Obba Babatundé
Biography
Obba Babatundé is an American actor who was born in Queens, New York City and got his start in New York theater, performing Off-Off-Broadway before a part in a 1976 touring production of Guys and Dolls led to a Broadway debut in Timbuktu! in 1978. He created the role of C.C. White in Dreamgirls, earning a 1982 Tony Award nomination, and later moved into film and television. His screen credits include Life (1999), That Thing You Do! (1996), How High (2001), The Celestine Prophecy (2006) and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012), while on television he played Berry Gordy in the 1998 miniseries The Temptations. He was nominated for an Emmy for Miss Evers' Boys (1997) and won a Daytime Emmy in 2016 for The Bold and the Beautiful. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer and director.
74years old
Turns 75 on December 1in 20 days
- Born Jamaica
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Obba Babatunde
Movie Career
- Films
- 28
- Career span
- 32 years1990 to 2022
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Big break
Babatundé originated the role of C.C. White in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, a performance that earned him a 1982 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
Beyond film
Babatundé took the role of Zodzetrick in 1982 for the Houston Grand Opera's staging of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha. The company had mounted the opera once before, in 1976.
Behind the camera
Babatundé directed the Lionsgate Home Entertainment feature American Bad Boy and co-stars in it with Katt Williams. He was also the producer and director of the short film Clarissa's Gift.
Obba Babatundé movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Martha Coolidge directed two of these films, Robert Vince two. Fifteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Martha Coolidge
Robert VinceDirector, 2 films, 2012 to 2016
All films by Robert Vince
Also two films together9 more actors
- Tom Everett ScottPup Star (2016) and That Thing You Do! (1996)
- Vanessa Bell CallowayThe Temptations (1998) and The Cherokee Kid (1996)
- Brent SpinerMaterial Girls (2006) and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
- Troy GarityAfter the Sunset (2004) and The Cherokee Kid (1996)
- Tamlyn TomitaWhy Am I Doing This? (2009) and The Eye (2008)
- Brent JenningsLife (1999) and Soul of the Game (1996)
- Guy TorryIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) and Life (1999)
- Kaitlyn MaherPup Star (2016) and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
- Gina RaveraThe Temptations (1998) and Soul of the Game (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Obba Babatundé's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$352 million
12 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 12 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 9 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 9Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$74M20.9% of the total
- 2$61M17.4% of the total
- 3$58M16.5% of the total
- 4$38M10.8% of the total
- 5$35M9.8% of the total
- 6$31M8.9% of the total
- 7$21M6.0% of the total
- 8$12M3.5% of the total
$22.3 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.