14 Facts About Jeffrey Omura

Jeffrey Omura was born on April 23,1985 and is an American actor, politician, and labor organizer.

Jeffrey Omura has worked onscreen in Succession, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, and Gossip Girl as well as onstage with the Public Theater, Weston Playhouse and Hartford Stage.

Jeffrey Omura is of Japanese descent and was born at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, on April 23,1985, and raised in the suburb of Okemos, Michigan.

In 2007, Omura was cast in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Michael Greif.

In 2008, Jeffrey Omura earned his Actors' Equity Association union card performing in "The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks" an early musical written by Tony Award nominee Joe Iconis.

Jeffrey Omura was a volunteer for the John Kerry campaign, registering students in Okemos, Michigan to vote.

In 2008, Jeffrey Omura spent a month as a full-time field organizer for the Barack Obama campaign in Lansing, Michigan.

In 2018, Jeffrey Omura campaigned for congressional candidate Katie Hill in Santa Clarita, California.

Jeffrey Omura was active in two 2020 Democratic campaigns: first, Elizabeth Warren's Democratic Primary campaign in New Hampshire; and then Joe Biden's Presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey Omura created and led the Fair Wage On-stage grassroots movement to demand higher wages.

In 2017, Jeffrey Omura ran for a seat on Equity's National Council and won a three-year term.

Jeffrey Omura was re-elected to Equity's Council in 2020, where he helped and supported union members during an industry-wide shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jeffrey Omura was influential in resolving a public jurisdictional battle between SAG-AFTRA and Equity.

Jeffrey Omura ran a successful campaign to represent New York City Council District 6 in 2021.