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O'Shea Jackson Jr.

O'Shea Jackson, Jr. (born February 24, 1991), also known as OMG, is an American rapper and actor. Jackson is the son of rapper and actor Ice Cube, and he portrayed his father in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton. Jackson was born in Compton, California, to O'Shea Jackson, better known as Ice Cube, and Kimberly Woodruff. He has two brothers, Darryl and Sharif, and a sister Kareema. His brother Darryl is also a rapper under the name Doughboy, which is the nickname of the character his father portrayed, Darin "Doughboy" Baker, in his first film Boyz n the Hood. In June 2014, it was announced that Jackson had been cast to portray his father in Straight Outta Compton, a biographical film about N.W.A. The film was released on August 14, 2015. Jackson is noted for his physical resemblance to his father, which Ice Cube described as "spot on." "He was born to play the part," he told Jimmy Kimmel in October 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article O'Shea Jackson Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 24, 1991 In Compton, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the movie Straight Outta Compton 2015-08-11
Latest Project:
Movie American Sole 2025
Known For
Poster of Straight Outta Compton
Filmography
Movie American Sole 2025
Movie Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Donnie Wilson 2024-09-27
Movie Cocaine Bear Daveed 2023-02-22
Series Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022-05-26
Movie Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return Self - Kawlan Roken 2022-09-08
Series Swagger Ike 2021-10-29
Movie Just Mercy Anthony Ray Hinton 2019-12-25
Movie Long Shot Lance 2019-05-02
Movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters Chief Warrant Officer Barnes 2019-05-29
Movie Den of Thieves Donnie Wilson 2018-01-18
Movie Ingrid Goes West Dan Pinto 2017-08-11
Movie Straight Outta Compton Ice Cube 2015-08-11