Omar Benson Miller

Omar Benson Miller (born 7 October, 1978)^[1] is an American actor.^[2] He is known for his work as Walter Simmons on CSI: Miami (2009–2012), as Charles Greane on Ballers (2015–2019), as the voice of Raphael on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018–2020) and its 2022 film, and on the CBS comedy series The Unicorn (2019–2021).

Early life

Miller's biggest role was in the 2008 movie Miracle at St. Anna. He also has played minor roles in various television shows and movies, including Sex, Love & Secrets, American Pie Presents: Band Camp, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 8 Mile, The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, Transformers, and Shall We Dance Obstacles 2000. He was a CSI: Miami regular. Starting on October 5, 2009, he appeared on the crime drama as Walter Simmons, a Louisiana native and art theft specialist.^[5]

Year2024	Titlethe Beekeeper	Role	Notes
1999	The Bald Witch Project	Fred	Video
2000	Obstacles	Fred
2002	Sorority Boys	Big Johnson
2002	8 Mile	Sol George
2003	Undefeated	Mack	TV movie
2004	Shall We Dance?	Vern
2004	Blessing	James	Short
2005	Man of God	Michael
	American Pie Presents: Band Camp	Oscar	Video
	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Karl
2006	So Here's What Happened	Cliff	short
2007	Lucky You	Card Grabber
	Transformers	Glen's Cousin
	Grindin'	Booker
	Things We Lost in the Fire	Neal
	Gordon Glass	Gordon Glass
2008	Miracle at St. Anna	Private First Class Sam Train
2008	The Express: The Ernie Davis Story	Jack Buckley
2009	The Bro Code	Omar	Short
2009	Liquor Store Cactus	Mr. Noyes
2010	Blood Done Sign My Name	Herman Cozart
	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Bennet
	Closer to Crazy	-	Short
2011	The Lion of Judah	Horace (voice)
2011	Halloween Knight	Mario	Short
2013	1982	T.K. Williams
	Homefront	Teedo
	The Love Section	Chris
	Meat and Potatoes	Lawrence Stevens	Short
2019	Above Suspicion	Denver Rhodes
2020	The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special	Finn (voice)	TV movie
2022	Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation	Finn (voice)
2022	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie	Raph, Office Workers (voice)
2025	Sinners	TBA	Post-production

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The West Wing	Orlando Kettles	Episode: "Election Night"
2003	Karen Sisco	Fuzzy Bear	Episode: "Justice"
2004	Making the Video	Himself	Episode: "Eminem: Just Lose It"
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Travis Cooper Jackson	Main Cast
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Rudi Bixton	Episode: "Fat"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Felix Lee	Main Cast
2009–12	CSI: Miami	Walter Simmons	Main Cast: Season 8-10
2014	House of Lies	Slim Walters	Episode: "Middlegame"
2015–19	Ballers	Charles Greane	Main Cast
2018–20	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Raph (voice)	Main Cast
2019–21	The Unicorn	Ben Taylor	Main Cast
2021–	Rugrats	Randy Carmichael (voice)	Main Cast
2022	The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey	Reggie Lloyd	Main Cast
2023	True Lies	Albert "Gib" Gibson Jr.	Main Cast
2023	I'm a Virgo	Damian Wallace	Episode: "It Requires Trust on My Part"

Year	Artist	Song	Role
2004	Eminem	"Just Lose It"	Himself

^ "Omar Benson Miller | Actor, Producer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
^ Helena Andrews-Dyer, Actor Omar Benson Miller is in town shooting his new Esquire TV show Washington Post May 28, 2014
^ "About Omar Benson Miller". CTV. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
^ Williams, Kam (October 13, 2008). "Interview: Omar Benson Miller". Black Star Magazine. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
^ Gina DiNunno (September 29, 2009). "CSI: Miami Adds Omar Miller as Series Regular". TVGuide.com. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

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