Epps, Omar

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אפס, עומאר
Name (Latin)
Epps, Omar
Date of birth
1973-07-20
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 32199659
Wikidata: Q297334
Library of congress: no 95037075
Sources of Information
  • Epps, Omar. The awakening, 2022:title page (Omar Epps and Clarence Haynes) jacket flap (Actor and producer Omar Epps was first introduced to audiences as Q in Ernest Dickerson's cult classic Juice, opposite Tupac Shakur. He has gone on to star in the beloved romance Love & Basketball, as Dr. Eric Foreman on massively popular TV show House, as Jeff Cole in In Too Deep, as Isaac Johnson on Shooter, and as Darnell on This Is Us. He is the author of a memoir, From Fatherless to Fatherhood. Nubia: The Awakening is his first novel)
  • From fatherless to fatherhood, 2018:page 4 of cover (Omar Epps is an American actor, rapper, and producer)
  • Higher learning, c1995:container (Omar Epps; actor)
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Wikipedia description:

Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, and producer. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, prior to making his film debut alongside Tupac Shakur in the 1992 crime drama Juice. His film credits include Higher Learning (1995), Scream 2 (1997), The Wood (1999), In Too Deep (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), and Almost Christmas (2016), several of which are considered notable within Black cinema. His television work includes the role of Dr. Dennis Gant on 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 won three NAACP Image Awards and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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