Born December 24, 1958
New York, United States
52 credits
Acting
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.
Law & Order
1990 · ★ 7.3
Modern Family
2009 · ★ 7.9
Young Sheldon
2017 · ★ 8.0
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · ★ 8.1
The Middle
2009 · ★ 7.6
Lethal Weapon
2016 · ★ 7.3
Numb3rs
2005 · ★ 7.0
Wings
1990 · ★ 6.8
Martin
1992 · ★ 7.5
Becker
1998 · ★ 7.2
Ellen
1994 · ★ 6.2
The Conners
2018 · ★ 7.1
Speechless
2016 · ★ 6.9
FlashForward
2009 · ★ 7.0
The Wayans Bros.
1995 · ★ 7.2
Max & Ruby
2002 · ★ 6.5
Coming to America
1988 · ★ 6.9
8 Mile
2002 · ★ 7.1
Showgirls
1995 · ★ 5.6
True Romance
1993 · ★ 7.5
The Single Guy
1995 · ★ 5.8
Bad Teacher
2011 · ★ 5.6
The Grinder
2015 · ★ 6.7
Coming 2 America
2021 · ★ 6.3
Girlboss
2017 · ★ 6.6
Charlie Grace
1995 · ★ 8.0
Country Comfort
2021 · ★ 7.3
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · ★ 7.5
Hesher
2010 · ★ 6.8
Jennifer Eight
1992 · ★ 6.1
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · ★ 5.6
Circuit Breakers
2022 · ★ 5.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 · ★ 6.6
Instinct
1999 · ★ 6.5
The Survivor
2022 · ★ 6.8
The Preacher's Wife
1996 · ★ 5.8
The Super
1991 · ★ 6.0
Kay O'Brien
1986 · ★ 7.5
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992 · ★ 5.1
Crazy People
1990 · ★ 5.9
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence
2026 · ★ 4.0
Mr. Wonderful
1993 · ★ 5.6
Hot Pursuit
1987 · ★ 5.7
Soul of the Game
1996 · ★ 5.0
Exterminator 2
1984 · ★ 4.1
The Pickle
1993 · ★ 5.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1985 · ★ 6.5
Paper Dragons
1996 · ★ 2.7
Somewhere, Tomorrow
1983 · ★ 5.1
March in Windy City
1998 · ★ 9.0
Breathing Hard
2001 · ★ 8.0
Life Ain't Like the Movies
2021 · ★ 0.0