Omari Hardwick is an American actor, known for his roles in the TV series Saved and Dark Blue, and in the movies Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna, The A-Team, Kick-Ass and Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls. In 2003 and 2004, he participated award-winningly in the National Poetr...
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Movies
For Colored Girls, Kick-Ass, I Will Follow, Sparkle, Next Day Air, Middle of Nowhere, The A-Team, Things Never Said, Linewatch, Miracle at St. Anna, The Guardian, Everyday Black Man, Beauty Shop, Reach Me, Monica, Shot Caller, Chapter & Verse, SIS, Bolden!, The Male Groupie, Within the Wall, Proof P...
TV Shows
Dark Blue, Saved, Power, Being Mary Jane
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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Started out as an extra on sitcoms such as "In the House" and "Friends".
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Is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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After winning a state football title at Marist in Atlanta, Georgia, Omari was a starting defensive back in college for the Furman Purple Paladins (1993-1994) before transferring and playing the same position for the University of Georgia Bulldogs (1995-1996). He is an accomplished poet and has finished in the top five of the US national Poetry Slam competition in 2003 and 2004. Co-founded the "Actors Lounge" at Los Angeles' Greenway Theater where young actors perform dramatic sketches for audiences, directors and producers. Coached and mentored Denzel Washington's son, John David Washington as a football player at Campbell Hall in Beverly Hills, California before he went on to become a standout at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
$1.5 Million
