Bill Cosby
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1937-07-12 (87 years old)
Place of Birth Philadelphia, PA, USA
Also Known As The Cos, William Henry Cosby, William Henry Cosby, Jr., William H. Cosby Jr., William H. Cosby, William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr., Μπιλ Κόσμπι
Bill Cosby
Biography
William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer and 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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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. Approximately 60 women have accused Cosby of various forms of sexual assault in alleged incidents spanning from 1965 to 2008. These allegations became highly publicized in 2014, leading to several civil suits and criminal investigations for cases that had not yet reached the statute of limitations. Many networks, including NBC, removed reruns of The Cosby Show from their schedules. In April of 2018, Cosby was sentenced to three to ten years in prison for multiple counts of aggravated indecent assault. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction in June 2021 due to violation of a prior prosecutorial agreement that Cosby's previous civil suit testimony—in which he admitted to giving drugs to women he wanted to have sex with—would not be used in the criminal trial. He was released from prison later that month after serving almost three years of the sentence and maintains his innocence in all accusations. As of August 2021, there is still one known active civil suit against Cosby.
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
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as Himself
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as Himself
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as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
as Leonard Parker (archive footage)
as himself
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage)
as Self
as Hilton Lucas (uncredited)
as Host
as Self - Educator
as Lawrence Woodruff
as Self
as Alexander Scott
as Narrator
as Phil
as Marvin
as Self
as Self
as Elliot Hopper
as Dr. Cliff Huxtable
as Himself - Host
as Leonard
as Himself
as Heathcliff Huxtable
as Self
as Heathcliff Huxtable
as Himself
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
as Self
as Barney Satin
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Dr. Willis Panama
as Aaron Strickland
as Self
as Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
as Dave Anderson
as Mother
as Billy Foster
as Self
as Self
as Wardell Franklin
as Narrator
as Al Hickey
as Blue
as Self - Host
as Bill Cosby
as Fat Albert Robertson
as Mushmouth
as Self
as Self / Host
as Aesop
as Scoop Newsworthy
as Caleb Revers
as Self
as The Milk Man
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
as Chet Kincaid
as Self - Host / Narrator
as Self - Guest
as Alexander Scott
as Self - Comedian
as Self - Guest Host
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
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as Self - Comedian
Producer
as Executive Producer
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as Executive Producer
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Writer
as Writer
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as Story
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as Characters
as Characters
as Idea
as Writer
Creator
as Creator
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Director
as Director
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Crew
as Thanks
Sound
as Music