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Obba Babatundé Net Worth
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$1.6 Million
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Obba Babatundé is an American actor of stage and screen. Obba Babatundé's performing ethics reach back into the storied days of entertainment when performers' careers were dependent on their ability to deliver anything the audience wanted to see and hear! Obba has appeared in more than seventeen stage productions; thirty theatrical films; sixty ... | Net Worth | $1.6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | December 1, 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | Jamaica, New York, USA |
| Height | 5' 8½" (1.74 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Producer, Director |
| Star Sign | Sagittarius |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Has two sons. |
| 2 | His given name's pronunciation is "oh-bah" and his surname's pronunciation is "bah-bah-tun-day". |
| 3 | He graduated from Jamaica High School in 1969 as Donald Cohen. |
| 4 | Was nominated for Broadway's 1982 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "Dreamgirls." |
| 5 | Guest-starred as a record exec named Gordy Berry on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), then starred as real-life Motown founder Berry Gordy in the made-for-TV movie, The Temptations (1998). |
| 6 | Brother is Akin Babatunde |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Choir Director | 2018 | post-production | Mr. Wilcox |
| D.P.W. | 2017 | TV Movie completed | Mayor McCann |
| LAbyrinth | 2017 | post-production | Chief of Police |
| Revival! | 2017 | post-production | Nicodemus |
| The Mafia Ain't Dead | 2017 | pre-production | Jake Demarco |
| Anna Lucasta | pre-production | Noah | |
| The Bold and the Beautiful | 2015-2017 | TV Series | Julius Avant |
| Kinky | 2017/I | Mr. Bernard | |
| Pup Star: Better 2Gether | 2017 | Big Ears | |
| I'm Dying Up Here | 2017 | TV Series | Barton Royce |
| The Last Tycoon | 2017 | TV Series | Les Turpin |
| Dear White People | 2017 | TV Series | Dean Fairbanks |
| Detroiters | 2017 | TV Series | Mr. Duvet |
| Madam Secretary | 2017 | TV Series | President Silvanus Fabre |
| The Watcher | 2016/II | Stark | |
| Pup Star | 2016 | Video | Big Ears (voice) |
| If I Tell You I Have to Kill You | 2015 | Jonathan Black | |
| Death's Door | 2015 | Mesmer | |
| Hand of God | 2015 | TV Series | Bishop Bruce Congdon |
| Disney Infinity 3.0 | 2015 | Video Game | Lando Calrissian (voice) |
| American Bad Boy | 2015 | Pastor Lovely | |
| Lap Dance | 2014 | Roscoe | |
| Kingdom | 2014 | TV Series | Detective Gaines |
| Enlisted | 2014 | TV Series | General Murray |
| The Dead Sea | 2014 | Mayor | |
| Winx Club: Beyond Believix | 2012-2013 | TV Series | King Teredor |
| LA Live the Show | 2013 | TV Series | Honoree |
| Dolls of Voodoo | 2013 | Iklif | |
| Cult | 2013 | TV Series | Quentin Yarrow |
| Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups | 2012 | Mayor Denny | |
| Kinect Star Wars | 2012 | Video Game | Lando Calrissian (voice, as Obba Babatunde) |
| The Last Fall | 2012 | Larry Armstrong | |
| Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire | 2012 | Video | Vampire Actor #4 (voice) |
| Love That Girl! | 2011 | TV Series | Jim |
| The Trap Door | 2011 | Video | Mesmer |
| Go Beyond the Lens | 2011 | Short | Host (as Obba Babatunde) |
| All-Star Superman | 2011 | Video | Judge / Bibliobot (voice) |
| Private Practice | 2011 | TV Series | Dr. Larry Cannon |
| Winx Club: Enchantix | 2011 | TV Series | King Teredor |
| Trapped: Haitian Nights | 2010 | Ikliff | |
| The Fallen Faithful | 2010 | Rev. Emannuel | |
| Criminal Minds | 2010 | TV Series | Sheriff Sanders |
| I Do... I Did! | 2009 | Mr. Johnson | |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2009 | TV Series | Dan Gates |
| NCIS | 2009 | TV Series | Joe Banks |
| Why Am I Doing This? | 2009 | Cliff | |
| Black Dynamite | 2009 | Osiris (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Saving Grace | 2008 | TV Series | Doc |
| The Eye | 2008 | Dr. Haskins | |
| Psych | 2008 | TV Series | David Gaffney |
| Girlfriends | 2007 | TV Series | Attendant |
| Cover | 2007 | Attorney Miller (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Boston Legal | 2007 | TV Series | Dr. Stanley Rivers / Dr. Victor Rivers |
| The Young and the Restless | 2007 | TV Series | Carter Campbell |
| April Fools | 2007 | Video | Detective Combs |
| Cold Case | 2007 | TV Series | Dr. Octavius Leroy |
| Splinter Cell: Double Agent | 2006 | Video Game voice | |
| Material Girls | 2006 | Craig (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Half & Half | 2002-2006 | TV Series | Charles Thorne |
| The Celestine Prophecy | 2006 | Miguel (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Flip the Script | 2005 | Mr. Jones (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Everwood | 2005 | TV Series | Jason |
| Joy Road | 2004 | Dr. Howard Perkins | |
| Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! | 2004 | Video | Chief Ankamuti (voice) |
| After the Sunset | 2004 | Zacharias (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | Senator Wells | |
| The Notebook | 2004 | Band Leader (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Karen Sisco | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Daniel Burden |
| Rocket Power | 1999-2004 | TV Series | Conroy / Townsperson #1 / Newscaster #2 / ... |
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike | 2003 | Video Game | Lando Calrissian (voice) |
| The Great Commission | 2003 | Rev. Jesse | |
| Static Shock | 2001-2003 | TV Series | Scientist / Singer / Watch Store Salesman |
| NYPD Blue | 2002 | TV Series | Kevin Dupree |
| The Wild Thornberrys Movie | 2002 | Boko (voice) | |
| John Q | 2002 | Sgt. Moody (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Redeemer | 2002 | TV Movie | Charles Henderson (as Obba Babatunde) |
| Soul Food | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Benjamin Chadway |
| How High | 2001 | Dean Carl Cain | |
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader | 2001 | Video Game | Lando Calrissian (voice) |
| Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds | 2001 | Video Game | Lando Calrissian (voice, as Obba Baba Tunde) |
| The Beast | 2001 | TV Series | Mr. Lowry |
| One Special Moment | 2001 | TV Movie | |
| Family Law | 2001 | TV Series | Phillip Hamilton |
| Any Day Now | 2001 | TV Series | Judge Richards |
| Max Steel | 2001 | TV Series | |
| Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | 2000 | TV Series | Sergeant Bonner |
| The Invisible Man | 2000 | TV Series | Allardyce |
| The Visit | 2000/I | Tony | |
| The Outer Limits | 2000 | TV Series | Dr. Joseph Lennox |
| Dawson's Creek | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Principal Howard Green |
| Linc's | 1999 | TV Series | Army Vet |
| The Apartment Complex | 1999 | TV Movie | Chett |
| Xyber 9: New Dawn | 1999 | TV Series | |
| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | 1999 | TV Movie | Harold Nicholas (as Obba Babatunde) |
| Life | 1999/I | Willie Long | |
| The Temptations | 1998 | TV Series | Berry Gordy |
| Spy Game | 1997 | TV Series | Lieutenant Wardell |
| Sparks | 1997 | TV Series | Mr. Kirby |
| Miss Evers' Boys | 1997 | TV Movie | Willie Johnson |
| The Burning Zone | 1997 | TV Series | Vince, Police Lieutenant |
| Friends | 1997 | TV Series | The Director |
| The Cherokee Kid | 1996 | TV Movie | Isom Dart |
| That Thing You Do! | 1996 | Lamarr | |
| The Tomorrow Man | 1996 | TV Movie | Brian Parish |
| Carpool | 1996 | Jeffery (as Obba Babatundè) | |
| Multiplicity | 1996 | Paul | |
| Soul of the Game | 1996 | TV Movie | Cum Posey |
| Fatal Pursuit | 1995 | Trinidad | |
| A Reason to Believe | 1995 | Prof. Thurman | |
| Chicago Hope | 1995 | TV Series | Charles Ellis |
| Sliders | 1995 | TV Series | Cezanne Brown |
| Born to Be Wild | 1995 | Interpreter | |
| Under One Roof | 1995 | TV Series | Ben |
| Touched by an Angel | 1994 | TV Series | Carter Evans |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | 1994 | TV Series | Gordy Berry |
| Thunder in Paradise | 1994 | TV Series | Carl |
| Tom | 1994 | TV Series | Tanner |
| Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | 1994 | TV Series | Jameson Parker |
| Getting By | 1994 | TV Series | |
| M.A.N.T.I.S. | 1994 | TV Movie | Cornell (as Obba Babatunde) |
| The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. | 1993 | TV Series | Mongoose |
| Philadelphia | 1993 | Jerome Green | |
| Necronomicon: Book of Dead | 1993 | Paul (part 3) | |
| Undercover Blues | 1993 | Sawyer | |
| Sisters | 1992 | TV Series | Ben |
| Tales from the Crypt | 1992 | TV Series | Deputy Jameson |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | 1992 | Lane | |
| The Human Factor | 1992 | TV Series | |
| Dead Again | 1991 | Syd (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | TV Anchor Man (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Miami Blues | 1990 | Blink Willie, Informant | |
| A Different World | 1990 | TV Series | Frank Benning |
| Heart and Soul | 1989 | TV Short | Al Taylor |
| Married to the Mob | 1988 | The Face of Justice (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | 1988 | TV Series | Terrence Quimby |
| Matlock | 1988 | TV Series | Backstage Man |
| God Bless the Child | 1988 | TV Movie | Raymond Watkins |
| Leonard Part 6 | 1987 | Bongo Drummer (as Babatunde) | |
| America's Musical Theater | 1986 | TV Series | Zodzetrick |
| MysteryDisc: Many Roads to Murder | 1983 | Video Game | Marcus Sandor |
| All My Children | 1970 | TV Series | Rusty Bennett (1987) |
| One Life to Live | 1968 | TV Series | Clay (2005) |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Forgotten Ones | executive producer announced | ||
| If I Tell You I Have to Kill You | 2015 | executive producer | |
| American Bad Boy | 2015 | executive producer | |
| Clarissa's Gift | 2014 | Short executive producer / producer | |
| The Fallen Faithful | 2010 | producer | |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 2004 | Video documentary producer | |
| Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hatte to Halle | 2003 | Video documentary producer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Health Care Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together for a Picture of Wellness | Documentary post-production | ||
| American Bad Boy | 2015 | ||
| Clarissa's Gift | 2014 | Short | |
| Dorothy Dandridge: Singing at Her Best | 2003 | Video | |
| Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hatte to Halle | 2003 | Video documentary |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarissa's Gift | 2014 | Short writer | |
| Dolls of Voodoo | 2013 | script | |
| Angels Around Me | 2013 | additional writer | |
| Go Beyond the Lens | 2011 | Short | |
| Oscar's Black Odyssey: From Hatte to Halle | 2003 | Video documentary |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups | 2012 | performer: "Time To Celebrate Christmas" | |
| How High | 2001 | performer: "Pork Chops O'Chunky" / writer: "Pork Chops O'Chunky" | |
| The 36th Annual Tony Awards | 1982 | TV Special performer: "It's All Over" |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 36th Annual Tony Awards | 1982 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee & Performer |
| Baryshnikov on Broadway | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Actor's Choice | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Serial Scoop Now | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself - Winner |
| Unsung Hollywood | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Actors Reporter Interviews | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Actors Entertainment | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| LA Live the Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself Guest |
| EOTM Awards 2013 | 2013 | TV Special | Himself |
| 1st Look | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Straight from the Horses Mouth | 2009 | Video | Himself |
| Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | 2007 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| Cast of Characters: The Making of 'Material Girls' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Before, During and 'After the Sunset' | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| SoapTalk | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Host |
| Behind the Scenes: The Great Commission | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 19th Annual CableACE Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actor | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) |
| 2000 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) |
Known for movies
How High (2001)
as Dean Carl Cain
The Temptations (1998)
as Berry Gordy
That Thing You Do! (1996)
as Lamarr
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
as Willie Johnson
