Obba Babatundé
Born in Queens, New York City, New York, USA — Dec 01 1951
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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 imperso…
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Obba Babatundé's Credits
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Grey's Anatomy
Dan Gates
NCIS
Joe Banks
Friends
Director
S.W.A.T.
Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
Chicago Med
Dr. James Coleman
Psych
David Gaffney
Boston Legal
Dr. Victor Rivers
Chicago Hope
Charles Ellis
Dawson's Creek
Principal Howard Green
Private Practice
Dr. Larry Cannon
Everwood
Jason
Sliders
Cezanne Brown
The Good Fight
Danny Quinn
Goliath
Ivan Tillinger
Touched by an Angel
Carter Evans
Matlock
Backstage Man
Girlfriends
Attendant
Madam Secretary
President Silvanus Fabre
The Outer Limits
Dr. Joseph Lennox
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Gordy Berry
A Different World
Frank Benning
Tales from the Crypt
Lieutenant Jamison
Ballers
J.D. Pritchard
Static Shock
Watch Store Salesman (voice)
Family Law
Philip Hamilton
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Jameson Walker
Saving Grace
Doc
The Notebook
Band Leader
For the People
Philip Kaws
Kingdom
Detective Gaines
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Mongoose
Enlisted
General Murray
Philadelphia
Jerome Green
Dear White People
Dean Fairbanks
Forever
Gregory
Max Steel
(voice)
John Q
Sgt. Moody
Little Fires Everywhere
George Wright
The Net
FBI Agent
After the Sunset
Zacharias
Life
Willie Long
How High
Dean Carl Cain
The Silence of the Lambs
TV Anchor Man
Detroiters
Mr. Duvet
That Thing You Do!
Lamarr
Spy Game
Lieutenant Wardell
The Eye
Dr. Haskins
The Manchurian Candidate
Senator Wells
The Human Factor
The Temptations
Berry Gordy
City of Lies
Chief of Police
Married to the Mob
The Face of Justice
Black Dynamite
Osiris
Lap Dance
Roscoe
Miami Blues
Blink Willie
Necronomicon
Paul
Soul of the Game
Cum Posey
Jingle Belle
Charles Williams
Leonard Part 6
Bongo Drummer
Multiplicity
Paul
Cover
Attorney Miller
Born to Be Wild
Interpreter
Undercover Blues
Sawyer
The Visit
Tony
Carpool
Jeffery
Pup Star
Big Ears (voice)
All Star Superman
Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
Fatal Pursuit
Trinidad
Material Girls
Craig
The Celestine Prophecy
Miguel
Redeemer
Charles Henderson
Kinky
Mr. Bernard
'Til Death Do Us Part
John Harris
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
Mayor Denny
The Watcher
Stark
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Host
Miss Evers' Boys
Willie Johnson
The Cherokee Kid
Isom Dart
People Not Places
Joy Road
Dr. Howard Perkins
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Harold Nicholas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Revival!
Nicodemus
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self
The Apartment Complex
Chett
The Millennial
Mr. Burke
Death's Door
Mesmer
Trapped: Haitian Nights
Ikliff
The Last Fall
Larry Armstrong
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Dancer
Dolls of Voodoo
Iklif
The Tomorrow Man
Brian Parish
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Cornell
April Fools
Detective Combs
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Big Ears (voice)
Why Am I Doing This?
Cliff
Run
President
Start Without Me
Leo
I Do... I Did!
Mr. Johnson
God Bless the Child
Raymond Watkins
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Jonathan Black
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Captain Green
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Narrator
One Special Moment
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
Chief Ankamuti (voice)
The Trap Door
Mesmer
Noble Intentions
Pastor Stevens
Treemonisha
Zodzetrick
Kiss Me for Christmas
Mr. Porter
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lane
American Bad Boy
Pastor Lovely
The Christmas Showdown
Jesse
Trigger
Chief Keaton
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
Self - Dancer
Angels Around Me
Crew
Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Halle
Directing
Love the Skin You're In
Arnold
Mississippi Scholar
Reginald
All The Men In My Life
Children of the Dead (Concept Trailer)