Omar Dorsey

Omar Dorsey is an American actor. He has appeared in films The Blind Side, 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.

Career Dorsey played small parts in a number of films early in his career, including Juwanna Mann, Starsky & Hutch, and The Blind Side. In 2012, he co-starred in Django Unchained. 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.

In 2014, Dorsey played Civil Rights Movement activist James Orange in the historical drama film Selma directed by Ava DuVernay. In 2016, DuVernay cast Dorsey in her drama series Queen Sugar for Oprah Winfrey Network. Dorsey appears as Sheriff Barker in the horror films Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends.

In 2019, he met director Crystle Roberson at the Toronto International Film Festival. They began dating and were wed on November 5, 2023. Together, they have a son. Dorsey, who lives in Los Angeles, also has two daughters from a prior marriage.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Road Trip Lawrence 2001 Boycott MLK Guard TV movie Losing Grace Opposing Player 2002 Juwanna Mann Rickey Drumline James 2004 Starsky & Hutch Lamell 2005 The Reading Room Ned TV movie 2006 Our House Milkbone TV movie School for Scoundrels Lawrence 13 Graves Carl Brown TV movie 2008 Ninja Cheerleaders Manny 2009 Race to Witch Mountain The Vegas Police Officer Hough The Blind Side 'Big Tony' Hamilton 2010 The Wronged Man Leroy Matthews TV movie Louis Walter 2011 Setup G Money 2012 Django Unchained Chicken Charlie 2013 Americana The Voice TV movie 2014 Heaven's Hard Pitches Michael Oso Short Selma James Orange 2015 Hollywood Adventures Airport Staff Viper Andre Short Bad Things Pugie Hudson Short 2016 9 Rides Uber Pool Man Dog Eat Dog Moon Man 2017 Cargo Eddie Thank You for Your Service Dante Say No MO! Mo Sins of the Father Derrick Short 2018 Halloween Sheriff Barker Jump Uncle Charlie Short 2019 Bolden! Walter Harriet Bigger Long 2020 Chat - A Covid 19 Story Lorenzo Short Power Corrupts Chris Duvoe 2021 Halloween Kills Sheriff Barker 2022 Halloween Ends

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 The Jersey Sharpe Episode: "Stealing the Spotlight" 2001 Going to California Dobsie TV Series 2005 ER Captain Guildon Episode: "Here and There" Yes, Dear Doctor Episode: "Senior Olympics" The Shield Jamal Episode: "String Theory" 2006 Entourage Thug #1 Episode: "I Wanna Be Sedated" 2007 K-Ville Sonny Gossett Recurring Cast Lincoln Heights Chet 'Sawbone' Mitchell Episode: "Out with a Bang" 2010 Detroit 1-8-7 Goat Episode: "Local Hero/Overboard" 2010–12 Rizzoli & Isles Big Mo Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 3 2011 The Mentalist CBI Agent Anthony Niskin Episode: "Little Red Book" 2012 Chuck St. Germaine Episode: "Chuck Versus the Kept Man" Castle Biggie Slim Episode: "The Limey" Bones Chad Lester Episode: "The Partners in the Divorce" 2013 CSI: NY Thomas Reynolds Episode: "Blood Actually" NCIS Vernon Dale Episode: "Past, Present, and Future" Eastbound & Down Dontel Benjamin Recurring Cast: Season 4 2014 Rake Roy Recurring Cast Ray Donovan Cookie Brown Recurring Cast: Season 2 2015 Battle Creek Travis Taylor Episode: "The Battle Creek Way" 2016 Teachers Mr. Tomlinson Episode: "Hot Lunch" Aquarius Ralph Church Recurring Cast: Season 2 2016–22 Queen Sugar Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier Main Cast 2017 Blue Bloods Ernie "Goodnight" Mason Episode: "Not Fade Away" Hell's Kitchen Himself Guest diner/Stand Up to Cancer contributor; Episode: "Aerial Maneuvers" 2019 When They See Us Elombre Brath Recurring Cast 2020 Soul City Cab Driver Main Cast 2021 Genius: Aretha James Cleveland Recurring Cast: Season 3 The Lower Bottoms Pastor Green Episode: "Cesspool of Crime/Campaign Trail from Hell" 2022 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Cartier "Duns" Fareed Recurring Cast: Season 2 Cherish the Day Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier Recurring Cast: Season 2 2023 Snowfall Clyde Episode: "Ebony and Ivory" Bookie Rayfield "Ray" Ballard Main Cast