Personal Info
Known Credits
73
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1951-12-01 (74 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Obba BabatundèObba Babatunde
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." B ...
Acting
2023 --
Noble Intentions
| Pastor Stevens
2022 --
The Millennial
| Mr. Burke
2020 --
Trigger
| Chief Keaton
2019 --
Revival!
| Nicodemus
2018 --
Jingle Belle
| Charles Williams
2018 --
Kinky
| Mr. Bernard
2018 --
City of Lies
| Chief of Police
2017 --
'Til Death Do Us Part
| John Harris
2017 --
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
| Big Ears (voice)
2016 --
The Watcher
| Stark
2016 --
Pup Star
| Big Ears (voice)
2015 --
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
| Jonathan Black
2015 --
Death's Door
| Mesmer
2015 --
American Bad Boy
| Pastor Lovely
2014 --
Lap Dance
| Roscoe
2013 --
Dolls of Voodoo
| Iklif
2012 --
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
| Mayor Denny
2012 --
The Last Fall
|
2012 --
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
| Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
2011 --
Joy Road
| Dr. Howard Perkins
2011 --
The Trap Door
| Mesmer
2011 --
Trapped: Haitian Nights
| Ikliff
2011 --
All Star Superman
| Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
2009 --
Black Dynamite
| Osiris
2009 --
I Do... I Did!
| Mr. Johnson
2008 --
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
| Self
2008 --
The Eye
| Dr. Haskins
2007 --
April Fools
| Detective Combs
2007 --
Cover
| Attorney Miller
2007 --
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
| Narrator
2006 --
Material Girls
| Craig
2006 --
The Celestine Prophecy
| Miguel
2004 --
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
| Chief Ankamuti (voice)
2004 --
After the Sunset
| Zacharias
2004 --
The Manchurian Candidate
| Senator Wells
2004 --
The Notebook
| Band Leader
2004 --
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
| Self
2003 --
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
| Host
2002 --
John Q
| Sgt. Moody
2002 --
Redeemer
| Charles Henderson
2001 --
How High
| Dean Carl Cain
2001 --
One Special Moment
|
2001 --
The Visit
| Tony
1999 --
The Apartment Complex
| Chett
1999 --
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
| Harold Nicholas
1999 --
Life
| Willie Long
1997 --
Miss Evers' Boys
| Willie Johnson
1996 --
The Cherokee Kid
| Isom Dart
1996 --
That Thing You Do!
| Lamarr
1996 --
The Tomorrow Man
| Brian Parish
1996 --
Carpool
| Jeffery
1996 --
Multiplicity
| Paul
1996 --
Soul of the Game
| Cum Posey
1995 --
The Net
| FBI Agent
1995 --
Born to Be Wild
| Interpreter
1995 --
Fatal Pursuit
| Trinidad
1994 --
M.A.N.T.I.S.
| Cornell
1993 --
Philadelphia
| Jerome Green
1993 --
Necronomicon
| Paul
1993 --
Undercover Blues
| Sawyer
1992 --
The Importance of Being Earnest
| Lane
1991 --
The Silence of the Lambs
| TV Anchor Man
1990 --
Miami Blues
| Blink Willie
1988 --
Married to the Mob
| The Face of Justice
1988 --
God Bless the Child
| Raymond Watkins
1987 --
Leonard Part 6
| Bongo Drummer
1982 --
Treemonisha
| Zodzetrick
1980 --
Baryshnikov on Broadway
| Dancer
1980 --
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
| Himself