Biography
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 eve…
Career works
119
Movies
80
Series
39
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
12/01/1951
Place of birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Love the Skin You're In
2025
The Christmas Showdown
2025 · 5.0
Run
2025 · 8.5
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2025 · 7.0
Mississippi Scholar
2024
Noble Intentions
2023 · 5.7
All The Men In My Life
2022
The Millennial
2022 · 4.0
Kiss Me for Christmas
2020
Trigger
2020 · 5.5
Revival!
2018
Jingle Belle
2018 · 5.9
Kinky
2018 · 6.5
City of Lies
2018 · 6.4
'Til Death Do Us Part
2017 · 6.1
Series
Little Fires Everywhere
2020 · 7.5
Forever
2018 · 6.3
For the People
2018 · 7.3
S.W.A.T.
2017 · 8.0
Dear White People
2017 · 6.0
The Good Fight
2017 · 7.5
Detroiters
2017 · 7.2
Goliath
2016 · 7.6
Chicago Med
2015 · 8.3
Ballers
2015 · 6.8
Kingdom
2014 · 6.9
Madam Secretary
2014 · 7.0
Enlisted
2014 · 6.3
Private Practice
2007 · 7.5
Saving Grace
2007 · 7.3