Bill Cosby
Actor
Born July 12, 1937 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American convicted sex offender. He got his start as a nightclub stand-up comic before landing a starring role in the action show I Spy (1965-1968). After various film and television roles, Cosby's greatest success came when he produced and starred in The Cosby Show (1984-1992), a popular sitcom that highlighted the experiences and growth of an upper-middle-class African-American family. Due to this role, he was widely dubbed "America's Dad." After the show ended, he produced and starred in multiple other shows and films. He was a sought-after spokesman from the 1960s until the early 2000s, endorsing a number of products including Jell-O, Kodak film, Ford, Texas Instruments, and Coca-Cola. Cosby has received several awards including 5 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Daytime Emmy Awards, 9 Grammy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contribution to television (2002), and several honorary degrees from colleges and universities. Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72 honorary degrees. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expelled him as a member of the Actors Branch in May 2018.
Filmography
The Case Against Cosby
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Self (archive footage)
We Need to Talk About Cosby
Self (archive footage)
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage)
Cola Wars
Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Self (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Self
Keep On Keepin' On
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
After Newtown: Guns in America
Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
Goose
The Jay Leno Show
Self - Guest
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Self
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Self
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
Self
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
Self
The Shame of a City
Self
The Pact
Self
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Self (archive footage)
Lipstick & Dynamite
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
Self
Fat Albert
Self
Fatherhood
Baadasssss!
Bill Cosby
Lightning in a Bottle
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Comedian
Self
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Men of Honor
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Little Bill
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Becker
Hilton Lucas (uncredited)
4 Little Girls
Self - Educator
Cosby
Hilton Lucas
Jack
Lawrence Woodruff
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
Ruby Wax Meets
Touched by an Angel
Phil
The Cosby Mysteries
Guy Hanks
I Spy Returns
Alexander Scott
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney
Narrator
The Meteor Man
Marvin
Zone interdite
Self
Malcolm X
Here and Now
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The One, the Only... Groucho
Self
Ghost Dad
Elliot Hopper
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
The Earth Day Special
Cliff Huxtable
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting!
Self - Host
Creole Giselle
Self - Host
Leonard Part 6
Leonard
A Different World
Heathcliff Huxtable
Superstars and their Moms
Self
Bill Cosby: 49
Self
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Self
In Remembrance of Martin
Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
The Cosby Show
Heathcliff Huxtable
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bill Cosby: Himself
Self
The Fat Albert Easter Special
Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self
The Devil and Max Devlin
Barney Satin
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Self (uncredited)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Top Secret
Aaron Strickland
California Suite
Dr. Willis Panama
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
A Piece of the Action
Dave Anderson
Playboy's Playmate Party
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Mother
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Self
Let's Do It Again
Billy Foster
Cher
Self
Dinah!
Self
Uptown Saturday Night
Wardell Franklin
The Chocolate Princess
Narrator
The Weird Harold Special
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Hickey & Boggs
Al Hickey
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fat Albert Robertson
The Midnight Special
Self
To All My Friends on Shore
Blue
The Electric Company
The Milk Man
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
Scoop Newsworthy
Man and Boy
Caleb Revers
Diana!
Self
Great Performances
Self
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Bill Cosby Show
Chet Kincaid
The Picasso Summer
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
Self - Host / Narrator
Of Black America
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
I Spy
Alexander Scott
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Comedian
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The David Susskind Show
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Emmy Awards
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Meet the Press