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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 Many of his awards have been rescinded due to numerous sexual assault allegations, including the 1998 Kennedy Center Honor, the 2009 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and all but 10 of 72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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1937-07-12
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 10.2
- info Birth Place Philadelphia, PA, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Bill Cosby
5.1
Ghost Dad
1990-06-29
7.3
Bill Cosby: Himself
1983-05-20
6.3
Jack
1996-08-09
2.9
Leonard Part 6
1987-12-18
6.8
I Am Richard Pryor
2019-03-12
5.8
California Suite
1978-12-15
5.8
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981-03-06
6.1
Uptown Saturday Night
1974-07-26
6.9
Let's Do It Again
1975-10-11
5.6
A Piece of the Action
1977-10-07
8
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009-01-01
5.1
Fat Albert
2004-12-25
3.7
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977-12-18
7
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008-02-23
6.6
Comedian
2002-10-11
7.7
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
0
The Pact
2006-01-01
6.2
Bill Cosby: 49
1987-04-01
5.5
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
2007-04-11
5.6
Hickey & Boggs
1972-10-04
0
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
1990-06-07
0
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007-04-10
0
The Chocolate Princess
1974-01-01
6
Man and Boy
1971-06-23
10
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022-03-04
7
Keep On Keepin’ On
2014-04-19
6
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
2005-05-05
0
Aesop's Fables
1971-10-31
6.9
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012-10-15
4
I Spy Returns
1994-02-03
6.7
Moms Mabley
2013-04-20
5.7
To All My Friends on Shore
1972-02-25
7
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013-11-23
7
Goose
2012-02-26
5.2
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005-08-31
7.5
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
2005-02-23
0
Top Secret
1978-06-04
0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05
0
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982-04-03
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970-03-24
6.2
The Fat Albert Halloween Special
1977-10-24
0
Goin' Back to Indiana
1971-09-19
5.8
The Meteor Man
1993-08-06
0
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
1968-08-31
6.5
Baadasssss!
2004-05-28
0
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971-01-01
7.3
Lightning in a Bottle
2004-02-12
2
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012-06-07
0
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
2014-07-18
6.5
Sesame Street: 20 Years ... and Still Counting!
1989-04-07
9
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990-02-04
5.5
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976-05-26
0
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986-04-16
0
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney
1994-01-11
9
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986-01-17
4.7
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004-07-13
7.2
4 Little Girls
1997-07-09
6.2
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969-09-17
0
The Weird Harold Special
1973-05-04
7
Diana!
1971-04-18
9.5
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013-02-19
0
The Shame of a City
2006-04-06
4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004-01-01
0
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal
2017-06-05
10
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017-06-05
3.8
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008-10-27
1
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979-11-23
0
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986-10-17
0
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003-11-29
0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000-05-31
0
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991-05-28
9
In Remembrance of Martin
1986-02-08
0
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006-11-01
6
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006-11-25
7.4
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002-05-19
8
The Earth Day Special
1990-04-22
0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979-03-01
0
Murder at N.B.C.
1966-10-19
10
Superstars and Their Moms
1987-05-03
7
A Different World
1987-09-24
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
7
The Cosby Show
1984-09-20
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25
5
The David Susskind Show
1959-01-18
5.2
The Bill Cosby Show
1969-09-14
7.2
Becker
1998-11-02
3.8
Meet the Press
1947-11-06
7.1
The Electric Company
1971-10-25
3.6
The Jay Leno Show
2009-09-14
5.9
Late Night with David Letterman
1982-02-01
6.4
I Spy
1965-09-15
6
Cosby
1996-09-16
7.5
Kids Say the Darndest Things
1998-01-09
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04
3
Cos
1976-09-19
5
The New Bill Cosby Show
1972-09-11
0
The Don Knotts Show
1970-09-15
5.5
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04
7.3
The Dean Martin Show
1965-09-16
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970-09-17
6.5
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972-09-09
6.5
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972-09-09
6.5
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972-09-09
5.3
The Cosby Mysteries
1994-01-31
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
7.3
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28
7
Basketball: A Love Story
2018-09-18
7.5
The Emmy Awards
1949-01-25
6.3
Cher
1975-02-16
0
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975-12-26
6.7
When Ruby Wax Met...
2021-08-22
7.6
The Midnight Special
1972-08-19
7.6
The Midnight Special
1972-08-19
5.1
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
7.1
We Need to Talk About Cosby
2022-01-30
0
Of Black America
1968-07-02
7
The Bob Hope Show
1950-04-09
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983-06-06
5
Zone interdite
1993-03-07
3.5
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17
3.6
Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15
4.5
The Case Against Cosby
2022-10-30
5.1
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
6
Ruby Wax Meets
1996-01-28
5.2
Great Performances
1971-01-28
0
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
1966-02-10
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Bill Cosby: Himself
1983-05-20
0
Bill Cosby: Himself
1983-05-20
0
Men of Honor
2000-09-13
0
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002-05-19
0
Leonard Part 6
1987-12-18
0
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971-01-01
0
Leonard Part 6
1987-12-18
0
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982-04-03
0
The Fat Albert Easter Special
1982-04-03
0
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977-12-18
0
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977-12-18
0
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
1969-11-12
0
Malcolm X
1992-11-18
0
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013-11-23
0
Fat Albert
2004-12-25
0
Fat Albert
2004-12-25
0
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001-01-19
0
I Spy Returns
1994-02-03
0
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013-11-23
0
Bill Cosby: 49
1987-04-01
0
The Picasso Summer
1969-08-08
0
To All My Friends on Shore
1972-02-25
0
To All My Friends on Shore
1972-02-25
0
To All My Friends on Shore
1972-02-25
0
The Cosby Show
1984-09-20
0
The Cosby Show
1984-09-20
0
Little Bill
1999-11-28
0
The Bill Cosby Show
1969-09-14
0
The Bill Cosby Show
1969-09-14
0
Cosby
1996-09-16
0
Fatherhood
2004-06-20
0
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972-09-09
0
Here and Now
1992-09-19
0
A Different World
1987-09-24
0
A Different World
1987-09-24
0
The Cosby Show
1984-09-20
0
Fatherhood
2004-06-20
0
The Bill Cosby Show
1969-09-14
0
Little Bill
1999-11-28
0
Cosby
1996-09-16
0
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972-09-09