Omar Cook was born in Riverside, CA and was a former professional football player before pursuing a career in acting. He is known for his work on the Madden Video Game Series (2017- ) as a motion capture actor, performing stunts in Madden '18, Madden '19, and Madden '20. He has also been a recurring High School football player on the series All American (2019- ) on The CW Network. Omar was a collegiate football player at Southern University before playing 4 seasons in the Indoor Football League.