Paul Bates

Paul Bates

Born: December 24, 1958
in New York, United States
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.

Movies for Paul Bates...

Title: Circuit Breakers
Released: November 10, 2022
Type: TV
Curiosity leads to chaos when students in the near future experience mysterious events.
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The Survivor
Title: The Survivor
Character: Louis Barclay
Released: April 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
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Life Ain't Like the Movies
Title: Life Ain't Like the Movies
Character: Pops
Released: December 12, 2021
Type: Movie
A 16-year-old quirky black teen deals with love, death, bullies, and social awkwardness, as he goes through high school.
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Title: Country Comfort
Character: Preacher
Released: March 19, 2021
Type: TV
When an up-and-coming young country singer accepts a job as a nanny with a musical family, she finds the bond she's always missed.
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Coming 2 America
Title: Coming 2 America
Character: Oha
Released: March 4, 2021
Type: Movie
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his royal father's dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America once again.
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Title: The Conners
Character: Officer Whitcomb
Released: October 16, 2018
Type: TV
This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America.
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Title: Young Sheldon
Character: Luis
Released: September 25, 2017
Type: TV
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
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Title: Girlboss
Character: Keith / Constable
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: TV
Sophia is a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles upon her passion of selling vintage clothes online and becomes an unlikely businesswoman. As she builds her retail fashion empire, she realizes the value and the difficulty of being the boss of her own life.
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Title: Speechless
Character: Older Cop
Released: September 21, 2016
Type: TV
Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and searches for just the right person to give JJ his “voice.”
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Title: Lethal Weapon
Character: Art
Released: September 21, 2016
Type: TV
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.
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Bad Teacher
Title: Bad Teacher
Character: School Superintendent
Released: May 16, 2011
Type: Movie
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
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Hesher
Title: Hesher
Character: Mr. Elsberry
Released: January 22, 2010
Type: Movie
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
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Title: FlashForward
Character: Phil
Released: September 24, 2009
Type: TV
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.
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Title: Modern Family
Character: Thomas
Released: September 23, 2009
Type: TV
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Title: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Character: Nightclub Manager
Released: December 21, 2007
Type: Movie
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.
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Title: Numb3rs
Released: January 23, 2005
Type: TV
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.
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8 Mile
Title: 8 Mile
Character: Manny
Released: November 8, 2002
Type: Movie
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
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Instinct
Title: Instinct
Character: Bluto
Released: June 4, 1999
Type: Movie
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
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Title: Becker
Character: Mr. Garland
Released: November 2, 1998
Type: TV
Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx, N.Y., where he always goes the extra mile to help those in need. But Dr. John Becker looks at the world around him and sees a society gone mad, full of incongruities and just plain wrong thinking. And he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to mind – anything.
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March in Windy City
Title: March in Windy City
Character: Det Joe Riggs
Released: May 3, 1998
Type: Movie
Retired MI6 agent Steven March is called back into action by his former employers. His task is to assassinate Chicago politician Dan Paterson, an ambitious and ruthless Russian who March has encountered before. March's task is made more difficult when Paterson's daughter is kidnapped, apparently by Chinese gangsters.
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character: Crazie
Released: March 10, 1997
Type: TV
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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The Preacher's Wife
Title: The Preacher's Wife
Character: Saul Jeffreys
Released: December 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.
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Soul of the Game
Title: Soul of the Game
Character: Orderly #1
Released: April 20, 1996
Type: Movie
In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to sign a black player and only one player will be the first to take the field. The Brooklyn Dodgers want to make the deal that will make history. But the man they choose will have to be more than a great player - he has to have the charisma of a star. It soon comes down to three powerful and extraordinary players: legendary pitcher Satchel Paige; the greatest hitter in baseball Josh Gibson; and a rookie by the name of Jackie Robinson. Three player - three friends - three champions. Together they are unbeatable - but only one will cross the home plate into history.
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Paper Dragons
Title: Paper Dragons
Character: Sammy
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
A small-time hood, left for dead after double-crossing drug dealers, is taken in by a monastery and taught the art of kung fu.
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Showgirls
Title: Showgirls
Character: Bouncer at Cheetah
Released: September 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.
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Title: The Single Guy
Released: September 21, 1995
Type: TV
The Single Guy is an American television sitcom
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Title: Charlie Grace
Character: Little Milton
Released: September 14, 1995
Type: TV
Charlie Grace is a Los Angeles private eye with a daughter named Jenny, works along with other cops, including his partner, Crawford, to solve different multiple mystery cases.
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Title: The Wayans Bros.
Character: The Customer
Released: January 11, 1995
Type: TV
The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Both brothers were already well-known from the sketch comedy show In Living Color that aired from 1990 to 1994 on Fox. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford.
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Title: The Wayans Bros.
Character: Burl
Released: January 11, 1995
Type: TV
The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Both brothers were already well-known from the sketch comedy show In Living Color that aired from 1990 to 1994 on Fox. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford.
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Mr. Wonderful
Title: Mr. Wonderful
Character: Marlon
Released: October 15, 1993
Type: Movie
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wife a new husband so he can stop paying alimony.
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True Romance
Title: True Romance
Character: Marty
Released: September 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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The Pickle
Title: The Pickle
Character: Kareem
Released: April 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt; now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets.
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Jennifer Eight
Title: Jennifer Eight
Character: Venables
Released: November 6, 1992
Type: Movie
John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.
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Title: Martin
Released: August 27, 1992
Type: TV
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Title: The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Character: Officer Finney
Released: August 21, 1992
Type: Movie
A Southern librarian puts excitement in her life with a found murder weapon and a false confession.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
Title: The Bonfire of the Vanities
Character: Buck
Released: December 21, 1990
Type: Movie
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Ron Bergin
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Wings
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
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Crazy People
Title: Crazy People
Character: Robles
Released: April 13, 1990
Type: Movie
A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
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Coming to America
Title: Coming to America
Character: Oha
Released: June 29, 1988
Type: Movie
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
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Hot Pursuit
Title: Hot Pursuit
Character: Cleon
Released: May 8, 1987
Type: Movie
Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.
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Title: Kay O'Brien
Released: September 26, 1986
Type: TV
Kay O'Brien is an American television series set at fictional Manhattan General Hospital, which aired for one season on CBS during the 1986-87 television season.
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Hannah and Her Sisters
Title: Hannah and Her Sisters
Character: Theater Manager
Released: February 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Flute
Released: December 19, 1985
Type: Movie
Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest to be married, pursued by a pair of not-lovers. There, in the forest, live the fairies whose lives are in turmoil, due to the heated lovers' quarrels between their rulers, Oberon and Titania. Between the fairies, an ass's head, the lovers, a troupe of unsuspecting would-be actors, and a magic flower that can make people fall in love at first sight, it's a merry night of chaos and comedy until everything is put to rights.
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Exterminator 2
Title: Exterminator 2
Character: Guy #2
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: Movie
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
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Somewhere, Tomorrow
Title: Somewhere, Tomorrow
Character: Paul Bart
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Lori Anderson is trying to deal with the recent tragedy of her father's death. As Lori's mother moves on, Lori finds herself stuck, consumed by grief and anger. With the lingering feeling that something about her father's passing was not right, Lori turns to his journals for answers. The events that follow catapult Lori into a strange romance with a ghost, resulting in a mysterious journey.
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Breathing Hard
Title: Breathing Hard
Character: Ozzie
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A struggling Hollywood writer takes a job as a driver for a cursing, cantankerous old British actress. She believes she has one great role left in her...and decides that it should be in his new play.