Bill Cosby
William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American actor, comedian, 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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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 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.
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Películas (94)
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Cola Wars
2019 · Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014 · Self
Keep on Keepin' On
2014 · Self
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013 · Self, Executive Producer, Writer
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 · Self
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013 · Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012 · Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Self
Goose
2012
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Self
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008 · Self
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008 · Self
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
2007 · Self
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007 · Self (archive footage)
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006 · Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006 · Self
The Shame of a City
2006 · Self
The Pact
2006 · Self
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Lipstick & Dynamite
2005 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
2005 · Self
El gordo Alberto
2004 · Self, Writer, Executive Producer
Baadasssss!
2004 · Bill Cosby
Lightning in a Bottle
2004 · Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003 · Self
Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian
2002 · Self
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002 · Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage), Writer
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001 · Producer
Hombres de honor
2000 · Executive Producer
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Playmate Pajama Party
1999 · self
4 Little Girls
1997 · Self - Educator
Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
1997 · Self
Jack
1996 · Lawrence Woodruff
Cigars!: The New Rage!
1996 · Thanks
I Spy Returns
1994 · Alexander Scott, Executive Producer
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney
1994 · Narrator
The Meteor Man
1993 · Marvin
Malcolm X
1992 · Self (uncredited), Thanks
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991 · Self
Ghost Dad
1990 · Elliot Hopper
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990 · Self
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Cliff Huxtable
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990 · Self
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989 · Self – Host
Creole Giselle
1987 · Self - Host
Leonard Part 6
1987 · Leonard, Story, Producer
Superstars and their Moms
1987 · Self
Bill Cosby: 49
1987 · Self, Writer, Producer
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986 · Self
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986 · Self
In Remembrance of Martin
1986 · Self
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986 · Self
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
Bill Cosby: Himself
1983 · Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982 · Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice), Executive Producer, Characters
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981 · Barney Satin
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979 · Self (uncredited)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · Self (Twins) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Top Secret
1978 · Aaron Strickland
California Suite
1978 · Dr. Willis Panama
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977 · Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice), Characters, Executive Producer
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
1977 · Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
A Piece of the Action
1977 · Dave Anderson
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976 · Mother
Let's Do It Again
1975 · Billy Foster
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 · Wardell Franklin
The Chocolate Princess
1974 · Narrator
Bicycles are Beautiful
1974 · Self - Host
The Weird Harold Special
1973 · Original Story, Music
Hickey & Boggs
1972 · Al Hickey
To All My Friends on Shore
1972 · Blue, Idea, Music, Executive Producer
Aesop's Fables
1971 · Aesop
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana
1971 · Scoop Newsworthy
Man and Boy
1971 · Caleb Revers
Diana!
1971 · Self
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971 · Director
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert!
1969 · Bill / Fat Albert / Dumb Donald (voice), Writer
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Picasso Summer
1969 · Executive Producer
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
1968 · Self - Host / Narrator
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Series (53)
The Case Against Cosby
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Tenemos que hablar de Cosby
2022 · Self (archive footage)
When Ruby Wax Met...
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · Self - Guest
Fatherhood
2004 · Producer, Creator
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Little Bill
1999 · Executive Producer, Creator
Becker
1998 · Hilton Lucas (uncredited)
Kids Say the Darndest Things
1998 · Host
Cosby
1996 · Hilton Lucas, Producer, Creator
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Phil
The Cosby Mysteries
1994 · Guy Hanks
Zone interdite
1993 · Self
Here and Now
1992 · Producer
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Guest
A Different World
1987 · Heathcliff Huxtable, Writer, Creator
The Cosby Show
1984 · Heathcliff Huxtable, Writer, Creator
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Cos
1976
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975 · Self
Cher
1975 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
The New Bill Cosby Show
1972 · Self - Host
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972 · Fat Albert Robertson, Mushmouth, Bill Cosby, Executive Producer, Creator
The Midnight Special
1972 · Self
The Electric Company
1971 · The Milk Man
Great Performances
1971 · Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
The Don Knotts Show
1970 · Self
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Chet Kincaid, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
Of Black America
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
1965
I Spy
1965 · Alexander Scott
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self - Comedian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self - Guest Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host, Self
The David Susskind Show
1959 · Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Meet the Press
1947