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Om Nom Stories

Om Nom Stories is a ZeptoLab animated web series (YouTube, 2011–present) spun off from Cut the Rope, starring the green monster Om Nom in short, dialogue-free candy-chasing episodes, later on Netflix and Disney+.

Om Prakash (ओम प्रकाश चिब्बर)

Om Prakash, born Om Prakash Chibber (ओम प्रकाश चिब्बर), was an Indian character actor and comedian who appeared in more than 300 Hindi films across five decades, winning a Filmfare Award for Aadmi Aur Insaan.

Om Puri

Om Puri (ओम पुरी, 1950-2017), Indian actor of parallel cinema, mainstream Hindi film, British and Hollywood cinema. Over 300 films; two National Film Awards for Best Actor; Padma Shri 1990, honorary OBE 2004; BAFTA-nominated for East Is East; died in Mumbai, aged 66.

Om Raut

Om Raut, Indian film director and actor known for Marathi debut Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush, the 2020 blockbuster Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, and the critically panned 2023 Ramayana adaptation Adipurush.

Om Shanti Om (ओम शांति ओम)

Om Shanti Om (ओम शांति ओम) is a 2007 Hindi reincarnation-revenge film directed by Farah Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in her debut, a tribute to 1970s Bollywood and Karz that became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of its time.

Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi

Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi (ఓం శాంతి శాంతి శాంతిః) is a 2026 Telugu comedy drama, the official remake of Malayalam hit Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey, directed by debutant AR Sajeev, starring Tharun Bhascker and Eesha Rebba, released 30 January 2026 and streaming on Aha from 4 March 2026.

Om Shivpuri (ओम शिवपुरी)

Om Shivpuri (ओम शिवपुरी) was an Indian theater actor-director and character actor in Hindi films, with over 175 films from 1971 to 1990, including Don and Namak Haram.

Omaha (film)

Omaha (2025) is an American drama and Cole Webley's feature directorial debut, written by Robert Machoian, starring John Magaro as a widowed father driving his two children from Utah to Omaha, Nebraska, after eviction; premiered at Sundance 2025.

Omar (عمر) (2013 film)

Omar (عمر) is a 2013 Palestinian drama-thriller by Hany Abu-Assad about a West Bank baker pressured to inform after a soldier's killing; Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize winner and Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

Omar (عمر) (TV series)

Omar (عمر) is a 2012 Arabic historical drama series depicting the life of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab, first aired on MBC1 and Qatar Television during Ramadan 2012.

Omar Ayuso

Omar Ayuso (born 1998, Madrid) is a Spanish actor and director known as Omar Shanaa in Netflix's Élite (2018–2024), and for Yo, adicto, Mariliendre, and El castillo.

Omar Epps

Omar Hashim Epps (born 1973, Brooklyn) is an American actor, rapper, and producer known as Q in Juice (1992), Dr. Eric Foreman on House (2004-2012), and Detective Howard on Power Book III: Raising Kanan; also a musician, author, and producer.

Omar Gooding

Omar Gooding, also known as Big O, is an American actor, comedian, and hip-hop artist born in 1976, brother of Cuba Gooding Jr.; known for Wild & Crazy Kids, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Smart Guy, and Baby Boy.

Omar Little

Omar Little, fictional stickup artist in HBO's The Wire (2002–2008), played by Michael K. Williams; openly gay Baltimore robber of drug dealers with a strict moral code, based partly on Donnie Andrews, killed in season 5.

Omar Little and associates

Omar Little and associates covers the fictional stick-up artist of HBO's The Wire, played by Michael K. Williams, his code, lovers Brandon, Dante and Renaldo, real-life model Donnie Andrews, and reception including Obama's praise.

Omar Metwally

Omar Metwally (born 1974) is an American actor of Egyptian and Dutch heritage, known for Dr. Vik Ullah on The Affair, Rendition, Munich, Miral, and his Tony-nominated Broadway debut in Sixteen Wounded.

Omar Sharif (عمر الشريف)

Omar Sharif (عمر الشريف), born Michel Demitri Shalhoub, was an Egyptian actor and star of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, an Oscar-nominated, three-time Golden Globe winner who died in Cairo in 2015.

Omar Sharif Jr.

Omar Sharif Jr. (عمر الشريف جونيور), born 1983 in Montreal, is a Canadian-Egyptian actor, model, and LGBT rights activist, grandson of Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama, who came out publicly around 2012-2013 and wrote the memoir A Tale of Two Omars.

Omar Sy

Omar Sy (born 1978, Trappes, France) is a French actor and producer, half of the comedy duo Omar et Fred, César-winning star of Intouchables, and lead of Netflix's Lupin as Assane Diop.

Omari Hardwick

Omari Hardwick (born 1974, Savannah, Georgia) is an American actor and poet, star of James 'Ghost' St. Patrick on Starz's Power (2014-2020), a three-time NAACP Image Award winner also known for Army of the Dead, Spell, and Star Trek: Section 31.

Omega Red

Omega Red (Arkady Gregorivich Rossovich), Marvel X-Men supervillain created by John Byrne and Jim Lee, debuting in X-Men (1991) #4; a Soviet super-soldier with carbonadium tentacles, death spores, and a life-force drain needed to survive his implants' poison.

Omelette (The Bear)

"Omelette" is Season 2, Episode 9 of The Bear, written by Joanna Calo, in which Sydney makes a Boursin, chive, and potato-chip omelette for pregnant Natalie; the quiet scene went viral and was widely imitated.

Omen IV: The Awakening

Omen IV: The Awakening is a 1991 made-for-TV horror film, the fourth Omen movie, directed by Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard, in which attorneys adopt Delia, Damien Thorn's daughter and the new Antichrist.

Ömer Faruk Aran

Ömer Faruk Aran (born 1995, İzmir) is a Turkish actor, a Haliç University Conservatory graduate, known as Alaeddin Bey in Kuruluş: Osman (2023–2025) and Kuruluş: Orhan; earlier roles include Destan and Al Sancak.

OMG – Oh My God!

OMG – Oh My God! is a 2012 Hindi satirical comedy directed by Umesh Shukla, starring Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar, adapted from the Gujarati play Kanji Virrudh Kanji, about an atheist who sues God after an earthquake; a Superhit that faced censor and protest controversies.

OMG 2

OMG 2 (ओएमजी २) is a 2023 Hindi satirical comedy-drama, sequel to OMG – Oh My God, directed by Amit Rai, starring Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, and Yami Gautam; a father's court fight for school sex education, released with an A certificate and 27 CBFC modifications.

Omi Vaidya

Omi Vaidya (born 1982) is an Indian-American actor, writer, and director known as Chatur "Silencer" Ramalingam in 3 Idiots and Sadiq in The Office; he directs and stars in the Marathi film Aaichya Gavat Marathit Bol.

Omid Abtahi (امید ابطحی)

Omid Abtahi (امید ابطحی), born 1979 in Tehran, is an Iranian-born American actor known as Salim in American Gods, Dr. Penn Pershing in The Mandalorian, Homes in Mockingjay Part 2, and Reza Borhani in Argo.

Omkar Kapoor (ओमकार कपूर)

Omkar Kapoor (ओमकार कपूर), born 1986, is a Hindi film actor who was a popular 1990s child artist in Masoom, Judwaa, and Judaai, and returned as an adult lead in Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015) and Ufff Yeh Siyapaa (2025).

Omkara (ओमकारा) (2006 film)

Omkara (ओमकारा) is Vishal Bhardwaj's 2006 Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello set in Uttar Pradesh, starring Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, and Saif Ali Khan; it won five National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards.