Bill Cosby

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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1937-07-12

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	Murder at N.B.C.		0
2	1968	Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed	Self - Host / Narrator	0
3	1969	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	62
4	1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)	71
5	1971	Bill Cosby on Prejudice		0
6	1971	Diana!	Self	70
7	1971	Man and Boy	Caleb Revers	60
8	1971	Goin' Back to Indiana	Scoop Newsworthy	0
9	1971	Aesop's Fables	Aesop	0
10	1972	To All My Friends on Shore	Blue	57
11	1972	Hickey & Boggs	Al Hickey	58
12	1973	The Weird Harold Special		0
13	1974	The Chocolate Princess	Narrator	0
14	1974	Uptown Saturday Night	Wardell Franklin	61
15	1975	Let's Do It Again	Billy Foster	69
16	1976	Mother, Jugs & Speed	Mother	54
17	1977	A Piece of the Action	Dave Anderson	56
18	1977	The Fat Albert Halloween Special	Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)	62
19	1977	The Fat Albert Christmas Special	Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)	36
20	1978	Top Secret	Aaron Strickland	0
21	1978	California Suite	Dr. Willis Panama	58
22	1979	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street	Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
23	1979	Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party	Self (uncredited)	10
24	1981	The Devil and Max Devlin	Barney Satin	58
25	1982	The Fat Albert Easter Special	Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)	0
26	1983	Bill Cosby: Himself	Himself	74
27	1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special	Self	90
28	1986	In Remembrance of Martin	Self	90
29	1986	TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines	Self	0
30	1986	Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis	Self	0
31	1987	Bill Cosby: 49	Himself	66
32	1987	Superstars and their Moms	Self	100
33	1987	A Different World	Cliff Huxtable	100
34	1987	Leonard Part 6	Leonard	28
35	1989	Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting!	Himself - Host	63
36	1990	Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration	Self	88
37	1990	The Earth Day Special	Dr. Cliff Huxtable	69
38	1990	Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!		70
39	1990	Ghost Dad	Elliot Hopper	51
40	1991	The One, the Only... Groucho	Self	0
41	1993	The Meteor Man	Marvin	58
42	1994	The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney	Narrator	0
43	1994	I Spy Returns	Alexander Scott	40
44	1996	Jack	Lawrence Woodruff	63
45	1997	Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'	Self	52
46	1997	4 Little Girls	Self - Educator	73
47	2000	The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story		0
48	2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self	0
49	2002	The Cosby Show: A Look Back	Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage)	74
50	2002	Comedian	Self	66
51	2003	Jack Paar: Smart Television	Self	0
52	2004	TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	Self (archive footage)	40
53	2004	Lightning in a Bottle	Self	73
54	2004	Baadasssss!	himself	65
55	2004	The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made	Leonard Parker (archive footage)	46
56	2004	Los Angeles Plays Itself	Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)	76
57	2004	Fat Albert	Self	51
58	2005	The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World	Self	75
59	2005	Lipstick & Dynamite	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	60
60	2005	Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class	Self (archive footage)	52
61	2006	The Pact	Himself	0
62	2006	The Shame of a City	Self	0
63	2006	Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life	Self	0
64	2006	The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits	Self	60
65	2007	Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s	Self (archive footage)	0
66	2007	Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven	Self	55
67	2008	Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed	Self	70
68	2008	Miles Davis: Kind of Blue	Himself	38
69	2009	Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Self	80
70	2012	Goose		70
71	2012	Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’	Self	50
72	2012	B.B. King: The Life of Riley	Self	69
73	2013	After Newtown: Guns in America	Self	95
74	2013	Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley	Self	67
75	2013	Bill Cosby: Far From Finished	Himself	70
76	2014	Keep On Keepin’ On	Self	70
77	2014	Nelson Mandela Redrawn	Self	0
78	2017	Bill Cosby: An American Scandal	Self (archive footage)	0
79	2017	Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon	Self (archive footage)	100
80	2019	I Am Richard Pryor	Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)	69
81	2019	Cola Wars	Self [Archival Footage]	75
82	2022	Bill Cosby: Walking Free	Self (archive footage)	100

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	Meet the Press		43
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	79
4	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
5	1959	The David Susskind Show	Self	50
6	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
7	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
8	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
9	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Host	75
10	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
11	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Comedian	45
12	1965	I Spy	Alexander Scott	63
13	1965	The Dean Martin Show		73
14	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
15	1968	Of Black America		0
16	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Chet Kincaid	54
17	1970	The Don Knotts Show	Self	0
18	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
19	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
20	1971	The Electric Company	The Milk Man	71
21	1972	The Midnight Special	Self	78
22	1972	The Midnight Special	Self / Host	78
23	1972	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	Bill Cosby	64
24	1972	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	Fat Albert Robertson	64
25	1972	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	Mushmouth	64
26	1972	The New Bill Cosby Show	Self - Host	50
27	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
28	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
29	1975	Cher	Self	62
30	1975	Doug Henning's World of Magic	Self	80
31	1976	Cos		30
32	1978	The Kennedy Center Honors	Self	74
33	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
34	1982	Late Night with David Letterman	Self	58
35	1983	Reading Rainbow	Himself - Narrator (voice)	84
36	1984	The Cosby Show	Heathcliff Huxtable	70
37	1987	A Different World	Heathcliff Huxtable	71
38	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
39	1993	Zone interdite	Self	50
40	1994	Touched by an Angel	Phil	72
41	1994	The Cosby Mysteries		53
42	1996	Ruby Wax Meets		60
43	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
44	1996	Cosby	Hilton Lucas	59
45	1998	Kids Say the Darndest Things	Host	75
46	1998	Becker	Hilton Lucas (uncredited)	72
47	2009	The Jay Leno Show	Self	36
48	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
49	2018	Basketball: A Love Story	Self (archive footage)	70
50	2021	When Ruby Wax Met...	Self (archive footage)	67
51	2022	We Need to Talk About Cosby	Self (archive footage)	71
52	2022	The Case Against Cosby	Self (archive footage)	45

Bill Cosby

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