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House is Right

August 4th, 2007

Omar Epps

Fact Sheet

Full Name: Omar Hashim Epps
Birth Date: July 23, 1973 (1973-07-23)
Astrological Sign: Leo
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
Spouse(s):
  • Keisha Spivey Epps (2 children)
Awards:
  • 2007 Won Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: "House M.D." (2004)
  • 2006 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: "House M.D." (2004)
  • 2005 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: "House M.D." (2004)
  • 2003 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for: Conviction (2002) (TV)
  • 2001 Nominated Black Reel Theatrical - Best Actor for: Love & Basketball (2000)
  • 2001 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for: Love & Basketball (2000)
  • 2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Male Performance for: Love & Basketball (2000)
  • 2000 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Actor for: Love & Basketball (2000)
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).
Important Links:
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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