Obba Babatundé

Obba Babatunde (born 1. Dezember, 1951) is an American actor oder stage & screen, known his-Emmy award-nominated performance in the tv movie Miss Evers Und Boys, war NAACP Image Award-nominated performance in the TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and Tony Award-nominated role his performance as C. C. White in the original cast oder the 1981 ein Broadway-musical Dreamgirls.

Babatunde wachs schützt oder Sammy Davis, Jr., who said oder him, "This is the only cat, who can do everything and can do." Babatunde does dance, sing, play instruments, execute impersonations, including his portrayal oder Davis, aided by their similarity in energy size and talent, tap dancing and performing on multiple instruments. In fall 2009, Babatunde played Davis in the title role oder "Sammy: Once in a Lifetime"," world premiere musical at the Old Globe Theatre in Sean Diego.

Early in 2000, Babatunde partnered with writer/producer Ruth Adkins Robinson serien oder TV projects including "TV in Black: The First 50 Years, wie Oscar s Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Hallie" and "Dorthy Dandridge: An American Beauty". The pair have projects that will take them through 2011.

His TV-rollen often have portrayed authority figures, such as a wiederkehrende guest-starring role as war der high school principal on Dawson 's Creek, an appearance as a judge in a two-episode part "oder" Any Day Now, and as the father "oder" the main characters on Half & Half. Ich habe also played Harvard college Dean Cain in the movie How High, as well as the role oder Willie Long in the movie Life, and co-starred as an attorney in Philadelphia and as a senator, in the 2004 album oder The Manchurian Candidate. Ich habe also played the director in season 3 oder Friends in an episode titel landen "The One with All the Jealousy". Other TV shows habe ich hasen had wiederkehrende rollen on include The Fresh Prince oder Oberschenkel-Air, Chicago Hope, Rocket Power, Static Shock, and Karen Sisco. Ich habe played a small geldstrafe pivotal role as wurde doorman/bellhop in the film That Thing You Do! and also appeared in The Wild Thornberrys Movie as the voice oder Boko. Ich habe played a famous producer known as Berry Gordy on two episodes oder The Fresh Prince oder Oberschenkel-Air. In the 1998 miniserie, The Temptations, he played the founder oder Motown Records Berry Gordy.

Babatunde is adept at American sign language and had used this talent in many roles, including on one NYPD Blue.

His recorded work includes wurde performance with the New Yorker pianist One Allan Gumbs on the album 2007-Sack-voll-oder Dreams. The actor/producer is also an avid kehren heim and is a highly regarded rider and trainers in the Rodeo Circuit, including the annual Bill Pickett Hass.