Omar Epps
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.
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Acting History
2026
Moses the Black as Malik
2025Everybody Wants to Be Gen X as Self
2024The Deliverance as Melvin
2022The Crew Has It
2022The Devil You Know as Marcus Cowans
2021Power Book III: Raising Kanan as Malcolm Howard
2021Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
2020Fatal Affair as David Hammond
20193022 as Captain John Laine
2019Trick as Detective Mike Denver
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018Traffik as John
2016Shooter as Isaac Johnson
2016Almost Christmas as Malachi
2016This Is Us as Darnell Hodges
2014Resurrection as J. Martin Bellamy
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009A Day in the Life as O
2006The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2004House as Eric Foreman
2004Alfie as Marlon
2004Against the Ropes as Luther Shaw
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002Conviction as Carl Upchurch
2002Big Trouble as Seitz
2001MTV 20: Jams
2001Perfume as J.B.
2000Dracula 2000 as Marcus
2000Brother as Denny
2000Love & Basketball as Quincy McCall
1999In Too Deep as Jeff Cole / J. Reid
1999The Wood as Mike
1999The Mod Squad as Lincoln Hayes
1999Breakfast of Champions as Wayne Hoobler
1997Scream 2 as Phil Stevens
1997First Time Felon as Greg Yance
1997The View as Self
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Deadly Voyage as Kingsley
1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Malik
1995Higher Learning as Malik Williams
1994ER as Dennis Gant
1994Major League II as Willie Mays Hayes
1993The Program as Darnell Jefferson
1993Daybreak as Hunter
1992Here and Now as Curtis
1992Juice as Quincy 'Q' Powell
1991Street Justice as Clint
1991In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story as Deron
1988The Green Flash as Charlie
—Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” as Self