Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1951-12-01 (73 years)
- Place of BirthQueens, New York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsObba 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
As: Captain Green
- 2023
Noble Intentions
As: Pastor Stevens
- 2022
The Millennial
As: Mr. Burke
- 2020
Trigger
As: Chief Keaton
- 2020
Little Fires Everywhere
As: George Wright
- 2019
Revival!
As: Nicodemus
- 2018
Jingle Belle
As: Charles Williams
- 2018
Kinky
As: Mr. Bernard
2018Forever
As: Gregory
2018City of Lies
As: Chief of Police
2018For The People
As: Philip Kaws
2017S.W.A.T.
As: Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
2017'Til Death Do Us Part
As: John Harris
2017Pup Star: Better 2Gether
As: Big Ears (voice)
2017Dear White People
As: Dean Fairbanks
2017The Good Fight
As: Danny Quinn
2016Goliath
As: Ivan Tillinger
2016The Watcher
As: Stark
2016Pup Star
As: Big Ears (voice)
2015Chicago Med
As: Dr. James Coleman
2015If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
As: Jonathan Black
2015Death's Door
As: Mesmer
2015Ballers
As: J.D. Pritchard
2015American Bad Boy
As: Pastor Lovely
2014Lap Dance
As: Roscoe
2014Kingdom
As: Detective Gaines
2014Madam Secretary
As: President Silvanus Fabre
2014Enlisted
As: General Murray
2013Dolls of Voodoo
As: Iklif
2012Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
As: Mayor Denny
2012The Last Fall
As: Larry Armstrong
2012Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
As: Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
2011Joy Road
As: Dr. Howard Perkins
2011The Trap Door
As: Mesmer
2011Trapped: Haitian Nights
As: Ikliff
2011All Star Superman
As: Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
2009Black Dynamite
As: Osiris
2009Why Am I Doing This?
As: Cliff
2009I Do... I Did!
As: Mr. Johnson
2008The Eye
As: Dr. Haskins
2007Private Practice
As: Dr. Larry Cannon
2007April Fools
As: Detective Combs
2007Cover
As: Attorney Miller
2007Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
As: TV Anchor Man
2007King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
As: Narrator
2006Material Girls
As: Craig
2006Psych
As: David Gaffney
2006The Celestine Prophecy
As: Miguel
2005Grey's Anatomy
As: Dan Gates
2004Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
As: Chief Ankamuti (voice)
2004After the Sunset
As: Zacharias
- 2004
The Manchurian Candidate
As: Senator Wells
- 2004
The Notebook
As: Band Leader
2003Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
As: Host
2002Everwood
As: Jason
- 2002
John Q
As: Sgt. Moody
2002Redeemer
As: Charles Henderson
2001How High
As: Dean Carl Cain
2000Static Shock
As: Singer (voice)
- 2000
Static Shock
As: Watch Store Salesman (voice)
2000Girlfriends
As: Attendant
2000Max Steel
As: (voice)
1999The Apartment Complex
As: Chett
1999Family Law
As: Philip Hamilton
1999Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
As: Harold Nicholas
1999Life
As: Willie Long
1998The Temptations
As: Berry Gordy
1998Dawson's Creek
As: Principal Howard Green
1997Spy Game
As: Lieutenant Wardell
1997Miss Evers' Boys
As: Willie Johnson
1996The Cherokee Kid
As: Isom Dart
1996That Thing You Do!
As: Lamarr
1996The Tomorrow Man
As: Brian Parish
1996Carpool
As: Jeffery
1996Multiplicity
As: Paul
1996Soul of the Game
As: Cum Posey
1995The Net
As: FBI Agent
1995Born to Be Wild
As: Interpreter
1995The Outer Limits
As: Dr. Joseph Lennox
1995Sliders
As: Cezanne Brown
1995Fatal Pursuit
As: Trinidad
1994Friends
As: Director
1994Touched by an Angel
As: Carter Evans
1994M.A.N.T.I.S.
As: Cornell
- 1993
Philadelphia
As: Jerome Green
1993Necronomicon
As: Paul
1993Undercover Blues
As: Sawyer
1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
As: Mongoose
1992Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
As: Jameson Walker
1992The Importance of Being Earnest
As: Lane
- 1991
The Silence of the Lambs
As: TV Anchor Man
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
As: Gordy Berry
1990Miami Blues
As: Blink Willie
1989Tales from the Crypt
As: Lieutenant Jamison
1988Married to the Mob
As: The Face of Justice
1988God Bless the Child
As: Raymond Watkins
1987Leonard Part 6
As: Bongo Drummer
1987A Different World
As: Frank Benning
1982Treemonisha
As: Zodzetrick
1980Baryshnikov on Broadway
As: Dancer