The best Omar Epps movies and TV shows include long-running medical, crime, and fantasy genres, and he also has some great work on the big screen as well. Epps was born in Brooklyn and attended a high school that specialized in performing arts before he started working in both music and acting. He then had a huge opportunity when he made his film debut in Juice, which got a lot of attention since it was also the film acting debut of rap legend Tupac Shakur. That was just the start.