Acting
Obba Babatundé
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
Filmography
Run
Film · 2025
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Film · 2025
The Christmas Showdown
Film · 2025
Love the Skin You're In
Film · 2025
Mississippi Scholar
Film · 2024
Noble Intentions
Film · 2023
The Millennial
Film · 2022
All The Men In My Life
Film · 2022
Trigger
Film · 2020
Kiss Me for Christmas
Film · 2020
Little Fires Everywhere
Series · 2020
City of Lies
Film · 2018
Kinky
Film · 2018
Jingle Belle
Film · 2018
Revival!
Film · 2018
Forever
Series · 2018
For the People
Series · 2018
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Film · 2017
'Til Death Do Us Part
Film · 2017
S.W.A.T.
Series · 2017
The Good Fight
Series · 2017
Dear White People
Series · 2017
Detroiters
Series · 2017
Pup Star
Film · 2016
The Watcher
Film · 2016
Goliath
Series · 2016
American Bad Boy
Film · 2015
Death's Door
Film · 2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Film · 2015
Chicago Med
Series · 2015
Ballers
Series · 2015
Lap Dance
Film · 2014
Kingdom
Series · 2014
Enlisted
Series · 2014
Madam Secretary
Series · 2014
Dolls of Voodoo
Film · 2013
The Last Fall
Film · 2012
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Film · 2012
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
Film · 2012
Trapped: Haitian Nights
Film · 2011
Joy Road
Film · 2011
The Trap Door
Film · 2011
All Star Superman
Film · 2011
I Do... I Did!
Film · 2009
Black Dynamite
Film · 2009
Why Am I Doing This?
Film · 2009
The Eye
Film · 2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Film · 2008
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Film · 2007
Cover
Film · 2007
April Fools
Film · 2007
Private Practice
Series · 2007
Saving Grace
Series · 2007
Material Girls
Film · 2006
The Celestine Prophecy
Film · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
Grey's Anatomy
Series · 2005
After the Sunset
Film · 2004
The Manchurian Candidate
Film · 2004
The Notebook
Film · 2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Film · 2004
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
Film · 2004
Boston Legal
Series · 2004
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Film · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
Redeemer
Film · 2002
John Q
Film · 2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Film · 2002
Everwood
Series · 2002
How High
Film · 2001
One Special Moment
Film · 2001
The Visit
Film · 2001
Static Shock
Series · 2000
Static Shock
Series · 2000
Max Steel
Series · 2000
Girlfriends
Series · 2000
Life
Film · 1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Film · 1999
The Apartment Complex
Film · 1999
Family Law
Series · 1999
Dawson's Creek
Series · 1998
The Temptations
Series · 1998
Miss Evers' Boys
Film · 1997
Spy Game
Series · 1997
Multiplicity
Film · 1996
Soul of the Game
Film · 1996
That Thing You Do!
Film · 1996
The Cherokee Kid
Film · 1996
The Tomorrow Man
Film · 1996
Carpool
Film · 1996
Fatal Pursuit
Film · 1995
Born to Be Wild
Film · 1995
The Net
Film · 1995
A Reason to Believe
Film · 1995
The Outer Limits
Series · 1995
Sliders
Series · 1995
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Film · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
Chicago Hope
Series · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
Undercover Blues
Film · 1993
Philadelphia
Film · 1993
Necronomicon
Film · 1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Series · 1993
The Importance of Being Earnest
Film · 1992
The Human Factor
Series · 1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Series · 1992
The Silence of the Lambs
Film · 1991
Dead Again
Film · 1991
Miami Blues
Film · 1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Series · 1990
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
God Bless the Child
Film · 1988
Married to the Mob
Film · 1988
Leonard Part 6
Film · 1987
A Different World
Series · 1987
Matlock
Series · 1986
Treemonisha
Film · 1982
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Film · 1980
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
Film · 1980
Start Without Me
Film
People Not Places
Film