Omar Cook
Actor and Filmmaker Omar Cook
Born	Omar Robert Cook, Jr. (1992-03-24) March 24, 1992 Riverside, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Southern University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2017–present

Omar Cook (born March 24, 1992) is an American actor, film director, and former American football defensive back. He played college football at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication. He is best known for his role in the film God of Dreams (2022). He is also known for his work as motion capture actor with the Madden NFL video game series.

College career

Cook played for the Southern Jaguars from 2010 to 2013. He redshirted his first year and earned a starting spot in his senior season. After three coaching changes, Cook emerged as a senior for Southern earning a scholarship and started all 13 games to include the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship. He recorded 77 total tackles (Ranked #1 on the team for defensive backs), tallied 45 solo tackles (tied for #2 on team), 1.5 tackles for loss, had 3 interceptions (Tied for #1 on team), 6 passes defensed, forced 1 fumble and recovered 2 fumbles. Notably, his final interception came at a crucial period of the nationally televised (ESPN) SWAC Championship game against Jackson State University. Cook was selected to the 2014 FCS National Bowl All-Star game as a starting defensive back where he tallied 2 tackles, a pass breakup and a key red zone interception.

Professional career

Acting career

Omar Cook is a 21x award winning actor and filmmaker born in Riverside, California. From an early age, Omar thrived in sports eventually going on to play collegiate football at Southern University. His collegiate career landed him an opportunity to play professional football where he played 4 seasons in the Indoor Football League. Omar began his journey into entertainment doing stunts as a motion capture actor with the Madden Video Game Series earning credits in Madden ’18, ’19, ’20, ’21, ’22, & ’23. This led to further opportunities doing sports stunts in Hollywood for shows such as Ballers for HBO and All American on The CW, and Colin in Black & White on Netflix. He is most known for his work on The CW series All American for his role as “Troy”, a South Crenshaw high school football player as well as doing football stunt work and doubling for the characters “Jabari Long” and “Cameron” appearing in 21 episodes over 3 seasons.

Omar has built a successful career in entertainment working on multiple movies, short films, major network TV shows, and video games including supporting roles in feature films The 4 Points, Fortunate Son, God of Dreams, Lost in the Moment, and Expunged. He directed three multi award winning films including Coke Boys, SKANDALOUZ and Deadly Thoughts which collectively racked up 21 awards including multiple debut filmmaker awards, Best Actor, Best short film awards and more.

Cook working on the Madden video game

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website
• https://www.dangerfootball.com/team/players.php?id=242
• http://goifl.com/sports/fball/2016-17/players/omarcook5a4q
• http://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2014-15/teams/billingswolves?view=lineup
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11557204/?ref_=nmmi_mi_nm
• https://www.247liveculture.com/entertainment-news1/omar-cook-makes-his-directorial-debut-in-award-winning-short-film-skandalouz