Obba Babatundé
Actor
Born December 1, 1951 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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 Davis, aided by their similarity in energy, size and talent, tap dancing and performing on multiple instruments. In fall 2009, Babatundé played Davis in the title role of "Sammy: Once in a Lifetime," a world premiere musical at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.
Filmography
Love the Skin You're In
Arnold
The Christmas Showdown
Jesse
Run
President
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Captain Green
Mississippi Scholar
Reginald
Noble Intentions
Pastor Stevens
All The Men In My Life
Simon Helms
The Millennial
Mr. Burke
Kiss Me for Christmas
Mr. Porter
Trigger
Chief Keaton
Little Fires Everywhere
George Wright
Revival!
Nicodemus
Jingle Belle
Charles Williams
Kinky
Mr. Bernard
Forever
Gregory
City of Lies
Chief of Police
For the People
Philip Kaws
S.W.A.T.
Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
'Til Death Do Us Part
John Harris
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Big Ears (voice)
Dear White People
Dean Fairbanks
The Good Fight
Danny Quinn
Detroiters
Mr. Duvet
Goliath
Ivan Tillinger
The Watcher
Stark
Pup Star
Big Ears (voice)
Chicago Med
Dr. James Coleman
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Jonathan Black
Death's Door
Mesmer
Ballers
J.D. Pritchard
American Bad Boy
Pastor Lovely
Lap Dance
Roscoe
Kingdom
Detective Gaines
Madam Secretary
President Silvanus Fabre
Enlisted
General Murray
Dolls of Voodoo
Iklif
Angels Around Me
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
Mayor Denny
The Last Fall
Larry Armstrong
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
Joy Road
Dr. Howard Perkins
The Trap Door
Mesmer
Trapped: Haitian Nights
Ikliff
All Star Superman
Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
Black Dynamite
Osiris
Why Am I Doing This?
Cliff
I Do... I Did!
Mr. Johnson
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
The Eye
Dr. Haskins
Private Practice
Dr. Larry Cannon
April Fools
Detective Combs
Saving Grace
Doc
Cover
Attorney Miller
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Narrator
Material Girls
Craig
Psych
David Gaffney
The Celestine Prophecy
Miguel
Grey's Anatomy
Dan Gates
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
Chief Ankamuti (voice)
After the Sunset
Zacharias
Boston Legal
Dr. Victor Rivers
The Manchurian Candidate
Senator Wells
The Notebook
Band Leader
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self
NCIS
Joe Banks
Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Halle
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Host
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Boko (voice)
Everwood
Jason
John Q
Sgt. Moody
Redeemer
Charles Henderson
How High
Dean Carl Cain
One Special Moment
The Visit
Tony
Static Shock
Singer (voice)
Girlfriends
Attendant
Max Steel
(voice)
The Apartment Complex
Chett
Family Law
Philip Hamilton
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Harold Nicholas
Life
Willie Long
The Temptations
Berry Gordy
Dawson's Creek
Howard Green
Spy Game
Lieutenant Wardell
Miss Evers' Boys
Willie Johnson
The Cherokee Kid
Isom Dart
That Thing You Do!
Lamarr
The Tomorrow Man
Brian Parish
Carpool
Jeffery
Multiplicity
Paul
Soul of the Game
Cum Posey
A Reason to Believe
Prof. Thurman
The Net
FBI Agent
Born to Be Wild
Interpreter
The Outer Limits
Dr. Joseph Lennox
Sliders
Cezanne Brown
Fatal Pursuit
Trinidad
Friends
Director
Touched by an Angel
Carter Evans
Chicago Hope
Charles Ellis
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Cornell
Philadelphia
Jerome Green
Necronomicon
Paul
Undercover Blues
Sawyer
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Mongoose
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Jameson Walker
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lane
The Silence of the Lambs
TV Anchor Man
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Gordy Berry
Miami Blues
Blink Willie
Tales from the Crypt
Lieutenant Jamison
Married to the Mob
The Face of Justice
God Bless the Child
Raymond Watkins
Leonard Part 6
Bongo Drummer
A Different World
Frank Benning
Matlock
Backstage Man
Treemonisha
Zodzetrick
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Dancer
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
Self - Dancer