Obba Babatundé
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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...
Known For
Filmography
Run
2025
as President
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2025
as Captain Green
The Christmas Showdown
2025
as Jesse
Love the Skin You're In
2025
as Arnold
Mississippi Scholar
2024
as Reginald
Noble Intentions
2023
as Pastor Stevens
The Millennial
2022
as Mr. Burke
All The Men In My Life
2022
as Simon Helms
Trigger
2020
as Chief Keaton
Kiss Me for Christmas
2020
as Mr. Porter
Little Fires Everywhere
2020
as George Wright
City of Lies
2018
as Chief of Police
Kinky
2018
as Mr. Bernard
Jingle Belle
2018
as Charles Williams
Revival!
2018
as Nicodemus
Forever
2018
as Gregory
For the People
2018
as Philip Kaws
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
2017
as Big Ears (voice)
'Til Death Do Us Part
2017
as John Harris
S.W.A.T.
2017
as Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
The Good Fight
2017
as Danny Quinn
Dear White People
2017
as Dean Fairbanks
Detroiters
2017
as Mr. Duvet
Pup Star
2016
as Big Ears (voice)
The Watcher
2016
as Stark
Goliath
2016
as Ivan Tillinger
American Bad Boy
2015
as Pastor Lovely
Death's Door
2015
as Mesmer
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015
as Jonathan Black
Chicago Med
2015
as Dr. James Coleman
Ballers
2015
as J.D. Pritchard
Lap Dance
2014
as Roscoe
Kingdom
2014
as Detective Gaines
Enlisted
2014
as General Murray
Madam Secretary
2014
as President Silvanus Fabre
Dolls of Voodoo
2013
as Iklif
The Last Fall
2012
as Larry Armstrong
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
2012
as Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
2012
as Mayor Denny
Trapped: Haitian Nights
2011
as Ikliff
Joy Road
2011
as Dr. Howard Perkins
The Trap Door
2011
as Mesmer
All Star Superman
2011
as Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
I Do... I Did!
2009
as Mr. Johnson
Black Dynamite
2009
as Osiris
Why Am I Doing This?
2009
as Cliff
The Eye
2008
as Dr. Haskins
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
as Narrator
Cover
2007
as Attorney Miller
April Fools
2007
as Detective Combs
Private Practice
2007
as Dr. Larry Cannon
Saving Grace
2007
as Doc
Material Girls
2006
as Craig
The Celestine Prophecy
2006
as Miguel
Psych
2006
as David Gaffney
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Dan Gates
After the Sunset
2004
as Zacharias
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Senator Wells
The Notebook
2004
as Band Leader
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
2004
as Chief Ankamuti (voice)
Boston Legal
2004
as Dr. Victor Rivers
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003
as Host
NCIS
2003
as Joe Banks
Redeemer
2002
as Charles Henderson
John Q
2002
as Sgt. Moody
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Boko (voice)
Everwood
2002
as Jason
How High
2001
as Dean Carl Cain
One Special Moment
2001
The Visit
2001
as Tony
Static Shock
2000
as Watch Store Salesman (voice)
Static Shock
2000
as Singer (voice)
Max Steel
2000
as (voice)
Girlfriends
2000
as Attendant
Life
1999
as Willie Long
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
as Harold Nicholas
The Apartment Complex
1999
as Chett
Family Law
1999
as Philip Hamilton
Dawson's Creek
1998
as Howard Green
The Temptations
1998
as Berry Gordy
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Willie Johnson
Spy Game
1997
as Lieutenant Wardell
Multiplicity
1996
as Paul
Soul of the Game
1996
as Cum Posey
That Thing You Do!
1996
as Lamarr
The Cherokee Kid
1996
as Isom Dart
The Tomorrow Man
1996
as Brian Parish
Carpool
1996
as Jeffery
Fatal Pursuit
1995
as Trinidad
Born to Be Wild
1995
as Interpreter
The Net
1995
as FBI Agent (uncredited)
A Reason to Believe
1995
as Prof. Thurman
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Joseph Lennox
Sliders
1995
as Cezanne Brown
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
as Cornell
Friends
1994
as Director
Chicago Hope
1994
as Charles Ellis
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Carter Evans
Undercover Blues
1993
as Sawyer
Philadelphia
1993
as Jerome Green
Necronomicon
1993
as Paul
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Mongoose
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992
as Lane
The Human Factor
1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992
as Jameson Walker
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as TV Anchor Man
Dead Again
1991
as Syd
Miami Blues
1990
as Blink Willie
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
as Gordy Berry
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Lieutenant Jamison
God Bless the Child
1988
as Raymond Watkins
Married to the Mob
1988
as The Face of Justice
Leonard Part 6
1987
as Bongo Drummer
A Different World
1987
as Frank Benning
Matlock
1986
as Backstage Man
Treemonisha
1982
as Zodzetrick
Baryshnikov on Broadway
1980
as Dancer
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
1980
as Self - Dancer