Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
1937-07-12
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Philadelphia, PA, USA
Writers: , , A Different World, The Cosby Show,
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 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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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.
Filmography
We Need to Talk About Cosby
2022 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
The Case Against Cosby
2022 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
When Ruby Wax Met...
2021 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · Movie
as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
Cola Wars
2019 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Keep On Keepin' On
2014 · Movie
as Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014 · Movie
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 · Movie
as Self
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013 · Movie
as Self
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013 · Movie
as Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012 · Movie
as Self
Goose
2012 · Movie
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Movie
as Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Movie
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008 · Movie
as Self
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008 · Movie
as Self
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
2007 · Movie
as Self
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Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Pact
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Shame of a City
2006 · Movie
as Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006 · Movie
as Self
Lipstick & Dynamite
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
2005 · Movie
as Self
Fat Albert
2004 · Movie
as Self
Baadasssss!
2004 · Movie
as Bill Cosby
Lightning in a Bottle
2004 · Movie
as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003 · Movie
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Comedian
2002 · Movie
as Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Movie
as Self
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002 · Movie
as Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · Movie
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · Movie
Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · Movie
as self
Becker
1998 · TV Show
as Hilton Lucas (uncredited)
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Kids Say the Darndest Things
1998 · TV Show
as Host
4 Little Girls
1997 · Movie
as Self - Educator
No image
Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
1997 · Movie
as Self
Jack
1996 · Movie
as Lawrence Woodruff
Cosby
1996 · TV Show
as Hilton Lucas
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
Ruby Wax Meets
1996 · TV Show
I Spy Returns
1994 · Movie
as Alexander Scott
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney
1994 · Movie
as Narrator
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as Phil
The Cosby Mysteries
1994 · TV Show
as Guy Hanks
The Meteor Man
1993 · Movie
as Marvin
Zone interdite
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Malcolm X
1992 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991 · Movie
as Self
Ghost Dad
1990 · Movie
as Elliot Hopper
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
1990 · Movie
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990 · Movie
as Self
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
as Cliff Huxtable
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990 · Movie
as Self
Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting!
1989 · Movie
as Self - Host
Leonard Part 6
1987 · Movie
as Leonard
Bill Cosby: 49
1987 · Movie
as Self
Superstars and their Moms
1987 · Movie
as Self
Creole Giselle
1987 · Movie
as Self - Host
A Different World
1987 · TV Show
as Heathcliff Huxtable
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986 · Movie
as Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986 · Movie
as Self
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Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986 · Movie
as Self
In Remembrance of Martin
1986 · Movie
as Self
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An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986 · Movie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985 · Movie
The Cosby Show
1984 · TV Show
as Heathcliff Huxtable
Bill Cosby: Himself
1983 · Movie
as Self
Reading Rainbow
1983 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982 · Movie
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · TV Show
as Self
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981 · Movie
as Barney Satin
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · TV Show
as Self
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · Movie
as Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited)
California Suite
1978 · Movie
as Dr. Willis Panama
Top Secret
1978 · Movie
as Aaron Strickland
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
A Piece of the Action
1977 · Movie
as Dave Anderson
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977 · Movie
as Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
1977 · Movie
as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977 · Movie
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976 · Movie
as Mother
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Cos
1976 · TV Show
Let's Do It Again
1975 · Movie
as Billy Foster
Cher
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 · Movie
as Wardell Franklin
The Chocolate Princess
1974 · Movie
as Narrator
No image
Bicycles are Beautiful
1974 · Movie
as Self - Host
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
as Self
The Weird Harold Special
1973 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Hickey & Boggs
1972 · Movie
as Al Hickey
To All My Friends on Shore
1972 · Movie
as Blue
No image
The New Bill Cosby Show
1972 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972 · TV Show
as Fat Albert Robertson, Bill Cosby, Mushmouth
The Midnight Special
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Man and Boy
1971 · Movie
as Caleb Revers
No image
Aesop's Fables
1971 · Movie
as Aesop
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
1971 · Movie
as Scoop Newsworthy
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971 · Movie
Diana!
1971 · Movie
as Self
The Electric Company
1971 · TV Show
as The Milk Man
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
No image
The Don Knotts Show
1970 · TV Show
as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · TV Show
as Self
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969 · Movie
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · TV Show
as Chet Kincaid
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
1968 · Movie
as Self - Host / Narrator
Of Black America
1968 · TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited)
No image
Murder at N.B.C.
1966 · Movie
I Spy
1965 · TV Show
as Alexander Scott
The Dean Martin Show
1965 · TV Show
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · TV Show
as Self - Comedian
No image
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · TV Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self - Co-Host, Self
The David Susskind Show
1959 · TV Show
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · TV Show
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · TV Show
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
Meet the Press
1947 · TV Show
Crew Credits
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013 · Movie
Executive Producer, Writer
Fat Albert
2004 · Movie
Executive Producer, Writer
Fatherhood
2004 · TV Show
Producer, Creator
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002 · Movie
Writer
No image
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001 · Movie
Producer
Men of Honor
2000 · Movie
Executive Producer
Little Bill
1999 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Creator
No image
Cigars!: The New Rage!
1996 · Movie
Thanks
Cosby
1996 · TV Show
Producer, Creator
I Spy Returns
1994 · Movie
Executive Producer
Malcolm X
1992 · Movie
Thanks
Here and Now
1992 · TV Show
Producer
Leonard Part 6
1987 · Movie
Story, Producer
Bill Cosby: 49
1987 · Movie
Writer, Producer
A Different World
1987 · TV Show
Writer, Creator
The Cosby Show
1984 · TV Show
Writer, Creator
Bill Cosby: Himself
1983 · Movie
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982 · Movie
Executive Producer, Characters
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977 · Movie
Characters, Executive Producer
To All My Friends on Shore
1972 · Movie
Idea, Music, Executive Producer
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Creator
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971 · Movie
Director
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
1969 · Movie
Writer
The Picasso Summer
1969 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director, Creator
