
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trapped: Haitian Nights

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Run

フレンズ

羊たちの沈黙

シカゴ・メッド

Max Steel

グレイズ・アナトミー

Family Law

S.W.A.T.

Static Shock

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

ハリウッド・ナイトメア

ベルエアのフレッシュ・プリンス

ボストン・リーガル

Psych

The Temptations

きみに読む物語

フィラデルフィア

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

新アウターリミッツ

NCIS ~ネイビー犯罪捜査班

The Visit

弁護士ビリー・マクブライド

エバーウッド 遥かなるコロラド

スライダーズ

Private Practice

ザ・グッド・ファイト

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

リトル・ファイアー~彼女たちの秘密

Girlfriends

Saving Grace

ドーソンズ・クリーク

For the People

Detroiters

シカゴ・ホープ

Touched by an Angel

ジョンQ -最後の決断-

Matlock

Black Dynamite

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

Baryshnikov on Broadway

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

A Different World

Spy Game

マダム・セクレタリー

Kingdom

すべてをあなたに

All Star Superman

ballers / ボーラーズ

エディ&マーティンの逃走人生

Redeemer

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Kinky

クライシス・オブ・アメリカ

L.A.コールドケース

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Forever

ビー・バッド・ボーイズ

God Bless the Child

Miss Evers' Boys

Enlisted

Pup Star: Better 2Gether

ダイヤモンド・イン・パラダイス

Undercover Blues

Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

ザ・インターネット

'Til Death Do Us Part

Miami Blues

Joy Road

愛されちゃって、マフィア

ネクロノミカン

親愛なる白人様

Jingle Belle

アイズ

The Last Fall

クローンズ

Noble Intentions

Trigger

The Watcher

Born to Be Wild

Material Girls

Pup Star

The Apartment Complex

The Cherokee Kid

Carpool

The Celestine Prophecy

Cover

The Christmas Showdown

The Tomorrow Man

Soul of the Game

M.A.N.T.I.S.

Why Am I Doing This?

Lap Dance

Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!

The Millennial

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Death's Door

I Do... I Did!

Leonard Part 6

Fatal Pursuit

American Bad Boy

The Trap Door

April Fools

Dolls of Voodoo

One Special Moment

The Importance of Being Earnest

Children of the Dead (Concept Trailer)

If I Tell You I Have to Kill You

Revival!

Treemonisha

An Evening with Liza Minnelli

Mississippi Scholar

Kiss Me for Christmas

All The Men In My Life

Love the Skin You're In