Afemo Omilami

Highest Rated: 93% Glory (1989)

Lowest Rated: 8% The Reaping (2007)

Birthday: Dec 13, 1950

Birthplace: Not Available

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

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
82%	The Founder	Mr. Merriman	$12.8M	2017
26%	Terminator Genisys	Perry	$75.7M	2015
87%	The Good Lie	Dr. Monyang	—	2014
89%	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	District 11 Mayor	$336.7M	2013
29%	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Chairman Joint Chief of Staff	$122.6M	2013
No Score Yet	Steel Magnolias	Actor	—	2012
50%	Bloodworth	Sheriff Bellweather	$10.1k	2011
No Score Yet	Beneath the Dark	The Man	—	2010
52%	Blood Done Sign My Name	Golden Frinks	$83.2k	2010
66%	The Blind Side	CPS Caseworker	$255.9M	2009
15%	Hounddog	Charles	—	2008
No Score Yet	The List	Al Jenkins	—	2007
8%	The Reaping	Haman	$25.1M	2007
47%	Idlewild	Walter	$12.6M	2006
No Score Yet	Heavens Fall	Actor	—	2006
25%	Madea's Family Reunion	Isaac Sr.	$63.2M	2006
80%	Ray	Angry Husband	$75M	2004
29%	The Alamo	Sam	$22.4M	2004
73%	Runaway Jury	SUV Driver	$49.3M	2003
82%	Drumline	President Wagner	$56.2M	2002
38%	Sweet Home Alabama	Jimmy Lee	$127.3M	2002
No Score Yet	The Rosa Parks Story	Minister	—	2002
No Score Yet	Drumline (Special Edition)	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	Rustin	Actor	—	2001
82%	Animal Factory	Captain Midnight	—	2000
76%	Tigerland	Sergeant Landers	—	2000
73%	Remember the Titans	Mr. Campbell	$114.3M	2000
No Score Yet	The Runaway	Jule Monroe	—	2000
No Score Yet	The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn	Noah's Father	—	1999
71%	Bringing Out the Dead	Griss	—	1999
11%	Chill Factor	Courtroom Colonel	—	1999
No Score Yet	Caroline?	Taxi Driver	—	1999
No Score Yet	Selma, Lord, Selma	John Webb	—	1999
No Score Yet	Flash	Sam	—	1997
25%	The War	Quarry Man	—	1994
14%	Drop Squad	Berl `Flip' Mangum	—	1994
43%	A Simple Twist of Fate	Bailiff	—	1994
72%	Forrest Gump	Drill Sargeant	$330.1M	1994
19%	The Real McCoy	Cab Dispatcher	—	1993
76%	The Firm	Cotton Truck Driver	—	1993
83%	Sankofa	Noble Ali	—	1993
No Score Yet	White Lie	Bartender	—	1991
87%	The Long Walk Home	Taxi Driver	—	1990
No Score Yet	Web of Deceit	Bailiff	—	1990
93%	Glory	Tall Contraband	—	1989
47%	The Money Pit	Bernie	—	1986
86%	Trading Places	Longshoreman #2	—	1983
No Score Yet	Rage of Angels	Vet #1	—	1983
No Score Yet	Freedom Road	Young Black Man with Scars	—	1979

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
25%	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders 2016-2017	Inspector Polino	2017
No Score Yet	Madam Secretary 2014	President Babacar Diome	2017
74%	True Detective 2014-2015	Holloway	2015
17%	Past Life 2010	Fred Lamm	2010
No Score Yet	Ghost Whisperer 2005-2010	Archivist Archivist (aka Intense Man)	2008 2007
No Score Yet	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Asante Odufemi	2004
86%	The Shield 2002-2008	Agent Nell	2004
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Kano Henry Patterson Michael Kano Darryl Lamaine	1999 1996 1992

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...

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