No doubt that they are famous on-screen actors but they rose to prominence independently. Actor Omar Epps has a respectable resume to his name. In 2017, after a successful 20-year run, Epps stepped down from his full-time role in Pasadena, and he spent a few years staging plays in various venues. Mike said the men arent related and they are just two Black men in the entertainment industry with the same last name. Tomlin, 48, and Epps, 47, are not the same person, nor are they related. The theater district of now is not the theater district of way back then. Well, Im not gonna say what I think of it, because Ive, because I think I, it was an amazing production, my opinion. Tomlin, 48, and Epps, 47, are not the same person, nor are they related. If youre a chicken, be the best chicken that you can. I was today years old when I found out Mike Epps and Omar Epps are first cousins pic.twitter.com/b380lgB6Qj, DW (@Dwillsofficial0) December 28, 2021. I believe in culture, education and the arts. Mike Epps ' family just got a little bigger! Your email address will not be published. And, you know, basically said, Well, its the greatest, its the best theater program that there is, but youll never get it in. Now, his relationship is perfect. Epps has directed plays and musicals for many of the country's major theaters including the Guthrie, the Old Globe Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Crossroads Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Arizona Theatre Company, and Coconut Grove Playhouse.For television, he has directed episodes of Frasier (1993), Friends (1994), Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), Joey (2004), Out of Practice (2005), My Wife and Kids (2001), In-Laws (2002), Veronica's Closet (1997), What I Like About You (2002), Evening Shade (1990) and Sister, Sister (1994) and several pilots, among others. The strategy wasnt just more equitableit was also profitable. Anyway, when he first appeared in theater in 1997, there was no such thing as an understudy matine to cheer him up. So Im sure I was nervous. I believe it will. A congregation ensemble and music guidance were accessible. And how did he change it because it needed to change? If Im looking for steak, theres nothing you can do about that. And then she started taking you to shows but then what I really loved was how you described when you started going on your own? But then, and you may know this as a writer, you will give yourself any excuse in the world not to sit down and write. You know, so thats always chasing me, chasing all black Americans, you know? So I started thinking about it, then. Yeah. In any case, Mike expressed that the men are not related and that they are essentially two Black guys in media outlets who have a similar last name. Yeah. And there were also people who said about me and others, Well, people of color dont know anything about running theaters, or running major opera companies or dance companies and all of that unless its, you know, an ethnically-specific situation. He was first drawn to the theater when he was 11 years old and had moved to Teaneck, New Jersey. So she, you know, she was all over the world and then retired to Teaneck, New Jersey, where she still lives. You know, its not fun to be out of work, its not fun to look for work. Ford's is an unusual institutionbetter known as the site of Abraham Lincoln's assassination than as a place to see envelope-pushing theater. And he was a public defender for a while. Despite the fact that reports flowed for a really long time that the two were connected through their mothers, the Next Friday star eliminated any confusion in a 2019 meeting with GQ(Blavity).