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Paul Bates(I)

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Paul Bates in Coming to America (1988)
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Paul Bates was born on 24 December 1958 in the USA. He is an actor, known for Coming to America (1988), True Romance (1993) and 8 Mile (2002).
BornDecember 24, 1958
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BornDecember 24, 1958
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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James R. Bagdonas, Paul Bates, and Ed O'Neill in Modern Family (2009)
Paul Bates and Ed O'Neill in Modern Family (2009)
Paul Bates and Ed O'Neill in Modern Family (2009)
James Earl Jones, Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Paul Bates, Shari Headley, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Clint Smith, Akiley Love, Bella Murphy, Jermaine Fowler, Teyana Taylor, Rotimi, Nomzamo Mbatha, and KiKi Layne in Coming 2 America (2021)
James Earl Jones, Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Paul Bates, Shari Headley, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Clint Smith, Akiley Love, Bella Murphy, Jermaine Fowler, Teyana Taylor, Rotimi, Nomzamo Mbatha, and KiKi Layne in Coming 2 America (2021)
James Earl Jones, Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Paul Bates, Shari Headley, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Clint Smith, Akiley Love, Bella Murphy, Jermaine Fowler, Teyana Taylor, Rotimi, Nomzamo Mbatha, and KiKi Layne in Coming 2 America (2021)

Known for

Eddie Murphy in Coming to America (1988)
Coming to America
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  • 1988
Brad Pitt, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, and Christopher Walken in True Romance (1993)
True Romance
7.9
  • Marty
  • 1993
8 Mile (2002)
8 Mile
7.2
  • Manny
  • 2002
James Earl Jones, Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Paul Bates, Shari Headley, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Clint Smith, Akiley Love, Bella Murphy, Jermaine Fowler, Teyana Taylor, Rotimi, Nomzamo Mbatha, and KiKi Layne in Coming 2 America (2021)
Coming 2 America
5.3
  • Oha
  • 2021

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Actor

  • Horizon Forbidden West (2022)
    Horizon Forbidden West
    • Hakund (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2022
  • Life Ain't Like the Movies (2021)
    Life Ain't Like the Movies
    • Pops
    • 2021
  • Barry Levinson and Ben Foster in The Survivor (2021)
    The Survivor
    • Louis Barclay
    • 2021
  • Country Comfort (2021)
    Country Comfort
    • Preacher
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • James Earl Jones, Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Paul Bates, Shari Headley, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Clint Smith, Akiley Love, Bella Murphy, Jermaine Fowler, Teyana Taylor, Rotimi, Nomzamo Mbatha, and KiKi Layne in Coming 2 America (2021)
    Coming 2 America
    • Oha
    • 2021
  • Twin Mirror (2020)
    Twin Mirror
    • Joe (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • Afterparty (2019)
    Afterparty
    • Asmodeus (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2019
  • Barry Sloane and Sam Kalidi in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
    • Additional Voice (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2019
  • Lorraine Parsloe in Max & Ruby (2002)
    Max & Ruby
    • Dad (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Jay R. Ferguson, Alicia Goranson, Laurie Metcalf, Emma Kenney, and Ames McNamara in The Conners (2018)
    The Conners
    • Officer Whitcomb
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
    • Thomas
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
    Young Sheldon
    • Luis
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
    Speechless
    • Older Cop
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • Britt Robertson in Girlboss (2017)
    Girlboss
    • Constable
    • Keith
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Tim Meadows, Cheryl Hines, Jason Sudeikis, and Johnny Pemberton in Son of Zorn (2016)
    Son of Zorn
    • Judge
    • TV Series
    • 2017

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Coming to America
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Coming to America
Coming to America
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Coming to America
Coming to America
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Coming to America
Life Ain't Like The Movies - Trailer
Trailer 1:09
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  • Height
    • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
  • Born
    • December 24, 1958
    • USA
  • Other works
    Commercial for "ING" financial. 2005

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  • Trivia
    Appeared as a contestant on "Win Ben Stein's Money". When he introduced himself as an actor, co-host Jimmy Kimmel asked him, "Have you been in anything I might've seen?" and Paul simply answered, "No.".

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