Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/1/1951
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Obba BabatundèObba 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." Babatundé does dance, sing, play instruments, execute impersonations, including his portrayal of Davi...
Known For
The Notebook
as Band Leader
Jingle Belle
as Charles Williams
Necronomicon
as Paul
Multiplicity
as Paul
John Q
as Sgt. Moody
The Eye
as Dr. Haskins
Black Dynamite
as Osiris
Lap Dance
as Roscoe
Life
as Willie Long
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Wells
The Christmas Showdown
Unknown Role
'Til Death Do Us Part
as John Harris
The Net
as FBI Agent
Born to Be Wild
as Interpreter
The Watcher
as Stark
Miami Blues
as Blink Willie
All Star Superman
as Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
Philadelphia
as Jerome Green
That Thing You Do!
as Lamarr
Carpool
as Jeffery