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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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.
Ghost Dad
(Elliot Hopper)
Bill Cosby: Himself
(Himself)
Jack
(Lawrence Woodruff)
Leonard Part 6
(Leonard)
I Am Richard Pryor
(Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage))
California Suite
(Dr. Willis Panama)
The Devil and Max Devlin
(Barney Satin)
Uptown Saturday Night
(Wardell Franklin)
Let's Do It Again
(Billy Foster)
A Piece of the Action
(Dave Anderson)
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
(Self)
Fat Albert
(Self)
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
(Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice))
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
(Self)
Comedian
(Self)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage))
The Pact
(Himself)
Bill Cosby: 49
(Himself)
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
(Self)
Hickey & Boggs
(Al Hickey)
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
(Self (archive footage))
The Chocolate Princess
(Narrator)
Man and Boy
(Caleb Revers)
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
(Self (archive footage))
Keep On Keepin’ On
(Self)
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Aesop's Fables
(Aesop)
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
(Self)
I Spy Returns
(Alexander Scott)
Moms Mabley
(Self)
To All My Friends on Shore
(Blue)
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
(Himself)
Goose
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
(Self (archive footage))
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
(Self)
Top Secret
(Aaron Strickland)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
(Self)
The Fat Albert Easter Special
(Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice))
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
(Self (archive footage))
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
(Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice))
Goin' Back to Indiana
(Scoop Newsworthy)
The Meteor Man
(Marvin)
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
(Self - Host / Narrator)
Baadasssss!
(himself)
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
Lightning in a Bottle
(Self)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
(Self)
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
(Self)
Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting!
(Himself - Host)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
(Self)
Mother, Jugs & Speed
(Mother)
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
(Self)
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney
(Narrator)
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
(Self)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
(Leonard Parker (archive footage))
4 Little Girls
(Self - Educator)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))
The Weird Harold Special
Diana!
(Self)
After Newtown: Guns in America
(Self)
The Shame of a City
(Himself)
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
(Self (archive footage))
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(Self (archive footage))
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
(Self (archive footage))
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
(Himself)
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
(Self (uncredited))
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
(Self)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
(Self)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
The One, the Only... Groucho
(Self)
In Remembrance of Martin
(Self)
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
(Self)
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
(Self)
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
(Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage))
The Earth Day Special
(Dr. Cliff Huxtable)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
(Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited))
Murder at N.B.C.
Superstars and Their Moms
(Self)
A Different World
(Heathcliff Huxtable)
Touched by an Angel
(Phil)
The Cosby Show
(Heathcliff Huxtable)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The David Susskind Show
(Self)
The Bill Cosby Show
(Chet Kincaid)
Becker
(Hilton Lucas (uncredited))
Meet the Press
The Electric Company
(The Milk Man)
The Jay Leno Show
(Self)
Late Night with David Letterman
(Self)
I Spy
(Alexander Scott)
Cosby
Kids Say the Darndest Things
(Host)
The Hollywood Palace
(Self - Comedian)
Cos
The New Bill Cosby Show
(Self - Host)
The Don Knotts Show
(Self)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Dean Martin Show
The Flip Wilson Show
(Self)
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
(Fat Albert Robertson)
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
(Mushmouth)
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
(Bill Cosby)
The Cosby Mysteries
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Kennedy Center Honors
(Self)
Basketball: A Love Story
(Self (archive footage))
The Emmy Awards
(Self)
Cher
(Self)
Doug Henning's World of Magic
(Self)
When Ruby Wax Met...
(Self (archive footage))
The Midnight Special
(Self)
The Midnight Special
(Self / Host)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self - Co-Host)
We Need to Talk About Cosby
(Self (archive footage))
Of Black America
The Bob Hope Show
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Reading Rainbow
(Himself - Narrator (voice))
Zone interdite
(Self)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
The Case Against Cosby
(Self (archive footage))
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self - Guest Host)
Ruby Wax Meets
Great Performances
(Self)
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
Bill Cosby: Himself
(Director)
Bill Cosby: Himself
(Writer)
Men of Honor
(Executive Producer)
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
(Writer)
Leonard Part 6
(Story)
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
(Director)
Leonard Part 6
(Producer)
The Fat Albert Easter Special
(Executive Producer)
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
(Characters)
The Fat Albert Easter Special
(Characters)
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
(Executive Producer)
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
(Writer)
Malcolm X
(Thanks)
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
(Executive Producer)
Fat Albert
(Executive Producer)
Fat Albert
(Writer)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
(Producer)
I Spy Returns
(Executive Producer)
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
(Writer)
Bill Cosby: 49
(Writer)
The Picasso Summer
(Executive Producer)
To All My Friends on Shore
(Idea)
To All My Friends on Shore
(Music)
To All My Friends on Shore
(Executive Producer)
The Cosby Show
(Writer)
The Cosby Show
(Director)
Little Bill
(Executive Producer)
The Bill Cosby Show
(Director)
The Bill Cosby Show
(Executive Producer)
Cosby
(Producer)
Fatherhood
(Producer)
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
(Executive Producer)
Here and Now
(Producer)
A Different World
(Writer)
A Different World
(Creator)
The Cosby Show
(Creator)
Fatherhood
(Creator)
The Bill Cosby Show
(Creator)
Little Bill
(Creator)
Cosby
(Creator)
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
(Creator)