Obba Babatundé

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…

Filmography

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Love the Skin You're In Love the Skin You're In 2025 The Christmas Showdown ★ 5.0 The Christmas Showdown 2025 Run ★ 8.5 Run 2025 Wrong Place, Wrong Time ★ 7.0 Wrong Place, Wrong Time 2025 Mississippi Scholar Mississippi Scholar 2024 Noble Intentions ★ 5.7 Noble Intentions 2023 All The Men In My Life All The Men In My Life 2022 The Millennial ★ 4.0 The Millennial 2022 Kiss Me for Christmas Kiss Me for Christmas 2020 Trigger ★ 5.5 Trigger 2020 Little Fires Everywhere ★ 7.5 Little Fires Everywhere 2020 Revival! Revival! 2018 Jingle Belle ★ 5.9 Jingle Belle 2018 Kinky ★ 6.5 Kinky 2018 Forever ★ 6.3 Forever 2018 City of Lies ★ 6.4 City of Lies 2018 For the People ★ 7.3 For the People 2018 S.W.A.T. ★ 8.0 S.W.A.T. 2017 'Til Death Do Us Part ★ 6.1 'Til Death Do Us Part 2017 Pup Star: Better 2Gether ★ 6.2 Pup Star: Better 2Gether 2017 Dear White People ★ 6.0 Dear White People 2017 The Good Fight ★ 7.5 The Good Fight 2017 Detroiters ★ 7.2 Detroiters 2017 Goliath ★ 7.6 Goliath 2016 The Watcher ★ 5.4 The Watcher 2016 Pup Star ★ 5.3 Pup Star 2016 Chicago Med ★ 8.3 Chicago Med 2015 If I Tell You I Have to Kill You If I Tell You I Have to Kill You 2015 Death's Door ★ 3.9 Death's Door 2015 Ballers ★ 6.8 Ballers 2015 American Bad Boy ★ 2.5 American Bad Boy 2015 Lap Dance ★ 4.2 Lap Dance 2014 Kingdom ★ 6.9 Kingdom 2014 Madam Secretary ★ 7.0 Madam Secretary 2014 Enlisted ★ 6.3 Enlisted 2014 Dolls of Voodoo ★ 1.5 Dolls of Voodoo 2013 Angels Around Me ★ 1.0 Angels Around Me 2013 Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups ★ 6.1 Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups 2012 The Last Fall ★ 5.8 The Last Fall 2012 Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire ★ 7.7 Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire 2012 Joy Road ★ 6.3 Joy Road 2011 The Trap Door ★ 2.0 The Trap Door 2011 Trapped: Haitian Nights ★ 8.7 Trapped: Haitian Nights 2011 All Star Superman ★ 6.9 All Star Superman 2011 Black Dynamite ★ 7.1 Black Dynamite 2009 Why Am I Doing This? ★ 4.5 Why Am I Doing This? 2009 I Do... I Did! ★ 2.8 I Do... I Did! 2009 The Eye ★ 5.9 The Eye 2008 Private Practice ★ 7.5 Private Practice 2007 April Fools ★ 2.0 April Fools 2007 Saving Grace ★ 7.3 Saving Grace 2007 Cover ★ 5.1 Cover 2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War ★ 8.5 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War 2007 Material Girls ★ 5.3 Material Girls 2006 Psych ★ 7.9 Psych 2006 The Celestine Prophecy ★ 5.2 The Celestine Prophecy 2006 Grey's Anatomy ★ 8.2 Grey's Anatomy 2005 Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! ★ 4.3 Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! 2004 After the Sunset ★ 6.2 After the Sunset 2004 Boston Legal ★ 7.9 Boston Legal 2004 The Manchurian Candidate ★ 6.5 The Manchurian Candidate 2004 The Notebook ★ 7.9 The Notebook 2004 Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Halle ★ 9.0 Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Halle 2003 NCIS ★ 7.6 NCIS 2003 Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty ★ 8.3 Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty 2003 The Wild Thornberrys Movie ★ 6.4 The Wild Thornberrys Movie 2002 Everwood ★ 7.6 Everwood 2002 John Q ★ 7.1 John Q 2002 Redeemer ★ 7.1 Redeemer 2002 How High ★ 6.4 How High 2001 One Special Moment ★ 9.0 One Special Moment 2001 The Visit ★ 7.9 The Visit 2001 Static Shock ★ 8.0 Static Shock 2000 Girlfriends ★ 7.3 Girlfriends 2000 Max Steel ★ 8.2 Max Steel 2000 The Apartment Complex ★ 5.7 The Apartment Complex 1999 Family Law ★ 8.1 Family Law 1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge ★ 6.5 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999 Life ★ 6.7 Life 1999 The Temptations ★ 8.0 The Temptations 1998