OBBA BABATUNDÉ
ACTING
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.
- The Silence of the Lambs1991
- Material Girls2006
- After the Sunset2004
- Life1999
- How High2001
- The Eye2008
- Multiplicity1996
- Undercover Blues1993
- The Manchurian Candidate2004
- Miami Blues1990
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge1999
- Soul of the Game1996
- Miss Evers' Boys1997
- Philadelphia1993
- Black Dynamite2009
- That Thing You Do!1996
- The Notebook2004
- American Bad Boy2015
- Born to Be Wild1995
- The Cherokee Kid1996
- Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups2012
- Necronomicon1993
- Fatal Pursuit1995
- The Watcher2016
- Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire2012
- The Visit2001
- Cover2007
- Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!2004
- Kinky2018
- Married to the Mob1988
- Jingle Belle2018
- Lap Dance2014
- Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty2003
- All Star Superman2011
- 'Til Death Do Us Part2017
- The Celestine Prophecy2006
- Trigger2020
- John Q2002
- Carpool1996
- City of Lies2018
- The Millennial2022
- Leonard Part 61987
- Pup Star: Better 2Gether2017
- Pup Star2016
- Noble Intentions2023
- Friends1994
- Kingdom2014
- Dawson's Creek1998
- Psych2006
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air1990
- The Temptations1998
- S.W.A.T.2017
- The Good Fight2017
- Sliders1995
- Ballers2015
- For The People2018
- Dear White People2017
- Little Fires Everywhere2020
- Chicago Med2015
- Static Shock2000
- Static Shock2000
- Goliath2016
- Grey's Anatomy2005
- Everwood2002
- Forever2018
- Tales from the Crypt1989
- The Outer Limits1995
- Max Steel2000
- A Different World1987
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.1993