After making his debut in Juice, Omar Epps went on to make his name playing college athletes in Higher Learning and Love and Basketball. Epps has also shined on the small screen playing doctors on ER and House. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
In Higher Learning, Omar Epps plays a track star on scholarship to the fictional Columbus University. Busta Rhymes and Ice Cube also star as students of the school who clash with skinheads. (Photo: Columbia Pictures)
In Too Deep tells the story of a drug lord, played by LL Cool J, and the undercover agent who infiltrates his ring, played by Omar Epps. The movie is based on the true story of Boston gangster Darryl Whiting. (Photo: Dimension Films/Miramax films)
Tatyana played Latifa in Brother, a tale of a Japanese gangster in Los Angeles starring Omar Epps.
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In this cult classic, Dracula comes to the 21st century when a thief (Epps) and his girlfriend (Jennifer Esposito) steal him from a London antique shop and bring him to New Orleans. The petty crime goes dark when Drac's corpse awakens on the turbu...
The actors share similar almond-shaped eyes, strong jaws and buff physiques. But hopefully Epps won't take after Snipes' trouble with the IRS!
(Photos from left: Ben Rose/PictureGroup, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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