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- Birth Name: Omar Hashim Epps
- Born: July 20, 1973
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
- Notable Role: "Dr. Eric Foreman" in House M.D.
- Married to Keisha from Total
- Previously involved with Sanaa Lathan
- Attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
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Omar Epps is an American television and film actor and musician. He currently stars alongside Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard on the Fox Network's hit TV series House M.D.
Epps made his acting debut in the movie Juice alongside Tupac Shakur. From there he went on to star in The Program. Since the beginning of his career he has appeared in other movies like Major League II, Scream 2, The Mod Squad, Love & Basketball, Against the Ropes and Alfie.
Aside from House M.D., Epps can next be seen in Love Can't Hide, which is slated for release sometime in 2008.
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Quotes from Omar Epps
"I like catching her off guard. Last year for her birthday I gave her a five-figure shopping spree." — Omar Epps on impressing his wife"Before ER a lot of people knew my name and some people knew my face. I saw big difference after ER, like, wow, I didn't know television was that powerful." — Omar Epps on life before ER
"I've been writing since I was a kid. Short stories, poetry, and all of that, and acting is just an extension of that. It just came naturally. So it's coming full circle." — Omar Epps on his personal writing
"I'm an avid fan of boxing, so the eagerness was there, the desire was there but I dunno...physically, this was the most I ever put my body through." — Omar Epps on boxing
"I believe success is preparation because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?" — Omar Epps on success
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Omar Epps Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- July 23, 1973: Born
- 1992: Juice
- 1995: Higher Learning
- 1996-97: ER
- 2000: Love & Basketball
- 2004: Against the Ropes
- 2004-07: House M.D.
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Omar Epps DVDs and Merchandise
- Amazon.com: Omar Epps DVDs
- eBay: Omar Epps Merhandise
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- BestBuy: Omar Epps DVDs
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