“Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I think he saw that I was different. I learned that oftentimes, Spike directs in a sense that he might just stare at you and look at you in a telepathic way of communicating.”

American actor

Omari Hardwick is an American actor best known for starring as James St. Patrick, also called Ghost, in Starz’s Power. He is also recognized for his role as Vanderohe in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead (2021). His screen work includes Saved and Dark Blue, along with roles in Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Kick-Ass (2010), Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls (2010), and BET’s Being Mary Jane, where he played Andre.