Paul Bates
Actor

Paul Bates

Paul Bates is credited on 22 movies and 21 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for 8 Mile, Coming to America and Bad Teacher.

Born December 24, 1958 in New York, United States.

Filmography · 43 titles

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About Paul Bates

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.

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