Person
Obba Babatundé
Born 1 December 1951 74 years old Queens, New York City, New York, USA Who else is 74? → TMDB ↗
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.
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28age in their first credit on record (1980)
45years on screen and counting
6credits in 2018, their busiest year
114dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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Start Without Me
as Leo
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People Not Places
Age: 74 Love the Skin You're In
2025as Arnold
Age: 74 The Christmas Showdown
2025as Jesse
Age: 73 Run
2025as President
Age: 73 Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2025as Captain Green
Age: 72 Mississippi Scholar
2024as Reginald
Age: 71 Noble Intentions
2023as Pastor Stevens
Age: 70 All The Men In My Life
2022as Simon Helms
Age: 70 The Millennial
2022as Mr. Burke
Age: 69 Kiss Me for Christmas
2020as Mr. Porter
Age: 68 Trigger
2020as Chief Keaton
Age: 67 Revival!
2018as Nicodemus
Age: 66 Jingle Belle
2018as Charles Williams
Age: 66 Kinky
2018as Mr. Bernard
Age: 66 City of Lies
2018as Chief of Police
Age: 65 'Til Death Do Us Part
2017as John Harris
Age: 65 Pup Star: Better 2Gether
2017as Big Ears (voice)
Age: 64 The Watcher
2016as Stark
Age: 64 Pup Star
2016as Big Ears (voice)
Age: 63 If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015as Jonathan Black
Age: 63 Death's Door
2015as Mesmer
Age: 63 American Bad Boy
2015as Pastor Lovely
Age: 63 Lap Dance
2014as Roscoe
Age: 61 Dolls of Voodoo
2013as Iklif
Age: 60 Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
2012as Mayor Denny
Age: 60 The Last Fall
2012as Larry Armstrong
Age: 60 Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
2012as Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
Age: 59 Joy Road
2011as Dr. Howard Perkins
Age: 59 The Trap Door
2011as Mesmer
Age: 59 Trapped: Haitian Nights
2011as Ikliff
Age: 59 All Star Superman
2011as Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
Age: 57 Black Dynamite
2009as Osiris
Age: 57 Why Am I Doing This?
2009as Cliff
Age: 57 I Do... I Did!
2009as Mr. Johnson
Age: 56 The Eye
2008as Dr. Haskins
Age: 55 April Fools
2007as Detective Combs
Age: 55 Cover
2007as Attorney Miller
Age: 54 Material Girls
2006as Craig
Age: 54 The Celestine Prophecy
2006as Miguel
Age: 52 Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
2004as Chief Ankamuti (voice)
Age: 52 After the Sunset
2004as Zacharias
Age: 52 The Manchurian Candidate
2004as Senator Wells
Age: 52 The Notebook
2004as Band Leader
Age: 51 The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002as Boko (voice)
Age: 50 John Q
2002as Sgt. Moody
Age: 50 Redeemer
2002as Charles Henderson
Age: 50 How High
2001as Dean Carl Cain
Age: 49 One Special Moment
2001
Age: 49 The Visit
2001as Tony
Age: 47 The Apartment Complex
1999as Chett
Age: 47 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999as Harold Nicholas
Age: 47 Life
1999as Willie Long
Age: 45 Miss Evers' Boys
1997as Willie Johnson
Age: 45 The Cherokee Kid
1996as Isom Dart
Age: 44 That Thing You Do!
1996as Lamarr
Age: 44 The Tomorrow Man
1996as Brian Parish
Age: 44 Carpool
1996as Jeffery
Age: 44 Multiplicity
1996as Paul
Age: 44 Soul of the Game
1996as Cum Posey
Age: 43 A Reason to Believe
1995as Prof. Thurman
Age: 43 The Net
1995as FBI Agent
Age: 43 Born to Be Wild
1995as Interpreter
Age: 43 Fatal Pursuit
1995as Trinidad
Age: 42 M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994as Cornell
Age: 42 Philadelphia
1993as Jerome Green
Age: 41 Necronomicon
1993as Paul
Age: 41 Undercover Blues
1993as Sawyer
Age: 40 The Importance of Being Earnest
1992as Lane
Age: 39 The Silence of the Lambs
1991as TV Anchor Man
Age: 38 Miami Blues
1990as Blink Willie
Age: 36 Married to the Mob
1988as The Face of Justice
Age: 36 God Bless the Child
1988as Raymond Watkins
Age: 36 Leonard Part 6
1987as Bongo Drummer
Age: 30 Treemonisha
1982as Zodzetrick
Age: 28 Baryshnikov on Broadway
1980as Dancer
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TV credits
Age: 68 Little Fires Everywhere
2020as George Wright
Age: 66 Forever
2018as Gregory
Age: 66 For the People
2018as Philip Kaws
Age: 65 S.W.A.T.
2017as Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
Age: 65 Dear White People
2017as Dean Fairbanks
Age: 65 The Good Fight
2017as Danny Quinn
Age: 65 Detroiters
2017as Mr. Duvet
Age: 64 Goliath
2016as Ivan Tillinger
Age: 63 Chicago Med
2015as Dr. James Coleman
Age: 63 Ballers
2015as J.D. Pritchard
Age: 62 Kingdom
2014as Detective Gaines
Age: 62 Madam Secretary
2014as President Silvanus Fabre
Age: 62 Enlisted
2014as General Murray
Age: 55 Private Practice
2007as Dr. Larry Cannon
Age: 55 Saving Grace
2007as Doc
Age: 54 Psych
2006as David Gaffney
Age: 53 Grey's Anatomy
2005as Dan Gates
Age: 52 Boston Legal
2004as Dr. Victor Rivers
Age: 51 NCIS
2003as Joe Banks
Age: 50 Everwood
2002as Jason
Age: 48 Static Shock
2000as Watch Store Salesman (voice)
Age: 48 Static Shock
2000as Singer (voice)
Age: 48 Girlfriends
2000as Attendant
Age: 48 Max Steel
2000as (voice)
Age: 47 Family Law
1999as Philip Hamilton
Age: 46 The Temptations
1998as Berry Gordy
Age: 46 Dawson's Creek
1998as Howard Green
Age: 45 Spy Game
1997as Lieutenant Wardell
Age: 43 The Outer Limits
1995as Dr. Joseph Lennox
Age: 43 Sliders
1995as Cezanne Brown
Age: 42 Friends
1994as Director
Age: 42 Touched by an Angel
1994as Carter Evans
Age: 42 Chicago Hope
1994as Charles Ellis
Age: 41 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993as Mongoose
Age: 40 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992as Jameson Walker
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Age: 40 The Human Factor
1992
Age: 38 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990as Gordy Berry
Age: 37 Tales from the Crypt
1989as Lieutenant Jamison
Age: 35 A Different World
1987as Frank Benning
Age: 34 Matlock
1986as Backstage Man