Omar Benson Miller Biography

Fast Facts

• Named best male actor in his San Jose State graduating class
• Founded the Omar Miller Foundation, which feeds hungry L
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• -area residents, using food left over from film and TV productions
• Costarred with the likes of Eminem (2002's 8 Mile) and Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon (2004's Shall We Dance?)
• Made his directorial debut with the 2007 film Gordon Glass
• Lost 60 pounds to portray a WWII G
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• in the 2008 Spike Lee film Miracle at St
• Anna
• Known for his role as art-theft expert Walter Simmons on the popular crime series CSI: Miami, he is also recognized for his resemblance to Forest Whitaker
• In an interview with CY, he noted that he and the Oscar-winning actor are "the only people who think we don't look alike, yet the world is convinced I am a younger version of him, and I am absolutely fine with that
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