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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-07-12
Place of birth
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ghost Dad
1990
5.10
Bill Cosby: Himself
1983
7.30
Jack
1996
6.30
Leonard Part 6
1987
2.74
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
6.80
California Suite
1978
5.78
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981
5.80
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
6.10
Let's Do It Again
1975
6.90
A Piece of the Action
1977
5.60
Fat Albert
2004
5.10
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977
3.61
Comedian
2002
6.60
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
7.60
The Pact
2006
0.00
Bill Cosby: 49
1987
6.70
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
2007
5.50
Hickey & Boggs
1972
5.80
The Chocolate Princess
1974
0.00
Man and Boy
1971
6.00
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
10.00
Keep On Keepin’ On
2014
7.00
Lipstick & Dynamite
2005
6.00
Aesop's Fables
1971
0.00
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012
6.90
I Spy Returns
1994
4.00
To All My Friends on Shore
1972
5.70
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013
7.00
Goose
2012
7.00
Top Secret
1978
0.00
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
0.00
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982
0.00
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
1977
6.20
Goin' Back to Indiana
1971
0.00
The Meteor Man
1993
5.80
Baadasssss!
2004
6.50
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971
0.00
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
7.30
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
5.00
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014
0.00
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
5.50
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004
4.62
4 Little Girls
1997
7.20
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
6.18
The Weird Harold Special
1973
0.00
Diana!
1971
7.00
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013
9.50
The Shame of a City
2006
0.00
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
2017
0.00
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
10.00
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008
3.80
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
0.00
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
0.00
In Remembrance of Martin
1986
9.00
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002
7.40
The Earth Day Special
1990
7.57
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
0.00
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
0.00
Superstars and their Moms
1987
10.00
Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
1997
5.20
Cola Wars
2019
7.50