In House M.D., Omar Epps plays the diagnostic colleague Eric Foreman.
Eric Foreman is a neurologist who joins House's original diagnostic team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Omar Epps played the character throughout the series, and Foreman became one of the show's most important physicians outside House's immediate family and friendship circle.
Foreman is intelligent, ambitious, and more cautious about professional rules than House. He often challenges House's methods while still recognizing the value of his diagnostic instincts. This creates a recurring conflict between medical independence and institutional responsibility.
Foreman is sometimes confused with other members of the diagnostic teams, particularly Robert Chase and Chris Taub. Chase is a specialist in intensive care and surgery, while Taub is a plastic surgeon. Foreman's defining specialty is neurology, and his later career includes senior leadership at Princeton-Plainsboro.