Omar Epps Biography

Fast Facts

• Serves on the advisory board of The Creative Coalition
• Won a Silver Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival for Best Actor for "Deadly Voyage" in 1997
• Was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for "House M․D․"
• Won three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "House" in 2007, 2008, and 2013
• Made his screen acting debut as Charlie in the short film "The Green Flash" in 1988
• Formed a rap group called Wolfpack with his cousin before becoming an actor
• Quote: "The only limitations that I can have are the ones that I set on myself․"
• Some of his best known roles have been as doctors on medical dramas, like Dr․ Dennis Gant on "ER" and Dr․ Eric Foreman on "House M․D․․"
• Early in his career, he played many troubled teens and athletes
• Is passionate about the importance of education and began writing at the age of 10