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Acting

Obba Babatundé

Career: Active from 1982 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Obba Babatundé Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.7, average 2.6
Warfare
0.5, average 1.2
Fantasy
1.1, average 1.7
Wonder
2.8, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 4
Historical Drama 3
Character-Driven 3
Moral Dilemma 3
Family-Friendly 2
American History 2
Biographical Drama 2
Social Justice 2
Psychological Suspense 2
Family Conflict 2
Psychological Horror 2
Social Satire 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

117

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Start Without Me

as Leo

2020s

11 titles · average score 62

Love the Skin You're In

as Arnold

Run

49

as President

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

61

as Captain Green

The Christmas Showdown

as Jesse

Mississippi Scholar

as Reginald

Noble Intentions

66

as Pastor Stevens

All The Men In My Life

as Simon Helms

The Millennial

as Mr. Burke

Little Fires Everywhere

71

TV show · as George Wright

Kiss Me for Christmas

as Mr. Porter

Trigger

as Chief Keaton

2010s

33 titles · average score 60

Jingle Belle

52

as Charles Williams

S.W.A.T.

56

TV show · as Daniel Harrelson, Sr.

'Til Death Do Us Part

40

as John Harris

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Danny Quinn

American Bad Boy

as Pastor Lovely

Chicago Med

64

TV show · as Dr. James Coleman

Death's Door

32

as Mesmer

If I Tell You I Have to Kill You

as Jonathan Black

Madam Secretary

68

TV show · as President Silvanus Fabre

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

71

as Vampire Actor #4 (voice)

The Trap Door

as Mesmer

Trapped: Haitian Nights

as Ikliff

2000s

29 titles · average score 56

The Eye

40

as Dr. Haskins

Private Practice

59

TV show · as Dr. Larry Cannon

Material Girls

29

as Craig

Psych

71

TV show · as David Gaffney

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Dan Gates

The Notebook

66

as Band Leader

Boston Legal

80

TV show · as Dr. Victor Rivers

NCIS

64

TV show · as Joe Banks

Redeemer

as Charles Henderson

How High

47

as Dean Carl Cain

The Visit

53

as Tony

Girlfriends

49

TV show · as Attendant

1990s

35 titles · average score 62

Life

64

as Willie Long

The Apartment Complex

37

as Chett

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

77

as Harold Nicholas

Dawson's Creek

67

TV show · as Howard Green

Miss Evers' Boys

68

as Willie Johnson

Soul of the Game

64

as Cum Posey

Sliders

66

TV show · as Cezanne Brown

Friends

79

TV show · as Director

Chicago Hope

73

TV show · as Charles Ellis

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Carter Evans

Undercover Blues

44

as Sawyer

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

71

TV show · as Gordy Berry

1980s

8 titles · average score 55

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Lieutenant Jamison

God Bless the Child

71

as Raymond Watkins

Married to the Mob

70

as The Face of Justice

A Different World

47

TV show · as Frank Benning

Leonard Part 6

15

as Bongo Drummer

Matlock

54

TV show · as Backstage Man

Treemonisha

as Zodzetrick

Baryshnikov on Broadway

as Dancer