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Paul Bates

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Bad Teacher

Appears in a KinoChain journey

True Romance

As Marty

Coming to America

As Oha

Coming 2 America

As Oha

Hannah and Her Sisters

As Theater Manager

Instinct

As Bluto

Crazy People

As Robles

Mr. Wonderful

As Marlon

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Imperfect Pedagogues: Teachers in the Grey

From the cracked idealism of Half Nelson to the bureaucratic despair of The Teacher, a chain of films where educators are as flawed as the systems they serve.

7 films

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