Omari Hardwick
Omari Hardwick is an American actor and film producer working across film, television, and stage.
Born on January 9, 1974, in Savannah, Hardwick grew up to pursue formal education at the Marist School before continuing his studies at the University of Georgia. These formative years preceded his entry into the entertainment industry, where he would establish himself across multiple performance disciplines.
Hardwick's work spans three distinct areas of performance: film, television, and stage acting. This breadth of engagement places him among practitioners who do not confine themselves to a single medium, instead moving between the different demands that screen and live performance each require. In addition to his work as a performer, he has also taken on the role of film producer, extending his involvement in the creative process beyond performance alone.
His output as a stage actor, television actor, and film actor, combined with his producing work, reflects a career built on engagement with the English-language entertainment industry as a United States citizen. The consistent thread running through his professional life is a commitment to multiple facets of storytelling — performing before cameras of varying scales and before live audiences, as well as contributing to the production side of film projects.
Quotes by Omari Hardwick
I worked on the workshop of 'Topdog/Underdog' before it went to Broadway. My minor in school was theater, so I'm based in that, and then I moved to Los Angeles.
I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
I don't make a big deal out of playing football at UGA to people who have interviewed me.
Life as a poet and actor truly became full circle as I stood on stage as host of 'Verses & Flow' and lived in both of these outfits. It was one of the best experiences of my professional life.
If you remain open to great directors who look like you, who know what they're doing and are making impactful films that are destroying these 'blockbuster films,' you can do okay, and everybody can get more of a piece of the pie. But you've got to be open and brave.
I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
Real to Reel is a rare opportunity for new filmmakers to screen their work for industry insiders.
For me, I went from showering at the YMCA in L.A., eating chicken sandwiches and ramen noodles if lucky, and going from couch to couch. I'm a real story. I know the struggle.