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Obba Babatundé

Acting · Born December 1, 1951 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies with Obba Babatundé

• The Notebook (2004) — Band Leader
• Married to the Mob (1988) — The Face of Justice
• That Thing You Do! (1996) — Lamarr
• After the Sunset (2004) — Zacharias
• Philadelphia (1993) — Jerome Green
• John Q (2002) — Sgt. Moody
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — TV Anchor Man
• City of Lies (2018) — Chief of Police
• The Net (1995) — FBI Agent (uncredited)
• How High (2001) — Dean Carl Cain
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004) — Senator Wells
• The Eye (2008) — Dr. Haskins

TV shows with Obba Babatundé

• S.W.A.T. (2017) — Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
• Dawson's Creek (1998) — Howard Green