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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 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. Early in 2000, Babatundé partnered with writer/producer Ruth Adkins Robinson for a series of TV projects including "TV in Black: The First 50 Years," "Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Hallie" and "Dorthy Dandridge: An American Beauty". The pair have projects that will take them through 2011. His TV roles have often portrayed authority figures, such as a recurring guest-starring role as a high school principal on Dawson's Creek, an appearance as a judge in a two-part episode of Any Day Now, and as the father of the main characters on Half & Half. He also played Harvard college Dean Cain in the movie How High, as well as the role of Willie Long in the movie Life, and co-starred as an attorney in Philadelphia and as a senator in the 2004 reprise of The Manchurian Candidate. He also played the director in season 3 of Friends in an episode titled "The One with All the Jealousy". Other TV shows he has had recurring roles on include The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Chicago Hope, Rocket Power, Static Shock, and Karen Sisco. He played a small but pivotal role as a doorman/bellhop in the film That Thing You Do! and also appeared in The Wild Thornberrys Movie as the voice of Boko. He played a famous producer known as Gordy Berry on two episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In the 1998 miniseries, The Temptations, he played the founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy. Babatundé is adept at American sign language and had used this talent in many roles including on one NYPD Blue. His recorded work includes a performance with the New York pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs on the 2007 album Sack Full of Dreams. The actor/producer is also an avid horseman and is a highly regarded rider and trainer in the Rodeo Circuit, including the annual Bill Pickett Rodeol. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1951-12-01
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 9.5
- info Birth Place Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Obba Babatundé
8.4
The Silence of the Lambs
1991-02-14
6.2
After the Sunset
2004-11-12
5.4
Material Girls
2006-08-18
6.7
Life
1999-04-16
6.4
How High
2001-12-21
5.9
The Eye
2008-02-01
5.8
Multiplicity
1996-07-19
6
Undercover Blues
1993-09-10
6.4
City of Lies
2018-09-06
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004-07-30
6
Miami Blues
1990-04-20
2.9
I Do... I Did!
2009-01-01
0
Start Without Me
5.5
The Millennial
2022-01-27
4.4
Soul of the Game
1996-04-20
6.7
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999-08-21
8.7
Trapped: Haitian Nights
2011-02-08
0
One Special Moment
2001-06-01
6.3
God Bless the Child
1988-03-21
7
Joy Road
2011-10-21
6.3
Miss Evers' Boys
1997-02-22
8.5
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007-01-16
1.5
Dolls of Voodoo
2013-08-13
2.9
Leonard Part 6
1987-12-18
7.8
Philadelphia
1993-12-22
2
Fatal Pursuit
1995-02-01
7.2
Black Dynamite
2009-10-16
0
The Temptations Le film de leur ascension vers la gloire
6.9
That Thing You Do!
1996-10-04
6.2
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
2017-08-29
5.2
Pup Star
2016-08-30
5.7
Noble Intentions
2023-01-03
7.9
The Notebook
2004-06-25
2.5
American Bad Boy
2015-06-02
5.4
Born to Be Wild
1995-03-31
5
The Cherokee Kid
1996-12-14
5.8
The Last Fall
2012-03-09
0
The Trap Door
2011-10-11
4.4
Death's Door
2015-09-29
7.8
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
2012-03-07
0
People Not Places
6
Necronomicon
1993-11-01
6.1
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
2012-11-20
0
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992-05-14
6.6
Redeemer
2002-01-31
5.4
The Watcher
2016-10-01
4.6
The Tomorrow Man
1996-09-01
7.6
The Visit
2001-04-20
4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004-01-01
4.9
Cover
2007-05-08
4
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
2004-11-16
0
Children of the Dead (Concept Trailer)
0
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015-10-20
0
Baryshnikov on Broadway
1980-04-24
6.5
Kinky
2018-10-12
6
Married to the Mob
1988-08-19
6.1
Jingle Belle
2018-11-25
7
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008-10-14
0
Revival!
2019-04-19
4.4
Lap Dance
2014-12-05
7.5
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003-06-24
5.8
The Apartment Complex
1999-10-31
6.9
All Star Superman
2011-01-01
6.2
'Til Death Do Us Part
2017-09-29
0
Treemonisha
1982-01-01
5
The Celestine Prophecy
2006-06-01
4.3
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994-01-24
5.5
Trigger
2020-10-22
2
April Fools
2007-09-11
7.2
John Q
2002-02-15
5
Carpool
1996-08-23
0
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
1980-03-09
8.5
Friends
1994-09-22
8.4
Chicago Med
2015-11-17
7.3
Chicago Hope
1994-09-18
8.2
Family Law
1999-09-20
8.1
Static Shock
2000-09-23
8.1
Static Shock
2000-09-23
6.7
Forever
2018-09-14
7.6
Goliath
2016-10-13
8
Tales from the Crypt
1989-06-10
8.3
Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27
7.9
Psych
2006-07-07
7.4
Dawson's Creek
1998-01-20
6.9
Kingdom
2014-10-08
7.8
The Outer Limits
1995-03-26
8
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-09-10
8.1
Max Steel
2000-02-25
8
The Temptations
1998-11-01
8.2
S.W.A.T.
2017-11-02
7.7
The Good Fight
2017-02-19
7
A Different World
1987-09-24
6.8
Ballers
2015-06-21
7.7
Sliders
1995-03-22
7.2
For The People
2018-03-13
7.1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993-08-27
6.2
Dear White People
2017-04-28
6
The Human Factor
1992-04-16
7.6
Everwood
2002-09-16
6.5
Enlisted
2014-01-10
7.8
Little Fires Everywhere
2020-03-18
7.3
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
