Shabba-Doo
American actor and dancer · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1955 to 2020 · aged 65
Adolfo Quiñones, known professionally as Shabba Doo, was an American actor, break dancer, and choreographer. Of African American and Puerto Rican descent, Quiñones was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsFilm2005
Breakin' vs. Krumpin'Film1995
Steel FrontierFilm, Deacon1993
Rave, Dancing to a Different BeatFilm, Director1991
The SitterFilm, Nick (as Shabba-Doo)1990
Deadly DancerFilm, Tony Penter (as Shabba-Doo)
LambadaFilm, 1990Ramone1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!Series
Tango & CashFilm, 1989Dancer1988
Madonna: Ciao, Italia! - Live from ItalyFilm1987
Married... with ChildrenSeries, Cecil
Madonna: Who's That Girl - Live in JapanFilm, 19871984
Miami ViceSeries, Pepe
Breakin'Film, 1984Ozone
Breakin' 2: Electric BoogalooFilm, 1984Ozone1983
Breakin' 'n' Enterin'Film1980
The Big ShowSeries1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1955Born11 May 1955People around Shabba-Doo
Menahem Golan Produced Breakin' (1984)
Yoram Globus Produced Breakin' (1984)
Andrei Konchalovsky Directed Tango & Cash (1990)
Michael Mann Directed Miami Vice (2006)
Ice-T Also in Breakin' (1984)- Brion James Also in Tango & Cash and Steel Frontier
Sam Firstenberg Directed Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Larry J. Franco Produced Tango & Cash (1990)
Jon Peters Produced Tango & Cash (1990)
Peter MacDonald Produced Tango & Cash (1990)- Lucinda Dickey Also in Breakin' (1984)
Peter Guber Produced Tango & Cash (1990)- Michael Chambers Also in Breakin' (1984)
Joseph Merhi Produced Steel Frontier (1995)
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Breakin' 1984
Tango & Cash 1989
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo 1984
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Filmography 14
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Television 5
About this person
In the 1970s his family moved to Los Angeles, where he became interested in dancing and began performing in nightclubs. He adopted the pseudonym Shabba Doo and joined the dance group The Lockers, who were responsible for popularizing the locking style of street dance.
