- Films
- 9
- Avg rating
- 6.33
- Peak run
- 1988’21
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Paul by the numbers
Average
6.33
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.39
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.54
rating spread
Career
44y
1983 to 2026
Total votes
312K
across every film
Best
7.1
Coming to America
Worst
5.8
The Preacher's Wife
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence | · | · | 41 |
| 2021 | Life Ain't Like the Movies | Pops | · | 429 |
| 2021 | The Survivor | Louis Barclay | 6.7 | 7,428 |
| 1999 |  Instinct | Bluto | 6.6 | 35,738 |
| 1996 |  The Preacher's Wife | Saul Jeffreys | 5.8 | 15,260 |
| 1990 | Crazy People | Robles | 6.0 | 5,141 |
| 1988 |  Coming to America | Oha | 7.1 | 243K |
| 1987 | Hot Pursuit | Cleon | 5.8 | 4,545 |
| 1983 | Somewhere, Tomorrow | Paul Bart | · | 753 |
Takes
On Paul Bates
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