Afemo Omilami

Afemo Omilami

Birthday: 1950-12-13

Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Biography: Afemo Omilami (born December 13, 1950) is an American actor. On television, in addition to numerous guest appearances, he had recurring roles on In the Heat of the Night (1989 - 1993), Ghost Whisperer (2007 - 2008), and Saints & Sinners (2016 - 2018). Omilami has played supporting film roles in Trading Places (1983), Glory (1989), The Firm (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Gordy (1995), Remember the Titans (2000), Ray (2004), Hounddog (2007), The Blind Side (2009), Terminator Genisys (2015), and others.

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Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant hi...

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The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in res...

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Horror Noire
Horror Noire

An anthology film presenting six short horror stories from black writers and directors, featuring ra...

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Animal Factory
Animal Factory

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against...

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Drumline
Drumline

A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marchi...

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Hounddog
Hounddog

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music...

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Madea's Family Reunion
Madea's Family Reunion

Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship tro...

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Gordy
Gordy

A talking pig named Gordy becomes involved in a quest to save his family from the slaughterhouse....

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Freedom's Path
Freedom's Path

A Union soldier flees from battle and is rescued unexpectedly by free Black man Kitch and his friend...

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In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas

From the "In the Line of Duty" made-for-television movie series, Manhunt in the Dakotas is based on ...

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Funny Valentines
Funny Valentines

A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the re...

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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

In the small Southern community of Twin Pines, GA, lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farme...

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This f...

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The Good Lie
The Good Lie

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States wit...

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Web of Deceit
Web of Deceit

After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlan...

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Tigerland
Tigerland

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerla...

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Freedom Road
Freedom Road

Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional co...

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory ...

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Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by H...

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Terminator Genisys
Terminator Genisys

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At t...

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Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chroni...

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Sankofa
Sankofa

On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation an...

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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-Ameri...

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Beneath the Dark
Beneath the Dark

Driving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert, Paul and Adrienne pull off the highwa...

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Down for Whatever
Down for Whatever

A young and successful doctor is shocked to learn her two sisters are suspected of killing a cop....

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Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell ...

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Drop Squad
Drop Squad

Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans...

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Chill Factor
Chill Factor

A store clerk and an ice cream truck driver are thrown together when a dying scientist entrusts them...

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Poms
Poms

After moving to a retirement community, loner Martha eventually befriends her fun-loving neighbor, S...

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Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he...

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Selma, Lord, Selma
Selma, Lord, Selma

In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and becomes a...

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The Rosa Parks Story
The Rosa Parks Story

A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boyco...

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Full Count
Full Count

An unfortunate chain of events forces Milton Young to give up his dream of playing professional base...

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The Money Pit
The Money Pit

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their d...

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Trading Places
Trading Places

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by t...

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The Firm
The Firm

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approa...

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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case,...

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The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcera...

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Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama

New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most elig...

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The List
The List

A sudden death tied to a list from the past leads to unimaginable evil. Fresh out of law school and ...

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The Blind Side
The Blind Side

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player...

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The Best of Enemies
The Best of Enemies

Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C....

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A Brother's Honor
A Brother's Honor

3 brothers are reunited after their grandfather suffers a heart attack. The Granger men, Jace, Caden...

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Glory
Glory

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...

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The Reaping
The Reaping

Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her fa...

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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wou...

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The Founder
The Founder

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were runnin...

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Blood Done Sign My Name
Blood Done Sign My Name

A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a loca...

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Bloodworth
Bloodworth

E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of ro...

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Idlewild
Idlewild

A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, str...

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Heavens Fall
Heavens Fall

Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black m...

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Glory Road
Glory Road

In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college bask...

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Ray
Ray

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...

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The Alamo
The Alamo

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bow...

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I'm with Lucy
I'm with Lucy

It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that m...

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Rustin
Rustin

Rick Johnson directs and stars in this small town drama about a man who is forced to confront some u...

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The Runaway
The Runaway

At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Ang...

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Wayward Son
Wayward Son

Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemptio...

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Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature

Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. H...

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Flash
Flash

A boy falls in love with a horse named Flash that's for sale. He gets a job to earn the money to buy...

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The War
The War

The son of a Vietnam War Veteran must deal with neighborhood bullies as well as his dad's post-traum...

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A Simple Twist of Fate
A Simple Twist of Fate

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and ...

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White Lie
White Lie

A black New York man returns to his southern hometown to investigate his father's lynching at the ha...

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Caroline?
Caroline?

Hallmark Hall of Fame presents the story of a mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter ...

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Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the Sou...

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Smoke & Mirrors
Smoke & Mirrors

A bittersweet tale of a boy falling for a vampire....

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Hood Rat
Hood Rat

Think of it as Willard in the hood, the debut feature from director Leslie Small finds a Isaiah Wash...

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Drop Squad
Drop Squad

Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans...

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