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Obba Babatundé

Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

7 / Dec / 1951 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Obba Babatundè
  • Obba Babatunde

Obba Babatundé

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, sing, play instruments, execute impersonations, including his portrayal of Davi...

Known For

8.7
Trapped: Haitian Nights

Trapped: Haitian Nights

3 / Feb / 2011
8.5
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

3 / Jan / 2007
8.4
Friends

Friends

5 / Sep / 1994
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

5 / Feb / 1991
8.3
Chicago Med

Chicago Med

3 / Nov / 2015
8.2
Family Law

Family Law

2 / Sep / 1999
8.2
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

1 / Mar / 2005
8.2
Max Steel

Max Steel

6 / Feb / 2000
8.1
Static Shock

Static Shock

7 / Sep / 2000
8.1
Static Shock

Static Shock

7 / Sep / 2000

Credits

Acting

2023
Noble Intentions
as Pastor Stevens
2022
The Millennial
as Mr. Burke
2020
Trigger
as Chief Keaton
2020
Little Fires Everywhere
(2 episodes) as George Wright
2019
Revival!
as Nicodemus
2018
City of Lies
as Chief of Police
2018
Kinky
as Mr. Bernard
2018
Jingle Belle
as Charles Williams
2018
Forever
as Gregory
2018
Forever
(2 episodes) as Gregory
2018
For The People
(1 episode) as Philip Kaws
2017
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
as Big Ears (voice)
2017
'Til Death Do Us Part
as John Harris
2017
S.W.A.T.
(24 episodes) as Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
2017
The Good Fight
(1 episode) as Danny Quinn
2017
Dear White People
(4 episodes) as Dean Fairbanks
2016
Pup Star
as Big Ears (voice)
2016
The Watcher
as Stark
2016
Goliath
(3 episodes) as Ivan Tillinger
2015
American Bad Boy
as Pastor Lovely
2015
Death's Door
as Mesmer
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Jonathan Black
2015
Chicago Med
(1 episode) as Dr. James Coleman
2015
Ballers
(1 episode) as J.D. Pritchard
2014
Lap Dance
as Roscoe
2014
Kingdom
(3 episodes) as Detective Gaines
2014
Enlisted
(1 episode) as General Murray
2013
Dolls of Voodoo
as Iklif
2012
The Last Fall
as Larry Armstrong
2012
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
as Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
2012
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
as Mayor Denny
2011
Trapped: Haitian Nights
as Ikliff
2011
Joy Road
as Dr. Howard Perkins
2011
The Trap Door
as Mesmer
2011
All Star Superman
as Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
2009
I Do... I Did!
as Mr. Johnson
2009
Black Dynamite
as Osiris
2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Narrator
2007
Cover
as Attorney Miller
2007
April Fools
as Detective Combs
2007
Private Practice
(1 episode) as Dr. Larry Cannon
2006
Material Girls
as Craig
2006
The Celestine Prophecy
as Miguel
2006
Psych
(1 episode) as David Gaffney
2005
Grey's Anatomy
(1 episode) as Dan Gates
2004
After the Sunset
as Zacharias
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Wells
2004
The Notebook
as Band Leader
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self
2004
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
as Chief Ankamuti (voice)
2002
Redeemer
as Charles Henderson
2002
John Q
as Sgt. Moody
2002
Everwood
(1 episode) as Jason
2001
How High
as Dean Carl Cain
2001
One Special Moment
2001
The Visit
as Tony
2000
Static Shock
(1 episode) as Watch Store Salesman (voice)
2000
Static Shock
(1 episode) as Singer (voice)
2000
Max Steel
(1 episode) as (voice)
1999
Life
as Willie Long
1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Harold Nicholas
1999
The Apartment Complex
as Chett
1999
Family Law
(1 episode) as Philip Hamilton
1998
Dawson's Creek
(8 episodes) as Principal Howard Green
1998
The Temptations
(2 episodes) as Berry Gordy
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
as Willie Johnson
1997
Spy Game
(1 episode) as Lieutenant Wardell
1996
Multiplicity
as Paul
1996
Soul of the Game
as Cum Posey
1996
That Thing You Do!
as Lamarr
1996
The Cherokee Kid
as Isom Dart
1996
The Tomorrow Man
as Brian Parish
1996
Carpool
as Jeffery
1995
Fatal Pursuit
as Trinidad
1995
Born to Be Wild
as Interpreter
1995
The Net
as FBI Agent
1995
The Outer Limits
(1 episode) as Dr. Joseph Lennox
1995
Sliders
(1 episode) as Cezanne Brown
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
as Cornell
1994
Friends
(1 episode) as Director
1994
Chicago Hope
(2 episodes)
1994
Touched by an Angel
(1 episode) as Carter Evans
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
(0 episode)
1993
Undercover Blues
as Sawyer
1993
Philadelphia
as Jerome Green
1993
Necronomicon
as Paul
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
(1 episode) as Mongoose
1992
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lane
1992
The Human Factor
(1 episode)
1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
(1 episode) as Jameson Walker
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
as TV Anchor Man
1990
Miami Blues
as Blink Willie
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
(2 episodes) as Gordy Berry
1989
Tales from the Crypt
(1 episode) as Lieutenant Jamison
1988
God Bless the Child
as Raymond Watkins
1988
Married to the Mob
as The Face of Justice
1987
Leonard Part 6
as Bongo Drummer
1987
A Different World
(1 episode) as Frank Benning
1982
Treemonisha
as Zodzetrick

Crew

2013
Angels Around Me
Additional Writing

Production

2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Executive Producer

Writing

2023
Noble Intentions
Writers' Assistant