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Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

Actor Producer Writer

Bill Cosby is an actor, producer and writer. He was born on 12 July 1937 in Philadelphia, PA, USA. He made his film debut with Man and Boy in 1971. He has appeared in 36 films and 18 series. His best-known films include Malcolm X (1992), Jack (1996) and Ghost Dad (1990).

Bill Cosby’s Best Works

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992 Rated 7.6 out of 10

Jack

Jack

1996 Rated 6.3 out of 10

Ghost Dad

Ghost Dad

1990 Rated 5.0 out of 10

Fat Albert

Fat Albert

2004 Rated 5.1 out of 10

The One, the Only... Groucho

The One, the Only... Groucho

1991

California Suite

California Suite

1978 Rated 5.9 out of 10

The Meteor Man

The Meteor Man

1993 Rated 5.8 out of 10

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969 Rated 6.3 out of 10

The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special

1990

Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

2004 Rated 6.5 out of 10

Acting credits

Jump to

2020s

2022
Bill Cosby: Walking Free

as Self · archive footage

2022
The Case Against Cosby

2 episodes · as Self · archive footage

2022
We Need to Talk About Cosby

4 episodes · as Self · archive footage

2021
When Ruby Wax Met...

1 episode · as Self · archive footage

2010s

2019
Cola Wars

as Self · archive footage

2019
I Am Richard Pryor

as Self - Actor and Comedian · archive footage

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

1 episode · as Self · archive footage

2017
Bill Cosby: An American Scandal

as Self · archive footage

2017
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

as Self · archive footage

2016
Entertainment Tonight

1 episode · as Self

2014
Keep on Keepin' On

as Self

2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn

as Self

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2 episodes · as Self - Guest

Rated 5.8 out of 10
2013
After Newtown: Guns in America

as Self

2013
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished

as Self

2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

as Self

2012
B.B. King: The Life of Riley

as Self

2012
Goose
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

as Self

2000s

2009
The Jay Leno Show

2 episodes · as Self - Guest

2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

as Self

2008
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

as Self

2008
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

as Self

2007
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

as Self · archive footage

2007
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven

as Self

2007
Meet the Press

1 episode

2006
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life

as Self

2006
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

as Self

2006
The Pact

as Self

2006
The Shame of a City

as Self

2005
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

as Self · archive footage

2005
Lipstick & Dynamite

as Self · archive footage, uncredited

2005
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World

as Self

2004
Baadasssss!

as Bill Cosby

Rated 6.5 out of 10
2004
Fat Albert

as Self

Rated 5.1 out of 10
2004
Lightning in a Bottle

as Self

2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self · archive footage

2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

1 episode · as Self

Rated 5.6 out of 10
2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television

as Self

2002
Comedian

as Self

Rated 6.7 out of 10
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special

as Self

2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back

as Self - Dr. Cliff Huxtable · archive footage

2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Zone interdite

1 episode · as Self

1990s

1999
Becker

1 episode · as Hilton Lucas · uncredited

Rated 7.2 out of 10
1999
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Playmate Pajama Party

as self

1998
Kids Say the Darndest Things

64 episodes · as Host

1998
The Kennedy Center Honors

1 episode · as Self

1997
4 Little Girls

as Self - Educator

Rated 7.1 out of 10
1997
Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'

as Self

1997
Ruby Wax Meets

1 episode

1996
Cosby

97 episodes · as Hilton Lucas

1996
Jack

as Lawrence Woodruff

Rated 6.3 out of 10
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1 episode · as Self

1994
I Spy Returns

as Alexander Scott

1994
The Cosby Mysteries

18 episodes · as Guy Hanks

1994
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney

as Narrator

1994
Touched by an Angel

2 episodes · as Phil

Rated 7.2 out of 10
1993
The Meteor Man

as Marvin

Rated 5.8 out of 10
1992
Malcolm X

as Self · uncredited

Rated 7.6 out of 10
1992
The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1 episode · as Self

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

4 episodes

Rated 5.4 out of 10
1991
The One, the Only... Groucho

as Self

1990
Ghost Dad

as Elliot Hopper

Rated 5.0 out of 10
1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

as Self

1990
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

as Self

1990
The Earth Day Special

as Cliff Huxtable

1980s

1989
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989

as Self - Host

1987
A Different World

3 episodes · as Heathcliff Huxtable

Rated 7.1 out of 10
1987
Bill Cosby: 49

as Self

1987
Creole Giselle

as Self - Host

1987
Leonard Part 6

as Leonard

Rated 2.9 out of 10
1987
Superstars and their Moms

as Self

1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
In Remembrance of Martin

as Self

1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

as Self

1986
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

as Self

1986
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

as Self

1985
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1984
The Cosby Show

197 episodes · as Heathcliff Huxtable

Rated 7.0 out of 10
1983
Bill Cosby: Himself

as Self

Rated 7.6 out of 10
1983
Reading Rainbow

1 episode · as Self - Narrator · voice

1982
Late Night with David Letterman

2 episodes · as Self

Rated 6.1 out of 10
1982
The Fat Albert Easter Special

as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown · voice

1981
The Devil and Max Devlin

as Barney Satin

1970s

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Self - Twins · archive footage, uncredited

1979
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

as Self · uncredited

1978
California Suite

as Dr. Willis Panama

Rated 5.9 out of 10
1978
Top Secret

as Aaron Strickland

1977
A Piece of the Action

as Dave Anderson

1977
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
The Fat Albert Christmas Special

as Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown · voice

1977
The Fat Albert Halloween Special

as Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown · voice

1976
Cos

9 episodes

1976
Dinah!

1 episode · as Self

1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed

as Mother

1975
Cher

1 episode · as Self

1975
Doug Henning's World of Magic

1 episode · as Self

1975
Let's Do It Again

as Billy Foster

1974
Bicycles are Beautiful

as Self - Host

1974
The Chocolate Princess

as Narrator

1974
Uptown Saturday Night

as Wardell Franklin

1973
The Weird Harold Special
1972
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

330 episodes · as Fat Albert Robertson, Mushmouth, Bill Cosby

1972
Hickey & Boggs

as Al Hickey

1972
The Midnight Special

2 episodes · as Self

1972
To All My Friends on Shore

as Blue

1971
Aesop's Fables

as Aesop

1971
Bill Cosby on Prejudice
1971
Diana!

as Self

1971
Great Performances

2 episodes · as Self

1971
Man and Boy

as Caleb Revers

1971
The Electric Company

260 episodes · as The Milk Man

1971
The Flip Wilson Show

1 episode · as Self

1971
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana

as Scoop Newsworthy

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self · archive footage

1970
The Don Knotts Show

2 episodes · as Self

1960s

1969
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

as Nightclub Patron · uncredited

Rated 6.3 out of 10
1969
The Bill Cosby Show

52 episodes · as Chet Kincaid

1968
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed

as Self - Host / Narrator

1968
Of Black America

7 episodes

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

4 episodes · as Self · uncredited

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

3 episodes · as Self - Guest

1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1 episode

1966
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
The Bob Hope Show

1 episode · as Self

1966
The Dean Martin Show

1 episode

1965
I Spy

82 episodes · as Alexander Scott

1964
The David Susskind Show

1 episode · as Self

1964
The Ed Sullivan Show

1 episode · as Self

1964
The Hollywood Palace

2 episodes · as Self - Comedian

1962
The Merv Griffin Show

2 episodes · as Self

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

26 episodes · as Self - Guest Host

Rated 7.5 out of 10
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

8 episodes · as Self - Co-Host

1940s

1949
The Emmy Awards

2 episodes · as Self

138 credits shown · 1949–2022.

Behind the camera

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2010s

2013
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished

Executive Producer · Writer

2000s

2004
Fat Albert

Writer · Executive Producer

2004
Fatherhood

Producer · Creator

2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back

Writer

2001
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

Producer

2000
Men of Honor

Executive Producer

1990s

1999
Little Bill

Executive Producer · Creator

1996
Cosby

Producer · Creator

1994
I Spy Returns

Executive Producer

1992
Here and Now

Producer

1980s

1987
A Different World

Writer · Creator

1987
Bill Cosby: 49

Writer · Producer

1987
Leonard Part 6

Story · Producer

1984
The Cosby Show

Writer · Creator

1983
Bill Cosby: Himself

Director · Writer · Executive Producer

1982
The Fat Albert Easter Special

Executive Producer

1970s

1977
The Fat Albert Christmas Special

Executive Producer

1972
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Executive Producer · Creator

1972
To All My Friends on Shore

Executive Producer

1971
Bill Cosby on Prejudice

Director

1960s

1969
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert

Writer

1969
The Bill Cosby Show

Director · Executive Producer · Creator

1969
The Picasso Summer

Executive Producer

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