Paul Bates
Acting
1958-12-24New York, United States
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.
Known For
tv
7.3
1990
Law & Order
1990 · tv
tv
7.9
2009
Modern Family
2009 · tv
tv
8.0
2017
Young Sheldon
2017 · tv
tv
8.1
1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · tv
tv
7.6
2009
The Middle
2009 · tv
tv
7.0
2005
Numb3rs
2005 · tv
tv
6.8
1990
Wings
1990 · tv
tv
7.3
2016
Lethal Weapon
2016 · tv
tv
6.1
1994
Ellen
1994 · tv
tv
7.6
1992
Martin
1992 · tv
tv
7.2
1998
Becker
1998 · tv
tv
7.0
2018
The Conners
2018 · tv
tv
6.5
2002
Max & Ruby
2002 · tv
tv
6.9
2016
Speechless
2016 · tv
tv
7.2
1995
The Wayans Bros.
1995 · tv
tv
7.0
2009
FlashForward
2009 · tv
movie
7.5
1993
True Romance
1993 · movie
tv
5.8
1995
The Single Guy
1995 · tv
movie
6.9
1988
Coming to America
1988 · movie
movie
5.6
1995
Showgirls
1995 · movie
movie
7.1
2002
8 Mile
2002 · movie
tv
6.7
2015
The Grinder
2015 · tv
tv
6.6
2017
Girlboss
2017 · tv
movie
5.6
2011
Bad Teacher
2011 · movie
tv
8.0
1995
Charlie Grace
1995 · tv
movie
6.3
2021
Coming 2 America
2021 · movie
tv
7.3
2021
Country Comfort
2021 · tv
movie
6.8
2022
The Survivor
2022 · movie
movie
6.5
1999
Instinct
1999 · movie
movie
5.6
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · movie