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Paul Bates(I)

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Paul Bates in Coming to America (1988)
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Life Ain't Like the Movies (2021)
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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 total

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    Known for

    Eddie Murphy in Coming to America (1988)
    Coming to America
    7.1
    • Oha
    • 1988
    Brad Pitt, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, and Christopher Walken in True Romance (1993)
    True Romance
    7.9
    • Marty
    • 1993
    Eminem in 8 Mile (2002)
    8 Mile
    7.2
    • Manny
    • 2002
    Anthony Hopkins in Instinct (1999)
    Instinct
    6.6
    • Bluto
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence (2026)
      Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence
      8.2
      • 2026
    • Horizon Forbidden West (2022)
      Horizon Forbidden West
      8.8
      Video Game
      • Hakund (voice)
      • 2022
    • Life Ain't Like the Movies (2021)
      Life Ain't Like the Movies
      7.5
      • Pops
      • 2021
    • Ben Foster in The Survivor (2021)
      The Survivor
      6.7
      • Louis Barclay
      • 2021
    • Country Comfort (2021)
      Country Comfort
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Preacher
      • 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
      5.3
      • Oha
      • 2021
    • Call of Duty: Mobile (2020)
      Call of Duty: Mobile
      7.3
      Video Game
      • Grinch (voice)
      • 2020
    • Twin Mirror (2020)
      Twin Mirror
      6.2
      Video Game
      • Joe (voice)
      • 2020
    • Afterparty (2019)
      Afterparty
      6.6
      Video Game
      • Asmodeus (voice)
      • 2019
    • Barry Sloane in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
      Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
      8.3
      Video Game
      • Additional Voice
      • 2019
    • Lorraine Parsloe in Max & Ruby (2002)
      Max & Ruby
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Dad (voice)
      • 2018–2019
    • John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Jay R. Ferguson, Alicia Goranson, Laurie Metcalf, Emma Kenney, and Ames McNamara in The Conners (2018)
      The Conners
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Officer Whitcomb
      • 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
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Thomas
      • 2018
    • Annie Potts, Lance Barber, Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan, and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
      Young Sheldon
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Luis
      • 2018
    • Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
      Speechless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Older Cop
      • 2016–2017

    Videos8

    The Preacher's Wife
    Clip 1:48
    The Preacher's Wife
    The Preacher's Wife
    Clip 1:14
    The Preacher's Wife
    The Preacher's Wife
    Clip 1:14
    The Preacher's Wife
    The Preacher's Wife
    Clip 1:26
    The Preacher's Wife
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:39
    Official Trailer
    Coming to America
    Trailer 1:48
    Coming to America
    Coming to America
    Trailer 2:41
    Coming to America

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
    • Born
      • December 24, 1958
      • USA
    • Other works
      Commercial for "ING" financial. 2005

    Did you know

    • 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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