Basic Information About Bill Cosby
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Actor, Comedian, Author, Screenwriter, Television producer, Film Producer, Educator, Activist, Musician, Voice Actor |
| Net worth | $400,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1937-07-12 (87 years old) |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Curiosities and Trademarks | Stories of his childhood and fatherhood His only prop onstage is a chair His loud, gregarious voice. Periodically wears Temple University shirts on camera |
| Spouse | Camille O. Cosby - (25 January 1964 - present) (5 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft (1.85 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Bill Cosby win?
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| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Bill Cosby awards
| Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
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| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1992 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1991 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1990 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1989 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1988 |
| Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1986 |
| Image Award - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1993 |
| Blimp Award - Favorite TV Actor | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1993 |
| Blimp Award - Favorite TV Actor | Winner | The Cosby Show | 1992 |
| Blimp Award - Favorite TV Actor | Nominee | The Cosby Show | 1988 |
| Impact Award - | Winner | The Cosby Show | 2011 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | A Different World | 1992 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | A Different World | 1991 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | A Different World | 1990 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | A Different World | 1989 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | A Different World | 1988 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | Cosby | 1998 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | Cosby | 1997 |
| TV Guide Award - Favorite Actor in a Comedy | Nominee | Cosby | 2000 |
| TV Guide Award - Favorite Actor in a Comedy | Nominee | Cosby | 1999 |
| Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program | Nominee | Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | 1986 |
| Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming - Performers | Winner | Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | 1981 |
| Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Winner | I Spy | 1968 |
| Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Winner | I Spy | 1967 |
| Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Winner | I Spy | 1966 |
| Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Winner | Little Bill | 2004 |
| Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Special Class Animated Program | Nominee | Little Bill | 2002 |
| Image Award - Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/Special | Winner | Little Bill | 2001 |
| Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominee | The Bill Cosby Show | 1970 |
| BMI TV Music Award - | Winner | The Bill Cosby Show | 1987 |
Bill Cosby roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Malcolm X | Self - End Credits (uncredited) |
| Jack | Lawrence Woodruff |
| Fat Albert | Writer |
| Fat Albert | Bill Cosby |
| Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Nightclub Patron in Hat (uncredited) |
| The Cosby Show | Writer |
| The Cosby Show | Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable 197 episodes, 1984-1992 |
| Reading Rainbow | Self 1 episode, 1983 |
| A Different World | Writer |
| A Different World | Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable 3 episodes, 1987 |
| Sesame Street | Self / ... 15 episodes, 1970-2004 |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self - Guest 1 episode, 2004 |
| Dr. Phil | Self 1 episode, 2005 |
| Becker | Hilton Lucas (uncredited) unknown episodes |
| Cosby | Hilton Lucas 95 episodes, 1996-2000 |
| Tattletales | Self 5 episodes, 1976 |
| Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | Writer |
| Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | Fat Albert Jackson / ... 36 episodes, 1972-1985 |
| I Spy | Alexander Scott 82 episodes, 1965-1968 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self 2 episodes, 2014 |
| The Daily Show | Self 1 episode, 2013 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest 18 episodes, 1992-2013 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Self / ... 3 episodes, 1971-1973 |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | Self 5 episodes, 1989-2008 |
| Laugh-In | Guest Performer (uncredited) unknown episodes |
| The Maury Povich Show | Self 2 episodes, 1996-1998 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest 5 episodes, 2012-2013 |
Bill Cosby's Movie/Shows Salary
| Movie / Series | Salary |
|---|---|
| Cosby (1996) | $1,000,000 /episode (1996) |
Bill Cosby's Quotes
- [on his murdered son, Ennis] He was my hero.
- The problem is that your daughter has given her heart to a 15-year-old boy, and a 15-year-old boy does not yet qualify as a human being.
- It's the little things that count when you're a daddy. Like taking your little girl for ice cream. First, you have to teach her about the concept of gravity. I can't tell you how many ice creams I've had to pick up off the floor, rinse off and stick back on my kid's cone. Now that may sound strange, but have you bought ice cream lately? Good gosh, it's up to 75 cents a scoop. A scoop! What's in it, gold?
- Gray hair is God's graffiti.
- A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice.
Bill Cosby's photos
Interesting Facts about Bill Cosby
- National Enquirer offers $100,000 reward for the capture of the killer of Bill's son, Ennis Cosby. [January 1997]
- Bill's son, Ennis Cosby (27), was shot dead while fixing a flat tire off the San Diego Freeway. [January 1997]
- He and wife Camille O. Cosby have five children: Erika (b. 8 April 1965), Erinn (b. 23 July 1966), Ennis (15 April 1969 - 16 January 1997), Ensa (8 April 1973 - 23 February 2018) and Evin (b. 27 August 1976).
- In 1976, he earned a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His dissertation was titled "An Integration of the Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning."
- His wife, Camille O. Cosby, is a direct descendant of Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's mother.
- At one time expressed a very public interest in purchasing the National Broadcasting Company.
- Sang on a number of albums in the 1970s.
- In addition to numerous best-selling comedy albums over the years, for which he won several Grammy awards, Cosby had a top-40 hit as a singer in 1969 with "Little Old Man."
- Insisted that The Cosby Show (1984) be filmed in New York; he disliked working in Hollywood.
- Grand marshal, Tournament of Roses parade [2003]
- Many elements of The Cosby Show (1984) were references to his own family. Phylicia Rashad's (Clair Huxtable's) maiden name was Hanks, like his wife Camille's maiden name. Also, like he has in real life, the Huxtables had four daughters and one son.
- Is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
- Son Ennis Cosby is buried on Cosby family estate in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
- First black performer to win an Emmy, for I Spy (1965).
- Biography in "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pp. 120-122. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- Cliff Huxtable, Cosby's character on The Cosby Show (1984), was ranked #1 by TV Guide in its list of the 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time [20 June 2004 issue].
- Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Broke Radio City's 53-year-old attendance record for his concert appearance. (1986)
- Was an Honoree at the Kennedy Center Awards, and attended the ceremony with Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton.
- Is a best-selling author.
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