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Omar Cook is an award winning filmmaker and actor hailing from Riverside, CA. Omar was a former professional football player before pursuing a career in acting. He is known for his work on The CW series "All American" for his role as "Troy", a South Crenshaw high school football player as well as doing football stunt work and doubling for the characters "Jabari Long" and "Cameron" appearing in 21 episodes over 3 seasons. He is also known for his work on the Madden Video Game Series (2017- ) as a motion capture actor, performing stunts in Madden '18, '19, '20, '21, '22 and '23. Omar also portrayed the character "Adrian Harley" in the Vh1 crime series, "Infamy: When Fame Turns Deadly". Omar is an emerging talent having also played supporting roles in feature films "God of Dreams", "Fortunate Son", "The 4 Points", and "Expunged". Omar wrote, directed, and starred in the feature film, "LA Undercover" as well as award winning short films, "Coke Boys", "SKANDALOUZ" and "Deadly Thoughts" where he received multiple awards for Best Short Film, Best Actor, Best Debut Filmmaker and Best Drama Films. Omar has an impressive sports background where he was a collegiate football player at Southern University before playing 4 seasons in the Indoor Football League.