Omar Dorsey
Dorsey at the 2017Miami International Film Festival showing ofCargo
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Crystle Roberson ​ (m. 2023)​
Children	3

Omar Dorsey is an American actor. He has appeared in filmsThe Blind Side (2009),Django Unchained (2012), andSelma (2014) playingJames Orange. In 2016, Dorsey began starring as Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier in theOprah Winfrey Network drama seriesQueen Sugar.

Dorsey played small parts in a number of films early in his career, includingJuwanna Mann,Starsky & Hutch, andThe Blind Side.^[1] In 2012, he co-starred inDjango Unchained.^[2] On television, he guest-starred onER,The Shield,The Mentalist,Castle,Rizzoli & Isles, andNCIS. He had recurring roles in theShowtime dramaRay Donovan as Cookie Brown, the Fox comedy-dramaRake, and the HBO comedyEastbound & Down.^[3][4]

In 2014, Dorsey playedCivil Rights Movement activistJames Orange in the historical drama filmSelma directed byAva DuVernay.^[5] In 2016, DuVernay cast Dorsey in her drama seriesQueen Sugar forOprah Winfrey Network.^[6][7] Dorsey appears as Sheriff Barker in the horror filmsHalloween,Halloween Kills, andHalloween Ends.^[8]

Dorsey was born inDecatur, Georgia. He is an alumnus of theDeKalb School of the Arts, a magnet school in theDeKalb County School District.^[9]

In 2019, he met directorCrystle Roberson at theToronto International Film Festival. They began dating and were wed on November 5, 2023.^[10] Together, they have a son.^[11] Dorsey, who lives in Los Angeles, also has two daughters from a prior marriage.^[12]

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