Omar Dorsey

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 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, Dorsey began starring as Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar.

Dorsey played small parts in a number of films early in his career, including Juwanna Mann, Starsky & Hutch, and The Blind Side.

In 2016, DuVernay cast Dorsey in her drama series Queen Sugar for Oprah Winfrey Network.

Dorsey appears as Sherriff Barker in the horror films Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends.

Dorsey was born in Decatur, Georgia.

He is an alumnus of DeKalb Center for the Performing Arts at Avondale High School.

He lives in Los Angeles.

He has 2 kids from a prior marriage.

He married director Crystle Roberson on New Year's Eve in 2023.