucas Ingram from 2012 to 2015. Newton wrote Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy Of, directed by Diane Roberts in 2014; their partnership led to Boldskool Productions, a hip hop theater company. Black Theatre Workshop also commissioned him to write Black & Blue Matters.