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Obba Babatundé

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  • 1951 - Present Day

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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. In fall 2009, Babatundé played Davis in the title role of "Sammy: Once in a Lifetime," a world premiere musical at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Early in 2000, Babatundé partnered with writer/producer Ruth Adkins Robinson for a series of TV projects including "TV in Black: The First 50 Years," "Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Hallie" and "Dorthy Dandridge: An American Beauty". The pair have projects that will take them through 2011. His TV roles have often portrayed authority figures, such as a recurring guest-starring role as a high school principal on Dawson's Creek, an appearance as a judge in a two-part episode of Any Day Now, and as the father of the main characters on Half & Half. He also played Harvard college Dean Cain in the movie How High, as well as the role of Willie Long in the movie Life, and co-starred as an attorney in Philadelphia and as a senator in the 2004 reprise of The Manchurian Candidate. He also played the director in season 3 of Friends in an episode titled "The One with All the Jealousy". Other TV shows he has had recurring roles on include The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Chicago Hope, Rocket Power, Static Shock, and Karen Sisco. He played a small but pivotal role as a doorman/bellhop in the film That Thing You Do! and also appeared in The Wild Thornberrys Movie as the voice of Boko. He played a famous producer known as Gordy Berry on two episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In the 1998 miniseries, The Temptations, he played the founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy. Babatundé is adept at American sign language and had used this talent in many roles including on one NYPD Blue. His recorded work includes a performance with the New York pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs on the 2007 album Sack Full of Dreams. The actor/producer is also an avid horseman and is a highly regarded rider and trainer in the Rodeo Circuit, including the annual Bill Pickett Rodeol. Description above from the Wikipedia article Obba Babatundé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Birthday: 1951-12-01

Born At: Queens - New York - USA

Casted In:

Life
6522
How High
8386
The Eye
9030
Multiplicity
9304
That Thing You Do!
9591
Philadelphia
9800
Material Girls
10118
After the Sunset
10589
The Notebook
11036
Undercover Blues
12661
The Manchurian Candidate
14462
Miami Blues
14931
Black Dynamite
24804
Necronomicon
32998
Cover
53529
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
54982
The Cherokee Kid
56281
All Star Superman
56590
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
56739
Trapped: Haitian Nights
57172
Born to Be Wild
68927
The Visit
70282
Soul of the Game
74942
The Last Fall
79781
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
81900
God Bless the Child
108254
The Apartment Complex
121016
The Tomorrow Man
125989
Joy Road
132131
Miss Evers' Boys
133958
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
142308
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
201335
Redeemer
212076
Dolls of Voodoo
214754
Fatal Pursuit
223184
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
239222
The Trap Door
272713
Lap Dance
304336
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
320543
American Bad Boy
339501
Death's Door
396963
The Watcher
421049
Children of the Dead
506254

Crewed In:

Angels Around Me
217891
Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Halle
505842
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