Biography
Paul Bates
Acting
Paul Bates is an American actor. He has played minor roles in True Romance, The Preacher's Wife, Mr. Wonderful, 8 Mile, The Wayans Bros, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Bad Teacher. He is known for playing Oha in the 1988 film Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy. In total, there are 54 recognized credits in film and television. On Cinestia you can browse Paul Bates's complete filmography — 30 films and 24 series — and find where to watch each title.
Career works
54
Movies
30
Series
24
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
12/24/1958
Place of birth
New York, United States
Filmography highlights
Movies
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence
2026
The Survivor
2022 · 6.8
Life Ain't Like the Movies
2021
Coming 2 America
2021 · 6.3
Bad Teacher
2011 · 5.6
Hesher
2010 · 6.8
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 · 6.6
Break a Leg
2005 · 3.6
8 Mile
2002 · 7.1
Breathing Hard
2001 · 8.0
Instinct
1999 · 6.5
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March in Windy City
1998 · 9.0
The Preacher's Wife
1996 · 5.8
Soul of the Game
1996 · 4.9
Paper Dragons
1996 · 2.7
Series
Circuit Breakers
2022 · 5.6
Country Comfort
2021 · 7.3
The Conners
2018 · 7.0
Young Sheldon
2017 · 8.0
Girlboss
2017 · 6.5
Lethal Weapon
2016 · 7.3
Speechless
2016 · 6.9
The Grinder
2015 · 6.7
Common Law
2012 · 6.9
The Middle
2009 · 7.6
FlashForward
2009 · 7.0
Modern Family
2009 · 7.9
Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0
Max & Ruby
2002 · 6.5
Becker
1998 · 7.2