Actor
Omari Hardwick
Omari Hardwick (1974) is best known for The Mother, Army of the Dead and Sorry to Bother You.
Omari Latif Hardwick (born January 9, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as James St. Patrick / Ghost, the protagonist of Starz's Power and his role as Vanderohe in Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead (2021). He is also known for his roles in Saved and Dark Blue, in Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Kick-Ass (2010), Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls (2010), and as Andre in BET Network's Being Mary Jane.
Hardwick earned a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album nomination for the album Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series. For the 2026 Grammy Awards, he got a nomination for his album Pages for the Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.