Obba Babatundé

Obba Babatundé

Born: December 1, 1951
in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Obba Babatundé (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor of stage and screen, known for his Emmy-nominated performance in the television movie Miss Evers' Boys, a NAACP Image Award-nominated performance in the TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and a Tony Award-nominated role for his performance as C.C. White in the original cast of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls.

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

Early in 2000, Babatundé partnered with writer/producer Ruth Adkins Robinson for a series of TV projects including "TV in Black: The First 50 Years," "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 roles have often portrayed authority figures, such as a recurring guest-starring role as a high school principal on Dawson's Creek, an appearance as a judge in a two-part episode of Any Day Now, and as the father of the main characters on Half & Half. He also played Harvard college Dean Cain in the movie How High, as well as the role of Willie Long in the movie Life, and co-starred as an attorney in Philadelphia and as a senator in the 2004 reprise of The Manchurian Candidate. He also played the director in season 3 of Friends in an episode titled "The One with All the Jealousy". Other TV shows he has had recurring roles on include The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Chicago Hope, Rocket Power, Static Shock, and Karen Sisco. He played a small but pivotal role as a doorman/bellhop in the film That Thing You Do! and also appeared in The Wild Thornberrys Movie as the voice of Boko. He played a famous producer known as Gordy Berry on two episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In the 1998 miniseries, The Temptations, he played the founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy.

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

His recorded work includes a performance with the New York pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs on the 2007 album Sack Full of Dreams. The actor/producer is also an avid horseman and is a highly regarded rider and trainer in the Rodeo Circuit, including the annual Bill Pickett Rodeol.

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Movies for Obba Babatundé...

Noble Intentions
Title: Noble Intentions
Character: Pastor Stevens
Released: January 3, 2023
Type: Movie
A teenage boy reluctantly turns to the streets to earn $6,000 a month for his mother's cancer medicine and quickly discovers that street money does not come easy. When an old family friend makes him a syndicate boss, jealousy and greed immediately turn his friends against him. With pressure mounting from all sides, he must choose between saving his mother’s life and saving his own.
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The Millennial
Title: The Millennial
Character: Mr. Burke
Released: January 27, 2022
Type: Movie
A young privileged African American millennial recently receives his master' degree from a prestigious university and sets out to pursue a career in his chosen field only to find out it's not the plain sailing he imagined.
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Trigger
Title: Trigger
Character: Chief Keaton
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Collin escaped the hood and found his wife and fortune. His brother Trey is paroled from a murder charge and comes to stay with him. After a disastrous accident, Trey holds Collin and friends hostage vowing he is never going back to prison
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Title: Little Fires Everywhere
Character: George Wright
Released: March 18, 2020
Type: TV
The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
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Revival!
Title: Revival!
Character: Nicodemus
Released: April 19, 2019
Type: Movie
A unique visual and musical experience based on the Gospel of John. Originally a Passion play, it freely blends elements of stage and cinema, creating a fresh take on this well known story.
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Jingle Belle
Title: Jingle Belle
Character: Charles Williams
Released: November 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant with a sweet Christmas duet. But after graduation, Isabelle left to study at Juillard in New York – leaving Mike behind. Years later, when Isabelle returns to her hometown to write music for the annual Christmas Eve Pageant, she is shocked to learn that Mike is the one directing the show. Can Isabelle and Mike put the past behind them and reunite on stage for another show-stopping duet?
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Kinky
Title: Kinky
Character: Mr. Bernard
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
A talented African-American surgeon enters into a torrid relationship with a wealthy entrepreneur.
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Title: Forever
Character: Gregory
Released: September 14, 2018
Type: TV
June and Oscar live a comfortable but very predictable wedded life when suddenly they find themselves in a completely unexpected situation, raising questions about love and marriage.
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City of Lies
Title: City of Lies
Character: Chief of Police
Released: September 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.
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Title: For The People
Character: Philip Kaws
Released: March 13, 2018
Type: TV
Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
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Title: S.W.A.T.
Character: Daniel Harrelson, Sr.
Released: November 2, 2017
Type: TV
A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.
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'Til Death Do Us Part
Title: 'Til Death Do Us Part
Character: John Harris
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Michael and Madison Roland planned to spend the rest of their lives together, but Michael's controlling ways turn their perfect marriage into an abusive roller-coaster ride that no woman could survive. With the help of her best friend, Madison fakes her death to escape and start a new life — but soon realizes it's impossible to outwit her obsessive husband.
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Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Title: Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Character: Big Ears (voice)
Released: August 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Pup Star is back for an all-new adventure! After winning the canine competition show Pup Star and becoming an international pup sensation, Tiny, the adorable Yorkie, has her world turned upside down when an evil rival switches her out in competition with a street pup named Scrappy. The two pups find themselves living the others' very different life and an incredible journey through iconic cities ensues in this fun and hilarious dog-out-of-water adventure! As they prepare for the Pup Star competition to reach its finale, each experiences life through a very different collar and discover the importance of family and being true to yourself. At the finale, both Yorkies claim to be Tiny leaving everyone, including the judges, wondering – who is the real Pup Star? A huge, fun musical adventure, ‘Pup Star: Better 2gether’ is filled with incredible singing pups, fantastic new paw-tapping songs, and an action packed heart-warming story that will have audiences of all ages howling for more!
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Title: Dear White People
Character: Dean Fairbanks
Released: April 28, 2017
Type: TV
At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Danny Quinn
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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Title: Goliath
Character: Ivan Tillinger
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: TV
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
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The Watcher
Title: The Watcher
Character: Stark
Released: October 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Unaware of its terrible history, a young couple purchases their dream home. But it soon becomes clear that they may not be alone in the house... and that someone -- or something -- is determined to drive them out.
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Pup Star
Title: Pup Star
Character: Big Ears (voice)
Released: August 30, 2016
Type: Movie
A Yorkshire Terrier, competing in a televised singing competition, is separated from her owner by an opportunist dog pound worker.
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Title: Chicago Med
Character: Dr. James Coleman
Released: November 17, 2015
Type: TV
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
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If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Title: If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Character: Jonathan Black
Released: October 20, 2015
Type: Movie
When a professor of religious studies is forced to investigate why his students are being murdered, he discovers what ended his own life and is then reborn.
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Death's Door
Title: Death's Door
Character: Mesmer
Released: September 29, 2015
Type: Movie
It all begins with an anonymous text message with a party invitation. A dozen young men and women gather, eat, drink, party, and have the time of their lives inside the doors of a dilapidated mansion -- that is, until it's time to go. The front door doesn't open; the back door doesn't open.
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Title: Ballers
Character: J.D. Pritchard
Released: June 21, 2015
Type: TV
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
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American Bad Boy
Title: American Bad Boy
Character: Pastor Lovely
Released: June 2, 2015
Type: Movie
Samuel's dream of buying a recording studio, making a hit record, and becoming a famous hip-hop artist has hit a snag. The money he borrowed to make it all happen is long over due. With the money all gone and the record far from finished, he becomes desperate for a solution. So when "The Bruce" - unscrupulous business man and owner of a string of male strip clubs - gives him only six months to pay back sixty-thousand dollars or say good-bye to his dream, Samuel knows what he's got to do. To make it all work, he going to take it all off. With his looks and his talents, raising enough money to pay off the loan and complete the record ought to be a cinch, but there's still a hitch. For his plan to work he'll have to keep it a secret for a number of reasons.
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Lap Dance
Title: Lap Dance
Character: Roscoe
Released: December 5, 2014
Type: Movie
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever.
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Title: Kingdom
Character: Detective Gaines
Released: October 8, 2014
Type: TV
A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are taken care of, but all of this responsibility comes at a steep price. He has complicated relationships with both of his sons, Jay and Nate, who are both struggling with their own identities and places within Alvey’s life and gym.
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Dolls of Voodoo
Title: Dolls of Voodoo
Character: Iklif
Released: August 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Two worlds collide when a successful Haitian American attorney marries the love of his life only to have his past haunt him when the father of a former fling, a powerful Voodoo Priest, exacts revenge for his scorned daughter.
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Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
Title: Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
Character: Mayor Denny
Released: November 20, 2012
Type: Movie
An all-new Disney holiday classic is born - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. Starring a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever - Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble - it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the playful Santa Pups stow away on her sled. Taking mischief to a whole new level, they begin granting joyful wishes to Pineville's boys and girls, but something goes terribly wrong - the Christmas spirit begins to disappear. Now the Santa Pups and Mrs. Claus must race to save Christmas around the world. From the creators of Disney Buddies, this magical, heartwarming tale is brimming with hope, cheer, and Christmas spirit.
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The Last Fall
Title: The Last Fall
Released: March 9, 2012
Type: Movie
An NFL journeyman struggles to deal with life's complexities after his professional career is over.
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Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Title: Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Character: Vampire Actor #4 (voice)
Released: March 7, 2012
Type: Movie
Scooby and the gang have their first musical mystery in “Scooby Doo: Music of the Vampire.” It begins when they take a sing-a-long road trip into bayou country to attend the “Vampire-Palooza Festival” – an outdoor fair dedicated to all things Draculian. At first it looks as if they’re in for some fun and lots of Southern snacks, but events soon turn scary when a real live vampire comes to life, bursts from his coffin and threatens all the townsfolk. On top of that, this baritone blood sucker seems intent on taking Daphne as his vampire bride! Could the vampire be a descendant of a famous vampire hunter who is trying to sell his book? Or perhaps he’s the local politician, who has been trying to make his name in the press by attacking the vampires as downright unwholesome. The answers are to be found in a final song-filled showdown in the swamp in which our heroes unmask one of their most macabre monsters yet.
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Joy Road
Title: Joy Road
Character: Dr. Howard Perkins
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Tony Smalls is a burned out lawyer looking for a new direction in life. He's forced to put his plans on hold when his sister Nia asks him to defend her fiance', a gang kingpin who is under arrest for a triple murder that he says he didn't commit. Tony feels the pressure of the case when the feds and a shadowy corporation get involved, along with a private investigator who seems to be working all sides. When Nia starts an investigation of her own into the murder, it not only brings her closer to the truth - it puts both herself and Tony in harm's way.
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The Trap Door
Title: The Trap Door
Character: Mesmer
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: Movie
An anonymous message is sent to the cell phones of a dozen young men and women. The message is an invitation to attend one killer of a party. No one can refuse to attend but one they will come to regret.
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All Star Superman
Title: All Star Superman
Character: Judge / Bibliobot (voice)
Released: February 22, 2011
Type: Movie
Lex Luthor enacts his plan to rid the world of Superman, once and for all. Succeeding with solar radiation poisoning, the Man of Steel is slowly dying. With what little times remains, the Last Son of Krypton must confront the revealing of his secret identity to Lois Lane and face Luthor in a final battle.
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Trapped: Haitian Nights
Title: Trapped: Haitian Nights
Character: Ikliff
Released: February 8, 2011
Type: Movie
When Nadine Lazard (Kenya Moore), wife of Richard Lazard (Rudulph Moise), comes up missing, the focus immediately turns on her husband, a prominent Haitian doctor. The plot thickens when Violet Martin (vivica A. Fox), a beautiful detective assigned to the case, is led to believe that Nadine was the victim of a powerful Haitian Voodoo priest (Obba Babatunde). But nothing is as it seems in this complex psychological thriller that delves into the dark world of Voodoo, deception, and the fragility of the mind. Clifton Powell, Miguel Nunez Jr., and Jean Claude LaMarre costar.
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Black Dynamite
Title: Black Dynamite
Character: Osiris
Released: October 16, 2009
Type: Movie
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
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I Do... I Did!
Title: I Do... I Did!
Character: Mr. Johnson
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Marcus finds himself in love and married to not one woman, but two.
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Title: Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2008
Type: Movie
The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
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The Eye
Title: The Eye
Character: Dr. Haskins
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.
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April Fools
Title: April Fools
Character: Detective Combs
Released: September 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A year ago, DeAnna a young hottie, seduces Melvin the class nerd, only to set him up for a cruel April Fools' joke that inadvertently ended in murder. Now, DeAnna, her boyfriend and her friends are being stalked by a hooded figure. Is Melvin still alive, or is someone avenging his death? It's up to one of the teens' police detective father and his partner to stop the killer before he strikes again.
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Cover
Title: Cover
Character: Attorney Miller
Released: May 8, 2007
Type: Movie
When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of many years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keep her going as the revelation of her husband's betrayal threatens to destroy all that they have known.
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Title: King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Character: Narrator
Released: January 16, 2007
Type: Movie
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. The film includes interviews with contemporaries such as Jesse Jackson, and military experts like Colin Powell.
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Material Girls
Title: Material Girls
Character: Craig
Released: August 18, 2006
Type: Movie
Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.
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Title: Psych
Character: David Gaffney
Released: July 7, 2006
Type: TV
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
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The Celestine Prophecy
Title: The Celestine Prophecy
Character: Miguel
Released: June 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a worldwide awakening, arising within all religious traditions, that moves humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Dan Gates
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
Title: Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
Character: Chief Ankamuti (voice)
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Kangaroo Jack is back but this time he's animated! Three Teenagers go to the Outback, and find themselves back in Vegas - trying to get Jack home!
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After the Sunset
Title: After the Sunset
Character: Zacharias
Released: November 12, 2004
Type: Movie
An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.
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The Manchurian Candidate
Title: The Manchurian Candidate
Character: Senator Wells
Released: July 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
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The Notebook
Title: The Notebook
Character: Band Leader
Released: June 25, 2004
Type: Movie
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Title: TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Title: Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Character: Host
Released: June 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and personal tragedy to become one of the most acclaimed performers of Hollywood's golden age. The film combines rare historical footage of Dandridge, on and off the stage, and interviews with stars such as Laurence Fishburne, Jasmine Guy and Halle Berry discussing her powerful legacy.
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Title: Everwood
Character: Jason
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but resentful 15-year-old son Ephram and his 9-year-old daughter Delia.
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John Q
Title: John Q
Character: Sgt. Moody
Released: February 15, 2002
Type: Movie
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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Redeemer
Title: Redeemer
Character: Charles Henderson
Released: January 31, 2002
Type: Movie
When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named Charles Henderson (Obba Babatunde), is sentenced to life in prison. Bestselling author Paul Freeman (Modine) offers a creative-writing class in Henderson's prison, initially looking for a story for his next book; but when Henderson becomes his student, Freeman starts to investigate Henderson's case and becomes convinced that, after 20 years, Henderson deserves to be released--but the next step is convincing the sister of the man whose death Henderson is responsible for.
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How High
Title: How High
Character: Dean Carl Cain
Released: December 21, 2001
Type: Movie
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
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One Special Moment
Title: One Special Moment
Released: June 1, 2001
Type: Movie
An action adventure film star becomes smitten with an idealistic high school teacher when he agrees to participate in a business deal involving the teacher's ambitious clothing designer brother.
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The Visit
Title: The Visit
Character: Tony
Released: April 20, 2001
Type: Movie
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
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Title: Static Shock
Character: Singer (voice)
Released: September 23, 2000
Type: TV
The adventures of a teenage superhero who fights crime in Dakota City.
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Title: Static Shock
Character: Watch Store Salesman (voice)
Released: September 23, 2000
Type: TV
The adventures of a teenage superhero who fights crime in Dakota City.
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Title: Max Steel
Character: (voice)
Released: February 25, 2000
Type: TV
A teenage boy with accidental body enhancements fights the enemies of peace as a super-powered secret agent.
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The Apartment Complex
Title: The Apartment Complex
Character: Chett
Released: October 31, 1999
Type: Movie
A psychology graduate student becomes embroiled in a murder mystery after he takes a job as manager of Wonder View Apartments.
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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Title: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Character: Harold Nicholas
Released: August 21, 1999
Type: Movie
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
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Life
Title: Life
Character: Willie Long
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
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Title: The Temptations
Character: Berry Gordy
Released: November 1, 1998
Type: TV
Biography of the singers who formed the hit Motown musical act, The Temptations.
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The Temptations
Title: The Temptations
Character: Berry Gordy
Released: March 3, 1998
Type: Movie
A biographical look at The Temptations, the Motown soul vocal quintet who first came to fame in the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving original member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1990s and the deaths of the other original members.
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Title: Dawson's Creek
Character: Principal Howard Green
Released: January 20, 1998
Type: TV
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
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Miss Evers' Boys
Title: Miss Evers' Boys
Character: Willie Johnson
Released: February 22, 1997
Type: Movie
The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
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The Cherokee Kid
Title: The Cherokee Kid
Character: Isom Dart
Released: December 14, 1996
Type: Movie
Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyrus Bloomington, the young Isaiah grew up with one air in mind: to find the man who killed his folks and take him down.
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That Thing You Do!
Title: That Thing You Do!
Character: Lamarr
Released: October 4, 1996
Type: Movie
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
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The Tomorrow Man
Title: The Tomorrow Man
Character: Brian Parish
Released: September 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The android Kent is programmed to travel back in time and save humanity from its future. His way leads to earth, which is going to be destroyed by a great rocket-disaster. As he wants to prohibit this, a mad scientist is in his way. But there are more problems: He has to act as a human. Computer-expert Jonathan Driscoll becomes his mentor and tries to help and repair him.
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Carpool
Title: Carpool
Character: Jeffery
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and the kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then proceeds into a comedic chase movie. The father finds his kids don't really respect him and they react better to the robber. The end result is everyone gets a lifestyle change, including the original store owner.
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Multiplicity
Title: Multiplicity
Character: Paul
Released: July 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.
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Soul of the Game
Title: Soul of the Game
Character: Cum Posey
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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Born to Be Wild
Title: Born to Be Wild
Character: Interpreter
Released: March 31, 1995
Type: Movie
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Dr. Joseph Lennox
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Title: Sliders
Character: Cezanne Brown
Released: March 22, 1995
Type: TV
In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?
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Fatal Pursuit
Title: Fatal Pursuit
Character: Trinidad
Released: February 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A rugged P.I. and a gorgeous insurance investigator search for diamonds stolen in a brutal robbery
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Title: Friends
Character: Director
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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M.A.N.T.I.S.
Title: M.A.N.T.I.S.
Character: Cornell
Released: January 24, 1994
Type: Movie
A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city.
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Philadelphia
Title: Philadelphia
Character: Jerome Green
Released: December 22, 1993
Type: Movie
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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Necronomicon
Title: Necronomicon
Character: Paul
Released: November 1, 1993
Type: Movie
H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".
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Undercover Blues
Title: Undercover Blues
Character: Sawyer
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: Movie
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.
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Title: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Character: Mongoose
Released: August 27, 1993
Type: TV
A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed his father...and in search of a mysterious orb possessing out-of-this world powers. Hot lead and cool anachronisms await Brisco as he and his sidekicks - including Comet, the intellectual equine who doesn't know he's a horse - fight for justice in the way, way, way-out West.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Character: Lane
Released: May 14, 1992
Type: Movie
An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.
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Title: The Human Factor
Released: April 16, 1992
Type: TV
The Human Factor is a short-lived medical drama that aired in 1992. It stars Eriq La Salle and John Mahoney.
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The Silence of the Lambs
Title: The Silence of the Lambs
Character: TV Anchor Man
Released: February 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
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Title: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Character: Gordy Berry
Released: September 10, 1990
Type: TV
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
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Miami Blues
Title: Miami Blues
Character: Blink Willie, Informant
Released: April 20, 1990
Type: Movie
After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Lieutenant Jamison
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Married to the Mob
Title: Married to the Mob
Character: The Face of Justice
Released: August 19, 1988
Type: Movie
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
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God Bless the Child
Title: God Bless the Child
Character: Raymond Watkins
Released: March 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Single mother, Theresa Johnson, becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young daughter, Hillary, through charities and public shelters.
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Leonard Part 6
Title: Leonard Part 6
Character: Bongo Drummer
Released: December 18, 1987
Type: Movie
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
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Title: A Different World
Character: Frank Benning
Released: September 24, 1987
Type: TV
A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities. While it was a spin-off from The Cosby Show, A Different World would typically address issues that were avoided by The Cosby Show writers. One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first American network television episodes to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Treemonisha
Title: Treemonisha
Character: Zodzetrick
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A 1982 production of Scott Joplin's American Opera TREEMONISHA preformed at the Houston Grand Opera. The plot centers on 18-year-old Treemonisha, daughter of two ex-slaves who is taught to read, and then leads her community against the influence of conjurers who prey on ignorance and superstition.
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Baryshnikov on Broadway
Title: Baryshnikov on Broadway
Character: Dancer
Released: April 24, 1980
Type: Movie
Mikhail Baryshnikov and his guests perform numbers from over a dozen renowned Broadway musicals including Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Can-Can, The King and I, Cabaret, Where's Charley, Hello Dolly, Ain't Misbehavin', Guys and Dolls, The Boyfriend, Kiss Me Kate and A Chorus Line.
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An Evening with Liza Minnelli
Title: An Evening with Liza Minnelli
Character: Himself
Released: March 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Liza Minnelli in concert at the New Orleans Theatre of the Performing Arts. This show was a combination of the two performances Minnelli did on November 24, 1979. Highlights include Minnelli singing "How Long Has This Been Going On?," "It's a Miracle," "True Love," "The Man I Love," "Some People," an old English folk ballad, and "Come in From the Rain". Liza also sings two songs from her recent Tony winning Broadway show "The Act" - a song and dance number called "Arthur in the Afternoon," with Roger Minami and the show-stopping "City Lights" with Minami and dancer Obba Babatunde. Another highlight is a medley of New York songs sung by Minnelli which culminates in one of signature songs "Theme from New York, New York". The evening concludes with Minnelli singing performing a scene from "Cabaret"; and singing "Cabaret," "Harvest Moon," and "The World Goes Round."
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The Temptations Le film de leur ascension vers la gloire
Title: The Temptations Le film de leur ascension vers la gloire
Character: Berry Gordy
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Start Without Me
Title: Start Without Me
Character: Leo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Adam, a newly sober former musician, and Marissa, a flight attendant whose marriage is in crisis, wind up on an epic Thanksgiving Day road trip, as they confront their families, their histories, and their choices about the road ahead. Turns-out, Thanksgiving is the time to say I love you.
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Children of the Dead (Concept Trailer)
Title: Children of the Dead (Concept Trailer)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
When zero hour strikes, three kids are caught up in the mayhem of a violent outbreak as they escape from school and try to reunite with their parents.