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 Lambs 1991
- Material Girls 2006
- After the Sunset 2004
- Life 1999
- How High 2001
- The Eye 2008
- Multiplicity 1996
- Undercover Blues 1993
- The Manchurian Candidate 2004
- Miami Blues 1990
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999
- Soul of the Game 1996
- Miss Evers' Boys 1997
- Philadelphia 1993
- Black Dynamite 2009
- That Thing You Do! 1996
- The Notebook 2004
- Born to Be Wild 1995
- The Cherokee Kid 1996
- American Bad Boy 2015
- Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups 2012
- Necronomicon 1993
- Fatal Pursuit 1995
- The Watcher 2016
- Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire 2012
- The Visit 2001
- Cover 2007
- Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! 2004
- Kinky 2018
- Married to the Mob 1988
- Jingle Belle 2018
- Lap Dance 2014
- Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty 2003
- All Star Superman 2011
- 'Til Death Do Us Part 2017
- The Celestine Prophecy 2006
- Trigger 2020
- John Q 2002
- Carpool 1996
- City of Lies 2018
- The Millennial 2022
- Leonard Part 6 1987
- Pup Star: Better 2Gether 2017
- Pup Star 2016
- Noble Intentions 2023
- Friends 1994
- Kingdom 2014
- Dawson's Creek 1998
- Psych 2006
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990
- The Temptations 1998
- S.W.A.T. 2017
- The Good Fight 2017
- Sliders 1995
- Ballers 2015
- For The People 2018
- Dear White People 2017
- Little Fires Everywhere 2020
- Chicago Med 2015
- Static Shock 2000
- Static Shock 2000
- Goliath 2016
- Grey's Anatomy 2005
- Everwood 2002
- Forever 2018
- Tales from the Crypt 1989
- The Outer Limits 1995
- Max Steel 2000
- A Different World 1987
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. 1993