Obba Babatundé

Personal Info

Birthday

December 1, 1951

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Obba Babatundè

Obba Babatunde

Obba Babatundé

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.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Friends

S.W.A.T.

Chicago Med

Psych

Goliath

The Good Fight

Sliders

Filmography

2025
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
as Captain Green
2023
Noble Intentions
as Pastor Stevens
2022
The Millennial
as Mr. Burke
2020
Trigger
as Chief Keaton
2019
Revival!
as Nicodemus
2018
Jingle Belle
as Charles Williams
Kinky
as Mr. Bernard
City of Lies
as Chief of Police
2017
'Til Death Do Us Part
as John Harris
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
as Big Ears (voice)
2016
The Watcher
as Stark
Pup Star
as Big Ears (voice)
2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Jonathan Black
Death's Door
as Mesmer
American Bad Boy
as Pastor Lovely
2014
Lap Dance
as Roscoe
2013
Dolls of Voodoo
as Iklif
2012
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
as Mayor Denny
The Last Fall
as Larry Armstrong
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
as Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
2011
Joy Road
as Dr. Howard Perkins
The Trap Door
as Mesmer
Trapped: Haitian Nights
as Ikliff
All Star Superman
as Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
2009
Black Dynamite
as Osiris
Why Am I Doing This?
as Cliff
I Do... I Did!
as Mr. Johnson
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
The Eye
as Dr. Haskins
2007
April Fools
as Detective Combs
Cover
as Attorney Miller
Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
as TV Anchor Man
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Narrator
2006
Material Girls
as Craig
The Celestine Prophecy
as Miguel
2004
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
as Chief Ankamuti (voice)
After the Sunset
as Zacharias
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Wells
The Notebook
as Band Leader
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self
2003
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
as Host
2002
John Q
as Sgt. Moody
Redeemer
as Charles Henderson
2001
How High
as Dean Carl Cain
The Visit
as Tony
1999
The Apartment Complex
as Chett
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Harold Nicholas
Life
as Willie Long
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
as Willie Johnson
1996
The Cherokee Kid
as Isom Dart
That Thing You Do!
as Lamarr
The Tomorrow Man
as Brian Parish
Carpool
as Jeffery
Multiplicity
as Paul
Soul of the Game
as Cum Posey
1995
The Net
as FBI Agent
Born to Be Wild
as Interpreter
Fatal Pursuit
as Trinidad
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
as Cornell
1993
Philadelphia
as Jerome Green
Necronomicon
as Paul
Undercover Blues
as Sawyer
1992
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lane
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
as TV Anchor Man
1990
Miami Blues
as Blink Willie
1988
Married to the Mob
as The Face of Justice
God Bless the Child
as Raymond Watkins
1987
Leonard Part 6
as Bongo Drummer
1982
Treemonisha
as Zodzetrick
1980
Baryshnikov on Broadway
as Dancer
An Evening with Liza Minnelli
as Himself