Obba Babatundé

Biography

Obba Babatundé (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor of stage and screen, known for his Emmy-nominated performance in the television movie Miss Evers' Boys, a NAACP Image Award-nominated performance in the TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and a Tony Award-nominated role for his performance as C.C. White in the original cast of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls. Babatundé was a protege of Sammy Davis, Jr., who said of him, "This is the only cat who can do everything I can do." Babatundé does dance,
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Personal Info

Id

52057

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-12-01

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Obba Babatundè
  • Obba Babatunde
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    Known For

    The Silence of the Lambs

    The Silence

    After the Sunset

    After the Su

    Material Girls

    Material Gir

    Life

    Life

    How High

    How High

    The Eye

    The Eye

    Multiplicity

    Multiplicity

    Undercover Blues

    Undercover B

    City of Lies

    City of Lies

    The Manchurian Candidate

    The Manchuri

    Miami Blues

    Miami Blues

    I Do... I Did!

    I Do... I Di

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    Start Withou

    The Millennial

    The Millenni

    Soul of the Game

    Soul of the

    Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

    Introducing

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    Trapped: Hai

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    One Special

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    God Bless th

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    Joy Road

    Miss Evers' Boys

    Miss Evers'

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    King: Man of

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    Dolls of Voo

    Leonard Part 6

    Leonard Part

    Philadelphia

    Philadelphia

    Fatal Pursuit

    Fatal Pursui

    Black Dynamite

    Black Dynami

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    The Temptati

    That Thing You Do!

    That Thing Y

    Pup Star: Better 2Gether

    Pup Star: Be

    Pup Star

    Pup Star

    Noble Intentions

    Noble Intent

    The Notebook

    The Notebook

    American Bad Boy

    American Bad

    Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be W

    The Cherokee Kid

    The Cherokee

    The Last Fall

    The Last Fal

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    The Trap Doo

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    Death's Door

    Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

    Scooby-Doo!

    Necronomicon

    Necronomicon

    Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

    Santa Paws 2

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    The Importan

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    Redeemer

    The Watcher

    The Watcher

    The Tomorrow Man

    The Tomorrow

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    TV in Black:

    Cover

    Cover

    Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!

    Kangaroo Jac

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    Children of

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    If I Tell Yo

    Baryshnikov on Broadway

    Baryshnikov

    Kinky

    Kinky

    Married to the Mob

    Married to t

    Jingle Belle

    Jingle Belle

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    Hollywood Si

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    Revival!

    Lap Dance

    Lap Dance

    Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

    Dorothy Dand

    The Apartment Complex

    The Apartmen

    All Star Superman

    All Star Sup

    'Til Death Do Us Part

    'Til Death D

    Treemonisha

    Treemonisha

    The Celestine Prophecy

    The Celestin

    M.A.N.T.I.S.

    M.A.N.T.I.S.

    Trigger

    Trigger

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    April Fools

    John Q

    John Q

    Carpool

    Carpool

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    An Evening w

    The Net

    The Net

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    Run

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    Mississippi

    Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    Wrong Place,

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    2023

    Noble Intentions

    asPastor Stevens

    2022

    The Millennial

    asMr. Burke

    2018

    Kinky

    asMr. Bernard

    2018

    City of Lies

    asChief of Police

    2017

    Pup Star: Better 2Gether

    asBig Ears (voice)

    2016

    The Watcher

    asStark

    2016

    Pup Star

    asBig Ears (voice)

    2015

    If I Tell You I Have to Kill You

    asJonathan Black

    2015

    Death's Door

    asMesmer

    2015

    American Bad Boy

    asPastor Lovely

    2013

    Dolls of Voodoo

    asIklif

    2012

    Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

    asMayor Denny

    2012

    The Last Fall

    asLarry Armstrong

    2012

    Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

    asVampire Actor #4 (voice)

    2011

    Joy Road

    asDr. Howard Perkins

    2011

    The Trap Door

    asMesmer

    2011

    Trapped: Haitian Nights

    asIkliff

    2009

    Black Dynamite

    asOsiris

    2009

    I Do... I Did!

    asMr. Johnson

    2008

    The Eye

    asDr. Haskins

    2007

    Cover

    asAttorney Miller

    2007

    King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

    asNarrator

    2006

    Material Girls

    asCraig

    2004

    Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!

    asChief Ankamuti (voice)

    2004

    After the Sunset

    asZacharias

    2004

    The Manchurian Candidate

    asSenator Wells

    2004

    The Notebook

    asBand Leader

    2004

    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    asSelf

    2002

    Redeemer

    asCharles Henderson

    2001

    How High

    asDean Carl Cain

    2001

    One Special Moment

    as

    2001

    The Visit

    asTony

    1999

    Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

    asHarold Nicholas

    1999

    Life

    asWillie Long

    1997

    Miss Evers' Boys

    asWillie Johnson

    1996

    The Cherokee Kid

    asIsom Dart

    1996

    That Thing You Do!

    asLamarr

    1996

    The Tomorrow Man

    asBrian Parish

    1996

    Multiplicity

    asPaul

    1996

    Soul of the Game

    asCum Posey

    1995

    Born to Be Wild

    asInterpreter

    1995

    Fatal Pursuit

    asTrinidad

    1993

    Philadelphia

    asJerome Green

    1993

    Undercover Blues

    asSawyer

    1992

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    asLane

    1991

    The Silence of the Lambs

    asTV Anchor Man

    1990

    Miami Blues

    asBlink Willie

    Start Without Me

    asLeo

    1988

    God Bless the Child

    asRaymond Watkins

    1987

    Leonard Part 6

    asBongo Drummer

    The Temptations Le film de leur ascension vers la gloire

    asBerry Gordy

    People Not Places

    as

    1993

    Necronomicon

    asPaul

    Children of the Dead (Concept Trailer)

    as

    2025

    Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    asCaptain Green

    2020

    Trigger

    asChief Keaton

    2019

    Revival!

    asNicodemus

    2018

    Jingle Belle

    asCharles Williams

    2017

    'Til Death Do Us Part

    asJohn Harris

    2014

    Lap Dance

    asRoscoe

    2011

    All Star Superman

    asJudge / Bibliobot (voice)

    2008

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    asSelf

    2007

    April Fools

    asDetective Combs

    2006

    The Celestine Prophecy

    asMiguel

    2003

    Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

    asHost

    2002

    John Q

    asSgt. Moody

    1999

    The Apartment Complex

    asChett

    1996

    Carpool

    asJeffery

    1995

    The Net

    asFBI Agent

    1994

    M.A.N.T.I.S.

    asCornell

    1988

    Married to the Mob

    asThe Face of Justice

    1982

    Treemonisha

    asZodzetrick

    1980

    Baryshnikov on Broadway

    asDancer

    1980

    An Evening with Liza Minnelli

    asHimself

    Run

    as

    Mississippi Scholar

    asReginald

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