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Obba Babatundé

Obba Babatundé

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/12/1951

Age

74 years old

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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 perform... Read More

Known For

Noble Intentions

Noble Intentions

The Millennial

City of Lies

Pup Star: Better 2Gether

Pup Star: Better 2Gether

Pup Star

Death's Door

American Bad Boy

American Bad Boy

Dolls of Voodoo

Dolls of Voodoo

The Last Fall

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

Filmography

Cast

2023

Noble Intentions

as Pastor Stevens

2022

The Millennial

as Mr. Burke

2018

City of Lies

as Chief of Police

2017

Pup Star: Better 2Gether

as Big Ears (voice)

2016

Pup Star

as Big Ears (voice)

2015

Death's Door

as Mesmer

2015

American Bad Boy

as Pastor Lovely

2013

Dolls of Voodoo

as Iklif

2012

The Last Fall

as Larry Armstrong

2012

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

as Vampire Actor #4 (voice)

2011

Joy Road

as Dr. Howard Perkins

2011

The Trap Door

as Mesmer

2011

Trapped: Haitian Nights

as Ikliff

2009

Black Dynamite

as Osiris

2009

I Do... I Did!

as Mr. Johnson

2008

The Eye

as Dr. Haskins

2007

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

as Narrator

2006

Material Girls

as Craig

2004

After the Sunset

as Zacharias

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as Senator Wells

2004

The Notebook

as Band Leader

2001

How High

as Dean Carl Cain

2001

One Special Moment

1999

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

as Harold Nicholas

1999

Life

as Willie Long

1997

Miss Evers' Boys

as Willie Johnson

1996

The Cherokee Kid

as Isom Dart

1996

That Thing You Do!

as Lamarr

1996

Multiplicity

as Paul

1996

Soul of the Game

as Cum Posey

1995

Born to Be Wild

as Interpreter

1995

Fatal Pursuit

as Trinidad

1993

Philadelphia

as Jerome Green

1993

Undercover Blues

as Sawyer

1991

The Silence of the Lambs

as TV Anchor Man

1990

Miami Blues

as Blink Willie

1988

God Bless the Child

as Raymond Watkins

1987

Leonard Part 6

as Bongo Drummer

2025

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

as Captain Green

2020

Trigger

as Chief Keaton

2019

Revival!

as Nicodemus

2018

Jingle Belle

as Charles Williams

2018

Kinky

as Mr. Bernard

2017

'Til Death Do Us Part

as John Harris

2016

The Watcher

as Stark

2015

If I Tell You I Have to Kill You

as Jonathan Black

2014

Lap Dance

as Roscoe

2012

Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

as Mayor Denny

2011

All Star Superman

as Judge / Bibliobot (voice)

2009

Why Am I Doing This?

as Cliff

2008

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical...

as Self

2007

April Fools

as Detective Combs

2007

Cover

as Attorney Miller

2007

Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture...

as TV Anchor Man

2006

The Celestine Prophecy

as Miguel

2004

Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!

as Chief Ankamuti (voice)

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self

2003

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

as Host

2002

John Q

as Sgt. Moody

2002

Redeemer

as Charles Henderson

2001

The Visit

as Tony

1999

The Apartment Complex

as Chett

1996

The Tomorrow Man

as Brian Parish

1996

Carpool

as Jeffery

1995

The Net

as FBI Agent

1994

M.A.N.T.I.S.

as Cornell

1993

Necronomicon

as Paul

1992

The Importance of Being Earnest

as Lane

1988

Married to the Mob

as The Face of Justice

1982

Treemonisha

as Zodzetrick

1980

Baryshnikov on Broadway

as Dancer

1980

An Evening with Liza Minnelli

as Himself

Crew

2023

Noble Intentions

as Writers' Assistant

2015

If I Tell You I Have to Kill You

as Executive Producer

2015

American Bad Boy

as Director

2013

Angels Around Me

as Additional Writing

2003

Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Ha...

as Director