Paul Bates
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 53
Law & Order
1990
Modern Family
2009
Young Sheldon
2017
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
The Middle
2009
Wings
1990
Numb3rs
2005
Lethal Weapon
2016
Ellen
1994
Max & Ruby
2002
Martin
1992
Becker
1998
Speechless
2016
The Conners
2018
The Wayans Bros.
1995
FlashForward
2009
8 Mile
2002
True Romance
1993
Coming to America
1988
The Single Guy
1995
Showgirls
1995
Bad Teacher
2011
The Grinder
2015
Common Law
2012
Girlboss
2017
Circuit Breakers
2022
Coming 2 America
2021
The Survivor
2022
Instinct
1999
Country Comfort
2021
Charlie Grace
1995
Hesher
2010
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
Jennifer Eight
1992
The Preacher's Wife
1996
Hot Pursuit
1987
Crazy People
1990
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence
2026
Kay O'Brien
1986
Soul of the Game
1996
Exterminator 2
1984
The Super
1991
Mr. Wonderful
1993
The Pickle
1993
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
Somewhere, Tomorrow
1983
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1985
Paper Dragons
1996
Breathing Hard
2001
Life Ain't Like the Movies
2021
March in Windy City
1998