EXCLUSIVE: Verve has signed Omari Hardwick, the actor known for anchoring Starz’s Power franchise, as he steps into a new chapter spanning two major series and an expanding producing slate for his company Bravelife Productions.
Hardwick follows his agent Ryan Muckenthaler, who came over to Verve after 12 years at UTA earlier this month, as we first reported.
In television, Hardwick recently wrapped Season 1 of The Greatest, a Prime Video drama executive produced by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and showrun by Ben Watkins which chronicles the early life of Cassius Clay, who would become the famed boxer Muhammad Ali. Hardwick plays Clay’s father, Cassius Clay Sr.
On the feature side, he most recently wrapped Empire City, a hostage crisis action-thriller where he stars as the antagonist opposite Gerard Butler.
Currently, the actor is in production in Los Angeles on Bosch: Start of Watch, the forthcoming MGM+ prequel co-created and showrun by Tom Bernardo.
While Hardwick has been acting for more than two decades, he broke out with his starring role as James “Ghost” St. Patrick on the hit Starz series Power, which ran for six seasons and launched a successful franchise of spinoffs. For his performance, he earned three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series.
Other recent credits for Hardwick include Netflix’s The Mother opposite Jennifer Lopez; Star Trek: Section 31 for Paramount+ opposite Michelle Yeoh; the limited series Pieces of Her for Netflix opposite Toni Collette; Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder; and the Paramount+ family comedy Fantasy Football.
Through Bravelife Productions, a multimedia banner focused on developing original IP across film, television and audio, Hardwick and producing partner Alex Nagel launched the podcast Poetics, featuring in-depth conversations with leading voices across music and culture, in 2019. Currently, the company is developing a slate of character-driven stories across all genres, with Hardwick attached to both star and produce.
Nominated for Grammys in 2025 and 2026 for his spoken word poetry albums, Hardwick continues to be repped by Strand Entertainment, Vydia for music management, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
