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
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81% | The Founder | Mr. Merriman | $12.8M | 2017 |
| 27% | Terminator Genisys | Perry | $75.7M | 2015 |
| 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 | $256M | 2009 |
| 15% | Hounddog | Charles | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | The List | Al Jenkins | — | 2007 |
| 8% | The Reaping | Haman | $25.2M | 2007 |
| 47% | Idlewild | Walter | $12.6M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Heavens Fall | Actor | — | 2006 |
| 25% | Madea's Family Reunion | Isaac Sr. | $63.3M | 2006 |
| 80% | Ray | Angry Husband | $75.1M | 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 |
| 72% | Bringing Out the Dead | Griss | — | 1999 |
| 10% | 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 |
| 70% | Forrest Gump | Drill Sargeant | $330.1M | 1994 |
| 18% | The Real McCoy | Cab Dispatcher | — | 1993 |
| 75% | The Firm | Cotton Truck Driver | — | 1993 |
| 86% | 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 |
| 45% | The Money Pit | Bernie | — | 1986 |
| 87% | 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
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 96% |
Creepshow 2019 |
2019 |
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| 78% |
True Detective 2014-2019 |
Holloway |
2019 2015 2014 |
| 25% |
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders 2016-2017 |
Inspector Polino |
2017 |
| No Score Yet |
Madam Secretary 2014 |
President Babacar Diome |
2017 |
| 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 |
| 90% |
The Shield 2002-2008 |
Agent Nell |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Sheena 2000-2002 |
Kontee |
2001 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order 1990-2010 |
Kano Henry Patterson Michael Kano Darryl Lamaine |
1999 1996 1992 |
QUOTES FROM Afemo Omilami CHARACTERS
Leigh Anne Tuohy says: 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 says: (points to a picture of George W. Bush)
Leigh Anne Tuohy says: I'd like to become a legal guardian.
CPS Welfare Worker says: God help the child.
Drill Sergeant says: You are a goddamn genius Gump!
Griss says: Now look don't make me take off my sunglasses
Griss says: Don't make me take off my sunglasses!
Drill Sergeant says: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
Forrest Gump says: To do whatever you tell me, Drill Sergeant.
Drill Sergeant says: 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 says: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
Forrest Gump says: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!
Drill Sergeant says: 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...