Bill Cosby
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Biography
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 D...
Known For
Filmography
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
as Self (archive footage)
We Need to Talk About Cosby
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Case Against Cosby
2022
as Self (archive footage)
When Ruby Wax Met...
2021
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
Cola Wars
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Keep on Keepin' On
2014
as Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
as Self
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013
as Self
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013
as Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012
as Self
Goose
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self - Guest
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008
as Self
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008
as Self
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
2007
as Self
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Pact
2006
as Self
The Shame of a City
2006
as Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006
as Self
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006
as Self
Lipstick & Dynamite
2005
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
2005
as Self
Fat Albert
2004
as Self
Baadasssss!
2004
as Bill Cosby
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Comedian
2002
as Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002
as Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Playmate Pajama Party
1999
as self
Becker
1998
as Hilton Lucas (uncredited)
Kids Say the Darndest Things
1998
as Host
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self - Educator
Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
1997
as Self
Jack
1996
as Lawrence Woodruff
Cosby
1996
as Hilton Lucas
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
I Spy Returns
1994
as Alexander Scott
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney
1994
as Narrator
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Phil
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
as Guy Hanks
The Meteor Man
1993
as Marvin
Zone interdite
1993
as Self
Malcolm X
1992
as Self (uncredited)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
as Self
Ghost Dad
1990
as Elliot Hopper
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Cliff Huxtable
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
as Self
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989
as Self – Host
Leonard Part 6
1987
as Leonard
Bill Cosby: 49
1987
as Self
Superstars and their Moms
1987
as Self
Creole Giselle
1987
as Self - Host
A Different World
1987
as Heathcliff Huxtable
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
as Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
as Self
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986
as Self
In Remembrance of Martin
1986
as Self
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
The Cosby Show
1984
as Heathcliff Huxtable
Bill Cosby: Himself
1983
as Self
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981
as Barney Satin
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979
as Self (uncredited)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited)
California Suite
1978
as Dr. Willis Panama
Top Secret
1978
as Aaron Strickland
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Dave Anderson
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977
as Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
1977
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Mother
Cos
1976
Let's Do It Again
1975
as Billy Foster
Cher
1975
as Self
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975
as Self
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
as Wardell Franklin
The Chocolate Princess
1974
as Narrator
Bicycles are Beautiful
1974
as Self - Host
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Weird Harold Special
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Hickey & Boggs
1972
as Al Hickey
To All My Friends on Shore
1972
as Blue
The New Bill Cosby Show
1972
as Self - Host
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972
as Fat Albert Robertson
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972
as Mushmouth
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972
as Bill Cosby
The Midnight Special
1972
as Self
Man and Boy
1971
as Caleb Revers
Aesop's Fables
1971
as Aesop
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
1971
as Scoop Newsworthy
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971
Diana!
1971
as Self
The Electric Company
1971
as The Milk Man
Great Performances
1971
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Chet Kincaid
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
1968
as Self - Host / Narrator
Of Black America
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
I Spy
1965
as Alexander Scott
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Comedian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Meet the Press
1947