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.

Filmography

• 2026Moses the Black — Malik, Executive Producer
• 2025Red Clay — Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 2024The Deliverance — Melvin
• The Crew Has It
• 2022The Devil You Know — Marcus Cowans
• Power Book III: Raising Kanan — Malcolm Howard
• 2020Fatal Affair — David Hammond
• 20193022 — Captain John Laine
• 2019Trick — Detective Mike Denver
• 2018Traffik — John
• 2016Almost Christmas — Malachi
• Shooter — Isaac Johnson
• This Is Us — Darnell Hodges
• Resurrection — J. Martin Bellamy
• 2012House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
• 2009A Day in the Life — O
• 2004Against the Ropes — Luther Shaw
• 2004Alfie — Marlon
• House — Eric Foreman
• 2002Big Trouble — Seitz
• 2002Conviction — Carl
• 2001MTV 20: Jams
• 2001Perfume — J.B.
• 2000Brother — Denny
• 2000Dracula 2000 — Marcus
• 2000Love & Basketball — Quincy McCall
• 1999Breakfast of Champions — Wayne Hoobler
• 1999In Too Deep — Jeff Cole / J. Reid
• 1999The Mod Squad — Lincoln Hayes
• 1999The Wood — Mike
• 1997First Time Felon — Greg Yance
• 1997Scream 2 — Phil
• 1996Deadly Voyage — Kingsley
• 1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood — Malik
• 1995Higher Learning — Malik Williams
• ER — Dennis Gant
• 1994Major League II — Willie Mays Hayes
• 1993Daybreak — Hunter
• 1993The Program — Darnell Jefferson
• Here and Now — Curtis
• 1992Juice — Quincy 'Q' Powell
• 1991In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story — Deron
• Street Justice — Clint
• 1988The Green Flash — Charlie
• Screen Two — Kingsley

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2025Everybody Wants to Be Gen X — Self
• Hollywood Black — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• Name That Tune — Self - Contestant
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2012House: Swan Song — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” — Self