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Omar J. Dorsey (born December 22, 1975) is an American actor. He has appeared in films The Blind Side (2009), Django Unchained (2012), and Selma (2014) playing James Orange. In 2016, Dorsey began starring as Hollywood Desonier in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Queen Sugar.
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- Actor omar dorsey talks selma mr rose is introduced at nitecap live
- Omar dorsey being versatile as an actor
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Omar dorsey being versatile as an actor
Career
Dorsey has played small parts in a number of films in early career, include Juwanna Mann, Starsky & Hutch, and The Blind Side. In 2012, he co-starred in Django Unchained. On television, he guest-starred on ER, The Shield, The Mentalist, Castle, Rizzoli & Isles, and NCIS. he had the recurring roles in Showtime drama Ray Donovan as Cookie Brown, Fox comedy-drama Rake, and HBO comedy Eastbound & Down.
In 2014, Dorsey played Civil Rights Movement activist James Orange in the historical drama film Selma directed by Ava DuVernay. In 2016, DuVernay cast Dorsey in her drama series Queen Sugar for Oprah Winfrey Network.
Personal life
Dorsey was born in Decatur, Georgia. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.
Filmography
Actor
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The Waterboyz (post-production) as
Charles Williams
2023
How to Be a Bookie (TV Series) as
Ray
- Step Three: Trust Your Sphincter (2023) - Ray
- Episode #1.8 - Ray
- Episode #1.2 - Ray
- Episode #1.7 - Ray
- Episode #1.4 - Ray
- Episode #1.6 - Ray
- Episode #1.5 - Ray
- Episode #1.1 - Ray
2023
Snowfall (TV Series) as
Clyde
- Ebony and Ivory (2023) - Clyde (as Omar Dorsey)
2022
Clubhouse Cinema (TV Series) as
Guest
2016
Queen Sugar (TV Series) as
Hollywood Desonier
- For They Existed (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- Be and Be Better (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- We Can Be (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- They Existed (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- Whisper to Us (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- Never to Be the Same (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- Our Senses, Restored (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- Soothing Electric Vibration (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- With a Kind Of (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- Spaces Fill (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- Slowly and Always Irregularly (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- After a Period, Peace Blooms (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- And When Great Souls Die (2022) - Hollywood Desonier
- And You Would Be One of Them (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Tossing in the Meadows (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- All Those Brothers and Sisters (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- They Would Bloom and Welcome You (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Or Maybe Just Stay There (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Moving So Easily Through That Common Depth (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- To a Different Day (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- You Would Come Back Different (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- And Dream with Them Deeply (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- If You Could Enter Their Dreaming (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Onward (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- In Summer Time to Simply Be (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- June 3, 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- June 1, 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- May 27, 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- May 19, 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Early-May 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Late-April 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Mid-March 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- Late-February 2020 (2021) - Hollywood Desonier
- I Am (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Here (2019) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- I'm Sorry (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Oh Mamere (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Stare at the Same Fires (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- All the Borders (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Of Several Centuries (2019) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- By the Spit (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Face Speckled (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Skin Transparent (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Where My Body Stops or Begins (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- I No Longer Imagine (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- Pleasure Is Black (2019) - Hollywood Desonier
- From on the Pulse of Morning (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- The Horizon Leans Forward (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- Your Passages Have Been Paid (2018) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- Here Beside the River (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- The Tree and Stone Were One (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- Come, Clad in Peace (2018) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- Study War No More (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- Delicate and Strangely Made (2018) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- A Little Lower Than Angels (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- No Haven in My Shadow (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- Your Distant Destiny (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- Of Their Sojourn Here (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- A Rock, a River, a Tree (2018) - Hollywood Desonier
- Dream Variations (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- Copper Sun (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- On These I Stand (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- Heritage (2017) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- Live in the All Along (2017) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- Fruit of the Flower (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- Drums at Dusk (2017) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- Yet Do I Marvel (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- Freedom's Plow (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- I Know My Soul (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- Line of Our Elders (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- Caroling Dusk (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- My Soul's High Song (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- What Do I Care for Morning (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- To Usward (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- After the Winter (2017) - Hollywood Desonier
- Give Us This Day (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- Far Too Long (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- All Good (2016) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- So Far (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- Next to Nothing (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- Where with All (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- In No Uncertain Terms (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- As Promised (2016) - Hollywood Desonier (credit only)
- By Any Chance (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- The Darker Sooner (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- Thy Will Be Done (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- Evergreen (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
- First Things First (2016) - Hollywood Desonier
2022
Cherish the Day (TV Series) as
Hollywood Desonier
- Hearts Have Heartbeats (2022) - Hollywood Desonier (as Omar Dorsey)
- Moon Has Beams (2022) - Hollywood Desonier (as Omar Dorsey)
2022
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (TV Series) as
Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
- Anti-Trust (2022) - Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
- A House Is Not a Home (2022) - Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
- No Love Lost (2022) - Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
- It's a Business, Man (2022) - Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
- Pay the Toll (2022) - Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
- Sleeping Dogs (2022) - Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
- Mind Your Business (2022) - Cartier 'Duns' Fareed
2022
Halloween Ends as
Sheriff Barker
2021
Halloween Kills as
Sheriff Barker (as Omar Dorsey)
2021
The Lower Bottoms (Podcast Series) as
Pastor Green
- Cesspool of Crime/Campaign Trail from Hell (2021) - Pastor Green
2021
Genius (TV Series) as
James Cleveland
- Aretha: Amazing Grace (2021) - James Cleveland
- Aretha: Do Right Woman (2021) - James Cleveland
2020
Chat - A Covid 19 Story (Short) as
Lorenzo
2020
Soul City (TV Series) as
Cab Driver / Expedite
- Pillowshop (2020) - Cab Driver
- Give Man (2020) - Cab Driver / Expedite
- Grace (2020) - Cab Driver
2019
Harriet as
Bigger Long
2019
When They See Us (TV Mini Series) as
Elombre Brath
- Part Four (2019) - Elombre Brath (credit only)
- Part Three (2019) - Elombre Brath
- Part Two (2019) - Elombre Brath
2019
Bolden as
Walter
2018
Jump (Short) as
Uncle Charlie
2018
Halloween as
Sheriff Barker (as Omar Dorsey)
2017
Sins of the Father (Short) as
Derrick
2017
Say No MO! as
Mo
2017
Thank You for Your Service as
Dante
2017
Cargo as
Eddie
2017
Blue Bloods (TV Series) as
Ernie 'Goodnight' Mason
- Not Fade Away (2017) - Ernie 'Goodnight' Mason
2016
Aquarius (TV Series) as
Ralph Church
- Blackbird (2016) - Ralph Church
- Piggies (2016) - Ralph Church
- Why Don't We Do It in the Road (2016) - Ralph Church
- Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2016) - Ralph Church
- Helter Skelter (2016) - Ralph Church
2016
Dog Eat Dog as
Moon Man
2016
9 Rides as
Uber Pool Man
2016
Teachers (TV Series) as
Mr. Tomlinson
- Hot Lunch (2016) - Mr. Tomlinson
2015
Bad Things (Short) as
Pugie Hudson
2015
Viper (Short) as
Andre
2015
Hollywood Adventures as
Homeland Sec Agent
2015
Battle Creek (TV Series) as
Travis Taylor
- The Battle Creek Way (2015) - Travis Taylor
2014
Selma as
James Orange (as Omar Dorsey)
2014
Heaven's Hard Pitches (Short) as
Michael Oso
2014
Ray Donovan (TV Series) as
Cookie Brown
- The Captain (2014) - Cookie Brown
- Rodef (2014) - Cookie Brown
- Volcheck (2014) - Cookie Brown
- Snowflake (2014) - Cookie Brown
- Sunny (2014) - Cookie Brown
- Walk This Way (2014) - Cookie Brown
- Irish Spring (2014) - Cookie Brown
2014
Rake (TV Series) as
Roy
- Mammophile (2014) - Roy
- Man's Best Friend (2014) - Roy
- 50 Shades of Gay (2014) - Roy
- Staple Holes (2014) - Roy
- Three Strikes (2014) - Roy
- Bigamist (2014) - Roy
- Cannibal (2014) - Roy
- A Close Shave (2014) - Roy
- Serial Killer (2014) - Roy
2014
BuzzFeed Video (TV Series short) as
Omar Dorsey
- The Unwritten Rules of the Gym (2014) - Omar Dorsey
2013
Eastbound & Down (TV Series) as
Dontel Benjamin
- Chapter 29 (2013) - Dontel Benjamin (as Omar Dorsey)
- Chapter 25 (2013) - Dontel Benjamin (as Omar Dorsey)
- Chapter 23 (2013) - Dontel Benjamin (as Omar Dorsey)
- Chapter 22 (2013) - Dontel Benjamin (as Omar Dorsey)
2013
Americana (TV Movie) as
The Voice
2013
NCIS (TV Series) as
Vernon Dale
- Past, Present, and Future (2013) - Vernon Dale
2013
CSI: NY (TV Series) as
Thomas Reynolds
- Blood Actually (2013) - Thomas Reynolds
2012
Django Unchained as
Chicken Charlie (as Omar Dorsey)
2012
Bones (TV Series) as
Chad Lester
- The Partners in the Divorce (2012) - Chad Lester
2010
Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) as
Big Mo
- Dirty Little Secret (2012) - Big Mo
- The Beast in Me (2010) - Big Mo (as Omar Dorsey)
- Boston Strangler Redux (2010) - Big Mo (as Omar Dorsey)
2012
Castle (TV Series) as
Biggie Slim
- The Limey (2012) - Biggie Slim
2012
Chuck (TV Series) as
St. Germaine
- Chuck Versus the Kept Man (2012) - St. Germaine (as Omar Dorsey)
2011
The Mentalist (TV Series) as
CBI Agent Anthony Niskin
- Little Red Book (2011) - CBI Agent Anthony Niskin
2011
Setup as
G Money (as Omar Dorsey)
2010
Detroit 1-8-7 (TV Series) as
Goat
- Local Hero/Overboard (2010) - Goat
2010
Louis as
Walter
2010
The Wronged Man (TV Movie) as
Leroy Matthews
2009
The Blind Side as
'Big Tony' Hamilton (as Omar Dorsey)
2009
Race to Witch Mountain as
Police Officer Hough (as Omar Dorsey)
2008
Ninja Cheerleaders as
Manny
2007
Lincoln Heights (TV Series) as
Chet 'Sawbone' Mitchell
- Out with a Bang (2007) - Chet 'Sawbone' Mitchell
2007
K-Ville (TV Series) as
Sonny Gossett
- No Good Deed (2007) - Sonny Gossett (as Omar Dorsey)
- Cobb's Webb (2007) - Sonny Gossett (as Omar Dorsey)
- Pilot (2007) - Sonny Gossett (as Omar Dorsey)
2006
13 Graves (TV Movie) as
Carl Brown
2006
School for Scoundrels as
Lawrence (as Omar Dorsey)
2006
Entourage (TV Series) as
Thug #1
- I Wanna Be Sedated (2006) - Thug #1
2006
Our House (TV Movie) as
Milkbone (as Omar Dorsey)
2005
The Reading Room (TV Movie) as
Ned (as Omar Dorsey)
2005
The Shield (TV Series) as
Jamal
- String Theory (2005) - Jamal
2005
Yes, Dear (TV Series) as
Doctor
- Senior Olympics (2005) - Doctor
2005
ER (TV Series) as
Captain Guildon
- Here and There (2005) - Captain Guildon
2004
Starsky & Hutch as
Lamell (as Omar Dorsey)
2002
Drumline as
James (as O'Mar J. Dorsey)
2002
Juwanna Mann as
Rickey (as Omar Dorsey)
2001
Losing Grace as
Opposing Player
2001
Going to California (TV Series) as
Dobsie
2001
Boycott (TV Movie) as
MLK Guard (as Omar Dorsey)
2000
The Jersey (TV Series) as
Sharpe
- Stealing the Spotlight (2000) - Sharpe (uncredited)
2000
Road Trip as
Lawrence
Producer
2020
BTSD (Short) (executive producer)
2020
Chat - A Covid 19 Story (Short) (executive producer)
2017
Say No MO! (executive producer)
Director
2020
Live (Short) (directed by)
Self
2022
Inside the Black Box (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Omar Dorsey and Justiin A. Davis visit the Black Box (2022) - Self
2022
The Man Cave Chronicles Podcast (Podcast Series) as
Self
- Interview: Omar J. Dorsey (2022) - Self
2022
Sherri (TV Series) as
Self
- Tina Lifford/Omar J. Dorsey/Tammy Townsend (2022) - Self
2022
Halloween in Hollywood (TV Special) as
Self
2017
The Talk (TV Series) as
Self
- Cast of "Queen Sugar" (2022) - Self
- Nicholas L. Ashe/Omar J. Dorsey/Kofi Siriboe/Kimberlin Brown/Sean Kanan (2021) - Self
- Guest Co-Hostess Vanessa Marcil/The Cast of "Queen Sugar"/Kevin Frazier (2017) - Self
2020
Jemele Hill Is Unbothered (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- Omar Dorsey - Alanna (2020) - Self - Guest
2018
NFL Top 10 (TV Series) as
Self - Actor
- HBCU Players (2018) - Self - Actor
2018
Home & Family (TV Series) as
Self
- Guest Co-Host Cameron Mathison/Omar J. Dorsey/Rick Moonen (2018) - Self
2017
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.52 (2017) - Self
2017
ABFF Honors (TV Special) as
Self
2017
Hell's Kitchen (TV Series) as
Self - Restaurant Patron
- Aerial Maneuvers (2017) - Self - Restaurant Patron
2016
Hollywood Today Live (TV Series) as
Self
- Guest Co-Hosts Ali Landry & Joey Fatone/Monica Potter/Omar Dorsey (2016) - Self
2015
The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2015
20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2014
The Sklar Brothers: What Are We Talking About (TV Special) as
Self - Not a Jew (as Omar Dorsey)
2014
The Rich Eisen Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.9 (2014) - Self
2014
The Matthew Aaron Show Podcast (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- Ep. 199 Omar Dorsey (2014) - Self - Guest
2014
On the Mic Podcast with Tim Drake (Podcast Series) as
Self
- Episode 20: Omar Dorsey (2014) - Self
2012
Reach Around Radio (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 20 December 2012 (2012) - Self
References
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