Obba Babatundé
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1 December 1951 (74 years old)
Place of birthQueens, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits123
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, sing, play instruments, execute impersonations, including his portrayal of Davi…
Love the Skin You're In
2025 · Arnold
The Christmas Showdown
2025 · Jesse
Run
2025 · President
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2025 · Captain Green
Mississippi Scholar
2024 · Reginald
Mississippi Scholar
2024 · Writer
Noble Intentions
2023 · Pastor Stevens
Noble Intentions
2023 · Writers' Assistant
All The Men In My Life
2022 · Simon Helms
The Millennial
2022 · Mr. Burke
Kiss Me for Christmas
2020 · Mr. Porter
Trigger
2020 · Chief Keaton
Little Fires Everywhere
2020 · George Wright
Revival!
2018 · Nicodemus
Jingle Belle
2018 · Charles Williams
Kinky
2018 · Mr. Bernard
Forever
2018 · Gregory
City of Lies
2018 · Chief of Police
For the People
2018 · Philip Kaws
S.W.A.T.
2017 · Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
'Til Death Do Us Part
2017 · John Harris
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
2017 · Big Ears (voice)
Dear White People
2017 · Dean Fairbanks
The Good Fight
2017 · Danny Quinn
Detroiters
2017 · Mr. Duvet
Goliath
2016 · Ivan Tillinger
The Watcher
2016 · Stark
Pup Star
2016 · Big Ears (voice)
Chicago Med
2015 · Dr. James Coleman
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015 · Jonathan Black
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015 · Executive Producer
Death's Door
2015 · Mesmer
Ballers
2015 · J.D. Pritchard
American Bad Boy
2015 · Pastor Lovely
American Bad Boy
2015 · Director
Lap Dance
2014 · Roscoe
Kingdom
2014 · Detective Gaines
Madam Secretary
2014 · President Silvanus Fabre
Enlisted
2014 · General Murray
Dolls of Voodoo
2013 · Iklif
Angels Around Me
2013 · Additional Writing
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
2012 · Mayor Denny
The Last Fall
2012 · Larry Armstrong
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
2012 · Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
Joy Road
2011 · Dr. Howard Perkins
The Trap Door
2011 · Mesmer
Trapped: Haitian Nights
2011 · Ikliff
All Star Superman
2011 · Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
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