Omar Epps
Omar Epps: Plays Dr. Eric Foreman
| Birth Name: |
Omar Hashim Epps |
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| Birth Date: |
July 23, 1973 |
| Astrological Sign: |
Leo |
| Birth Place: |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Spouse(s): |
- Keisha Spivey Epps (2 children)
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| Awards: |
- Black Reel Awards
- 2001 Theatrical – Best Actor for: Love & Basketball (2000) – Nominated
- Image Awards
- 2009 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “House M.D.” (2004) – Nominated
- 2008 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: “House M.D.” (2004) – Winner
- 2007 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: “House M.D.” (2004) – Winner
- 2006 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “House M.D.” (2004) – Nominated
- 2005 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: “House M.D.” (2004) – Nominated
- 2003 Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for: Conviction (2002) (TV) – Nominated
- 2001 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for: Love & Basketball (2000) – Nominated
- MTV Movie Awards
- 2001 Best Male Performance for: Love & Basketball (2000) – Nominated
- Monte-Carlo TV Festival
- 1997 Silver Nymph – Best Actor for: Deadly Voyage (1996) (TV) – Winner
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 2009 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: “House M.D.” (2004) – Nominated
Shared with: Lisa Edelstein, Peter Jacobson, Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Kal Penn, Jesse Spencer, Olivia Wilde
- Teen Choice Awards
- 2000 Film – Choice Actor for: Love & Basketball (2000) – Nominated
- 2000 Film – Choice Chemistry for: Love & Basketball (2000) – Nominated
Shared with: Sanaa Lathan
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| Fast Facts: |
- Began writing screenplays at age 10; starred in a production of Grease in elementary school.
- Formed a rap group, Wolfpack, in 1991; has directed videos for rappers Heather B. and Special Ed.
- With his childhood friends Marlon and Shawn Wayans, wrote the theme song for the 1995-99 WB series The Wayans Bros.
- Nominated for an NAACP Image Award, a Black Reel Award, an MTV Movie Award and a Teen Choice Award for his role in the 2000 movie Love & Basketball.
- His mother, a retired New York City public-school administrator, is a minister in Brooklyn.
- Formed his own production and music company, BKNY.
- Omar was one of People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive, 2006. He was named "Sexiest TV Neurologist"
- Omar claims he goes to strip clubs with his wife.
- Omar was a backup dancer for Queen Latifah when he was 17 years old.
- Omar’s mother raised him and his sister as a single parent after she separated from his father.
- Omar is left-handed.
- Omar attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts in New York, New York.
- Omar is 5′10" (177,5 cm).
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| Quotes: |
- (On impressing his wife) I like catching her off guard. Last year for her birthday I gave her a five-figure shopping spree.
- The whole Black Hollywood thing doesn’t exist for me anymore. Once someone says that to themselves, they subject themselves to those rules.
- The only limitations that I can have are the ones that I set on myself.
- I believe sucess is preparation because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?
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