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Omar Dorsey
American actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Omar Dorsey 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 Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar.
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Career
Dorsey played small parts in a number of films early in his career, including Juwanna Mann, Starsky & Hutch, and The Blind Side.[1] In 2012, he co-starred in Django Unchained.[2] On television, he guest-starred on ER, The Shield, The Mentalist, Castle, Rizzoli & Isles, and NCIS. He had recurring roles in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan as Cookie Brown, the Fox comedy-drama Rake, and the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down.[3][4]
In 2014, Dorsey played Civil Rights Movement activist James Orange in the historical drama film Selma directed by Ava DuVernay.[5] In 2016, DuVernay cast Dorsey in her drama series Queen Sugar for Oprah Winfrey Network.[6][7] Dorsey appears as Sheriff Barker in the horror films Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends.[8]
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Personal life
Dorsey was born in Decatur, Georgia. He is an alumnus of the DeKalb School of the Arts, a magnet school in the DeKalb County School District.[9]
In 2019, he met director Crystle Roberson at the Toronto International Film Festival. They began dating and were wed on November 5, 2023.[10] Together, they have a son.[11] Dorsey, who lives in Los Angeles, also has two daughters from a prior marriage.[12]
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Film
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