Omar Epps
Birth name	Omar Hashim Epps
Born	July 20, 1973 (1973-07-20) (age 34)
Spouse(s)	Keisha Spivey Epps (2 children)
Notable roles	Malik Williams in Higher Learning Jeff Cole/J. Reid in In Too Deep Quincy McCall in Love & Basketball Dr. Eric Foreman in House

Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor and musician. Since 2004, he has played the role of Dr. Eric Foreman on the Fox medical drama series House. Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Higher Learning is a 1995 drama film, starring Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Rapaport, Laurence Fishburne and Randall Batinkoff. ... In Too Deep is a 1999 crime-drama film, written by Michael Henry Brown and Paul Aaron, and directed by Michael Rymer. ... Love & Basketball is a 2000 romantic drama film, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. ... Information Specialty Neurologist Occupation Physician Diagnostic Medicine Fellow (former) Family Rodney Foreman (father) Alicia Foreman (mother) Marcus Foreman(brother) Relationships Wendy (ex-girlfriend) Portrayed by Omar Epps Dr. Eric Foreman, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Information Specialty Neurologist Occupation Physician Diagnostic Medicine Fellow (former) Family Rodney Foreman (father) Alicia Foreman (mother) Marcus Foreman(brother) Relationships Wendy (ex-girlfriend) Portrayed by Omar Epps Dr. Eric Foreman, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ...

Biography

Early life

Epps was born in Brooklyn, New York. Before he started acting, he belonged to a rap group called Wolfpak which he formed with his brother in 1991. He began writing screenplays at the age of ten and attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts is located near the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between 65th Street and 64th Street. ...

Career

Epps was frequently cast as sports heroes and troubled teenagers early in his career, but as he amassed more credits and demonstrated his range, he moved on to more substantial dramatic fare. Epps made a promising film debut as star of Juice, cinematographer Ernest Dickerson's directorial debut, a violent and tragic take on four young men growing up in Harlem. Co-starring the late rapper Tupac Shakur, Juice showcased Epps' developed emotional range with his nuanced performance that maintained the appropriate restraint. He followed as a running back in the college football drama The Program. Juice is a 1992 drama film that has gained a certain classic status. ... A Cameraman-Reporter during a MINUSTAH mission in 2007 (Photo: Patrick-André Perron A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera (the art and science of which is known as cinematography). ... Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) is an American film director and cinematographer. ... Violence is a general term to describe actions, usually deliberate, that cause or intend to cause injury to people, animals, or non-living objects. ... The Apollo Theater on 125th Street; the Hotel Theresa is visible in the background. ... Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ... High school running back A running back, halfback, tailback or wingback is the position of a player on an American and Canadian football team who lines up in the offensive backfield. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The following year, he switched to baseball as co-star of Major League II, taking over the role of Willie Mays Hayes from originator Wesley Snipes. His next athletic endeavor was playing a runner in John Singleton's Higher Learning, an unflinching look at the brutal politics of college life. Epps' character, a track star on a sports scholarship, quickly finds that his academic performance matters little to an administration that sees him merely as an athletic advantage. Major League II (1994) is a sequel to the 1989 film Major League. ... Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962, in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, martial artist and film producer. ... John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Higher Learning is a 1995 drama film, starring Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Rapaport, Laurence Fishburne and Randall Batinkoff. ... This article is about scholarship (noun) and scholarship as a form of financial aid. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...

For several episodes Epps portrayed Dr. Dennis Gant, a troubled surgical intern on the television drama ER. After his television work on ER, Epps returned to the big screen in 1997 with a brief turn as a giddy moviegoer who ends up an early victim of a psycho slasher in the blockbuster sequel Scream 2. Also in 1997 Epps was the star of the fact-based HBO movie First Time Felon a movie he produced. Epps played a small-time criminal who goes through Chicago's boot camp reform system and undertakes a heroic flood rescue, only to then be faced with the adjustment of re-entering society with the mark of ex-con. In 1999 Epps was cast as Linc in The Mod Squad, the feature adaptation of the dated TV series most memorable for placing Epps in attractive but uncomfortable and decidedly unfashionable tight pants, a subject frequently raised by the actor in interviews promoting the film. Current cast of ER ER is a popular NBC serial drama primarily set in a teaching hospitals emergency room, the fictional County General Hospital (based loosely off Cook County General, a real hospital) on Division Street in Chicago, Illinois. ... Current cast of ER ER is a popular NBC serial drama primarily set in a teaching hospitals emergency room, the fictional County General Hospital (based loosely off Cook County General, a real hospital) on Division Street in Chicago, Illinois. ... Psychopathy (pronounced in General American), not to be confused with psychosis, is a term derived from the Greek psyche (mind) and pathos (suffering), and was once used to denote any form of mental illness. ... The original 1974 Black Christmas is considered the first authentic slasher. ... Scream 2 is a 1997 film, the second part of the Scream trilogy. ... The Mod Squad is a 1999 film directed by Scott Silver. ...

While The Mod Squad proved a critical and box office bust, Epps later 1999 effort The Wood offered him a serious and multi-dimensional role. Following a group of middle-class African-Americans from youth to adulthood, The Wood, the debut effort from director-screenwriter Rick Fumuyiwa, co-starred Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs and received a push from co-producers MTV Films that ensured turnout of a sizable youth audience. Also in 1999, Epps was featured alongside Stanley Tucci and LL Cool J, playing an undercover detective who finds himself dangerously caught up in the illegal goings-on he is investigating in In Too Deep. A busy year for the young actor, 1999 saw him lens the 1950s set murder mystery When Willows Touch, with James Earl Jones and Jada Pinkett Smith. The Wood is a 1999 comedy-drama-romance film, written by Rick Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd, and directed by Rick Famuyiwa. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Richard T. Jones (born January 16, 1972 in Kobe, Japan) is an American actor. ... Taye Diggs (born Scott Diggs on January 2, 1971 in Rochester, New York[1]) is an American theatre, film and television actor. ... MTV Films is the motion picture production arm of cable channel MTV. Originally founded in 1995, it has produced films based on MTV programs such as Beavis and Butt-head Do America and Jackass: The Movie, as well as other adaptations and original projects. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... All Killer No Filler is the second album by Sum 41, released on May 8, 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... James Earl Jones (b. ... Jada Pinkett Smith (born Jada Koren Pinkett on September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. ...

In 2000 Epps starred in Love and Basketball, featuring Alfre Woodard & Sanaa Lathan. He portrayed Quincy, the NBA hopeful who has a stormy relationship with an equally adept female basketball star Monica (Sanaa Lathan). The actor kept busy in supporting roles in a series of films including Dracula 2000, Big Trouble, and the telepic Conviction. In 2004, Epps landed the role of drug-dealer-turned-prizefighter Luther Shaw who falls under the tutelage of boxing promoter Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) in the biopic Against the Ropes. Besides being a versatile actor, he's also directed videos for such artists as Heather B. and Special Ed. Love & Basketball is a 2000 romance-drama film written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. ... Woodard as Betty Applewhite on Desperate Housewives. ... Image:Sanaa. ... Image:Sanaa. ... Dracula 2000 (also known as Dracula 2001 in some countries) is a horror movie which attempts to transfer the Dracula legend into the setting of a modern teen horror film. ... Big Trouble (2002) is a comedic film based on the novel Big Trouble by Dave Barry. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jackie Kallen (born c. ... Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is a questionable American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres. ... Promotional poster for Against the Ropes Against the Ropes is a 2004 drama movie. ...

Epps returned to television medical drama with his role as Dr. Eric Foreman on the American television series House alongside Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison & Jesse Spencer. House first aired in 2004. The role earned him a NAACP Image Award in 2007 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Also in 2004, Epps was a character in the video game Def Jam Fight for NY. Information Specialty Neurologist Occupation Physician Diagnostic Medicine Fellow (former) Family Rodney Foreman (father) Alicia Foreman (mother) Marcus Foreman(brother) Relationships Wendy (ex-girlfriend) Portrayed by Omar Epps Dr. Eric Foreman, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ... James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian and writer known as Hugh Laurie. ... Lisa Edelstein (born May 21, 1967) is an award-winning American actress and playwright. ... Robert Sean Leonard (born Robert Lawrence Leonard on February 28, 1969, in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actor who is most noted for his role as an aspiring actor Neil Perry in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. ... Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, model and film producer. ... Jesse Gordon Spencer (born 12 February 1979) is an Australian actor best known to worldwide audiences for his role as Dr. Robert Chase in the medical drama House. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Def Jam: Fight for NY, the sequel to EA Games Def Jam Vendetta, is a hip-hop-influenced 3D fighting game released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. ...

Personal life

Epps dated Sanaa Lathan from 2000 to approximately March 2003. Epps became engaged to Keisha Spivey, a former member of the R&B group Total, in July 2004. They have since married and had a daughter named K'mari Mae. Image:Sanaa. ... Total is an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Puff Daddys Bad Boy Records during the 1990s. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Omar Epps is the cousin of actor/comedian Mike Epps, who has mainly starred in movie roles, including The Fighting Temptations, with Cuba Gooding Jr. Mike Epps (born November 18, 1970 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American comedian and actor. ... The Fighting Temptations is a 2003 comedy film. ...

Personal Quotes

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Filmography

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External links

• Omar Epps at the Internet Movie Database