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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 12, 1937
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
0.6 Popularity
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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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
4.5
Self (archive footage)
The Case Against Cosby
2022
8.3
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
6.8
Self (archive footage)
We Need to Talk About Cosby
2022
6.7
Self (archive footage)
When Ruby Wax Met...
2021
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Cola Wars
2019
6.9
Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
2017
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
0.0
Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
Credits
The Case Against Cosby
as Self (archive footage)
2022
4.5
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as Self (archive footage)
2022
8.3
We Need to Talk About Cosby
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.8
When Ruby Wax Met...
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.7
Cola Wars
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.8
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
2019
6.9
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.3
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
2017
0.0
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self (archive footage)
2017
10.0
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
as Self
2014
0.0
Keep On Keepin' On
as Self
2014
7.1
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
as Self
2013
7.0
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
2013
6.7
After Newtown: Guns in America
as Self
2013
9.5
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Self
2012
6.9
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
5.0
Goose
2012
7.0
The Jay Leno Show
as Self - Guest
2009
3.5
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009
8.0
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
as Self
2008
3.8
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
as Self
2008
7.0
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
as Self
2007
5.5
🎬
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
as Self (archive footage)
2007
0.0
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
2006
6.0
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
as Self
2006
0.0
The Shame of a City
as Self
2006
0.0
The Pact
as Self
2006
0.0
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
as Self (archive footage)
2005
4.5
Lipstick & Dynamite
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
6.0
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
as Self
2005
8.0
Fat Albert
as Self
2004
5.1
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Baadasssss!
as Bill Cosby
2004
6.5
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self
2004
7.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
2004
4.0
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
2003
0.0
Comedian
as Self
2002
6.6
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
as Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage)
2002
7.4
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
0.0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
0.0
Becker
as Hilton Lucas (uncredited)
1998
7.1
🎬
Kids Say the Darndest Things
as Host
1998
7.5
4 Little Girls
as Self - Educator
1997
7.2
🎬
Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
as Self
1997
5.2
Cosby
as Hilton Lucas
1996
6.1
Jack
as Lawrence Woodruff
1996
6.3
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Phil
1994
7.2
The Cosby Mysteries
as Guy Hanks
1994
5.3
I Spy Returns
as Alexander Scott
1994
4.0
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney
as Narrator
1994
0.0
The Meteor Man
as Marvin
1993
5.8
Zone interdite
as Self
1993
5.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
1991
0.0
Ghost Dad
as Elliot Hopper
1990
5.1
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
1990
7.0
The Earth Day Special
as Dr. Cliff Huxtable
1990
6.3
🎬
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1990
8.8
Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting!
as Self - Host
1989
6.3
Creole Giselle
as Self - Host
1987
0.0
Leonard Part 6
as Leonard
1987
2.7
A Different World
as Heathcliff Huxtable
1987
7.0
A Different World
as Cliff Huxtable
1987
9.0
Superstars and their Moms
as Self
1987
10.0
Bill Cosby: 49
as Self
1987
6.2
🎬
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
as Self
1986
0.0
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
1986
0.0
In Remembrance of Martin
as Self
1986
9.0
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
1986
9.0
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
0.0
The Cosby Show
as Heathcliff Huxtable
1984
7.0
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Bill Cosby: Himself
as Self
1983
7.4
The Fat Albert Easter Special
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
1982
0.0
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
5.9
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
The Devil and Max Devlin
as Barney Satin
1981
5.8
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
as Self (uncredited)
1979
1.0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Top Secret
as Aaron Strickland
1978
0.0
California Suite
as Dr. Willis Panama
1978
5.8
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
as Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
1977
3.6
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
1977
6.2
A Piece of the Action
as Dave Anderson
1977
5.6
🎬
Cos
1976
3.0
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Mother
1976
5.4
Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self
1975
8.0
Let's Do It Again
as Billy Foster
1975
6.9
Cher
as Self
1975
6.2
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Uptown Saturday Night
as Wardell Franklin
1974
6.1
The Chocolate Princess
as Narrator
1974
0.0
🎬
Bicycles are Beautiful
as Self - Host
1974
0.0
🎬
The Weird Harold Special
1973
0.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Hickey & Boggs
as Al Hickey
1972
5.7
🎬
The New Bill Cosby Show
as Self - Host
1972
4.6
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
as Fat Albert Robertson
1972
6.5
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
as Bill Cosby
1972
6.5
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
as Mushmouth
1972
6.5
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
7.8
The Midnight Special
as Self / Host
1972
7.8
To All My Friends on Shore
as Blue
1972
5.7
🎬
Aesop's Fables
as Aesop
1971
0.0
The Electric Company
as The Milk Man
1971
7.1
Goin' Back to Indiana
as Scoop Newsworthy
1971
0.0
Man and Boy
as Caleb Revers
1971
6.0
Diana!
as Self
1971
7.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971
0.0
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
🎬
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970
0.0
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
7.1
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1969
6.2
The Bill Cosby Show
as Chet Kincaid
1969
5.4
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
as Self - Host / Narrator
1968
0.0
Of Black America
1968
0.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
🎬
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
0.0
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.3
I Spy
as Alexander Scott
1965
6.5
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Comedian
1964
4.5
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The David Susskind Show
as Self
1959
5.0
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Meet the Press
1947
4.3