Cast Bios

Omar Epps Dr. Eric Foreman

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For his role on HOUSE, Omar Epps won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in both 2007 and 2008 and received nominations in the same category in 2005 and 2006.

Epps also was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Actor for the original cable movie "Conviction," in which he portrayed Carl Upchurch, a hardened criminal from South Philadelphia who spent most of his adult life in prison. He formed a production company, Brooklyn Works Films, which has several projects in development.

Epps has starred in two original cable movies based on true stories: "First Time Felon," directed by Charles "Roc" Dutton, in which he played a streetwise drug dealer and gang member in Chicago; and "Deadly Voyage," produced by Danny Glover, in which he portrayed "Kingsley Ofusu," the sole survivor of a group of nine African stowaways who fled Ghana on a Ukrainian cargo ship. The New York Times noted that Epps "played superbly" in the role of "Ofusu."

Epps also played "Dr. Dennis Gant" on the Emmy Award-winning drama "ER." In one of the most talked-about series departures, Epps left audiences wondering whether his character had committed suicide.

Epps has appeared in lead roles in feature films including "Against the Ropes" opposite Meg Ryan, "Alfie" opposite Jude Law and Susan Sarandon, "The Wood," "In Too Deep," John Singleton's "Higher Learning," "Juice" and "Daybreak." His supporting roles include "Breakfast of Champions" opposite Bruce Willis and Nick Nolte, "Major League II" opposite Charlie Sheen and "The Program" with Craig Sheffer. He also was seen in "Scream 2," the film version of the television series "The Mod Squad" with Claire Danes, "DK2," "Love & Basketball" and Takeshi Kitano's "Brother." Epps also appeared in Barry Sonnenfeld's "Big Trouble."

Epps lives in Los Angeles.

Dr. Eric Foreman is member of Dr. Gregory House's diagnostic team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He's the most senior of House's fellows, and though he renounces his mentor's abrasive, whatever-it-takes attitude toward patients, he's more like House than he'd like to admit. Foreman briefly tried out a sunny and optimistic disposition following a near-death experience, but it didn't take.

Foreman and his brother, Marcus, had a misspent youth, but while Foreman went straight after some minor juvenile arrests, Marcus spent several years in prison. Their father is deeply religious, and their mother passed away after struggling with Alzheimer's disease.

Foreman has had various opportunities to lead the team, most recently when House was awaiting renewal of his medical license. Foreman's leadership style received mixed reviews by the other team members, however, and in a misguided attempt to reconcile work with his personal life, he had fired his then-girlfriend, Thirteen.