Afemo Omilami
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Character actor Afemo Omilami built a career out of portraying gritty, urban types in Hollywood features, often with an aggressive edge, such as taxi drivers, longshoremen, barkeeps, drill sergeants, and angry spouses. Omilami debuted onscreen in the late '70s and evolved into an increasingly common screen presence as the years passed. The dozens of projects in which he appeared include the Tom Hanks-Shelley Long disaster comedy The Money Pit (1986), the Sydney Pollack-directed legal thriller The Firm (1993), Best Picture winner Forrest Gump (1994) (as a screaming drill sergeant), and the Ray Charles biopic Ray (2004). In 2007, Omilami joined the cast of director Deborah Kampmeier's rape-themed period drama Hounddog.
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Highest Rated Movies
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93%
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89%
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87%
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87%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82% | The Founder |
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$12.8M | 2017 |
| 26% | Terminator Genisys |
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$75.7M | 2015 |
| 87% | The Good Lie |
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— | 2014 |
| 89% | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
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$336.7M | 2013 |
| 29% | G.I. Joe: Retaliation |
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$122.6M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Steel Magnolias |
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— | 2012 |
| 50% | Bloodworth |
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$10.1k | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Beneath the Dark |
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— | 2010 |
| 52% | Blood Done Sign My Name |
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$83.2k | 2010 |
| 66% | The Blind Side |
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$255.9M | 2009 |
| 15% | Hounddog |
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— | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | The List |
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— | 2007 |
| 8% | The Reaping |
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$25.1M | 2007 |
| 47% | Idlewild |
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$12.6M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Heavens Fall |
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— | 2006 |
| 25% | Madea's Family Reunion |
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$63.2M | 2006 |
| 80% | Ray |
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$75M | 2004 |
| 29% | The Alamo |
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$22.4M | 2004 |
| 73% | Runaway Jury |
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$49.3M | 2003 |
| 82% | Drumline |
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$56.2M | 2002 |
| 38% | Sweet Home Alabama |
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$127.3M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | The Rosa Parks Story |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Drumline (Special Edition) |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Rustin |
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— | 2001 |
| 82% | Animal Factory |
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— | 2000 |
| 76% | Tigerland |
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— | 2000 |
| 73% | Remember the Titans |
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$114.3M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | The Runaway |
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— | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn |
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— | 1999 |
| 71% | Bringing Out the Dead |
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— | 1999 |
| 11% | Chill Factor |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Caroline? |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Selma, Lord, Selma |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Flash |
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— | 1997 |
| 25% | The War |
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— | 1994 |
| 14% | Drop Squad |
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— | 1994 |
| 43% | A Simple Twist of Fate |
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— | 1994 |
| 73% | Forrest Gump |
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$330.1M | 1994 |
| 18% | The Real McCoy |
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— | 1993 |
| 75% | The Firm |
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— | 1993 |
| 83% | Sankofa |
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— | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | White Lie |
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— | 1991 |
| 87% | The Long Walk Home |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Web of Deceit |
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— | 1990 |
| 93% | Glory |
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— | 1989 |
| 47% | The Money Pit |
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— | 1986 |
| 86% | Trading Places |
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— | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Rage of Angels |
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— | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Freedom Road |
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— | 1979 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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| 25% |
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
2016-2017
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| No Score Yet |
Madam Secretary
2014
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| 75% |
True Detective
2014-2015
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| 17% |
Past Life
2010
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| No Score Yet |
Ghost Whisperer
2005-2010
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| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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| 88% |
The Shield
2002-2008
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| No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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Quotes from Afemo Omilami's Characters
| Leigh Anne Tuohy: | We have been here for an hour, and all I see is people shootin' the bull and drinkin' coffee. I wanna know who runs this joint? |
| CPS Welfare Worker: | (points to a picture of George W. Bush) |
| Leigh Anne Tuohy: | I'd like to become a legal guardian. |
| CPS Welfare Worker: | God help the child. |
| Drill Sergeant: | You are a goddamn genius Gump! |
| Griss: | Now look don't make me take off my sunglasses |
| Griss: | Don't make me take off my sunglasses! |
| Drill Sergeant: | Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army? |
| Forrest Gump: | To do whatever you tell me, Drill Sergeant. |
| Drill Sergeant: | Goddammit Gump, you're a Goddamn genius. That's the most outstanding answer I've ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of a hundred and sixty. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. |
| Drill Sergeant: | Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army? |
| Forrest Gump: | To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant! |
| Drill Sergeant: | God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people... |