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
Life
as Willie Long
Multiplicity
as Paul
The Eye
as Dr. Haskins
Jingle Belle
as Charles Williams
Revival!
as Nicodemus
Necronomicon
as Paul
John Q
as Sgt. Moody
Black Dynamite
as Osiris
The Net
as FBI Agent
How High
as Dean Carl Cain
The Celestine Prophecy
as Miguel
Philadelphia
as Jerome Green
Miami Blues
as Blink Willie
Lap Dance
as Roscoe
The Silence of the Lambs
as TV Anchor Man
The Watcher
as Stark
City of Lies
as Chief of Police
Carpool
as Jeffery
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Wells