Cast & creator
Omar Epps
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Daily Show, House
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Omar Epps, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Omar Hashim Epps
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film credits
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television credits
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1985–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (60)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Daily Show
Self
1996
House
Eric Foreman
2004
The View
Self
1997
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
This Is Us
Darnell Hodges
2016
ER
Dennis Gant
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Screen Two
Kingsley
1985
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Shooter
Isaac Johnson
2016
Name That Tune
Self - Contestant
2021
Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Malcolm Howard
2021
Scream 2
Phil
1997
Resurrection
J. Martin Bellamy
2014
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Malik
1996
Street Justice
Clint
1991
Hollywood Black
Self
2024
The Crew Has It
2022
Brother
Denny
2000
The Deliverance
Melvin
2024
Dracula 2000
Marcus
2000
Almost Christmas
Malachi
2016
Big Trouble
Seitz
2002
Here and Now
Curtis
1992
Juice
Quincy 'Q' Powell
1992
Major League II
Willie Mays Hayes
1994
Higher Learning
Malik Williams
1995
Trick
Detective Mike Denver
2019
In Too Deep
Jeff Cole / J. Reid
1999
Breakfast of Champions
Wayne Hoobler
1999
Love & Basketball
Quincy McCall
2000
Against the Ropes
Luther Shaw
2004
Alfie
Marlon
2004
The Mod Squad
Lincoln Hayes
1999
The Program
Darnell Jefferson
1993
The Devil You Know
Marcus Cowans
2022
Fatal Affair
David Hammond
2020
Traffik
John
2018
The Wood
Mike
1999
Perfume
J.B.
2001
A Day in the Life
O
2009
House: Swan Song
Self
2012
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Self
2025
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012
3022
Captain John Laine
2019
Moses the Black
Malik
2026Moses the Black
Executive Producer
2026
First Time Felon
Greg Yance
1997
Daybreak
Hunter
1993
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
Self
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Self
2000
Conviction
Carl
2002
In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
Deron
1991
Deadly Voyage
Kingsley
1996
The Green Flash
Charlie
1988MTV 20: Jams
2001
Red Clay
Screenplay
2025Red Clay
Executive Producer
2025