Bill Cosby

Did You Know?

• Bill is married to Camille Hanks and they have five children.
• His son, Ennis, was shot in 1997 while changing a flat tire on his car.
• Bill has a Doctorate in Education from the University of Massachusetts.
• Bill won back-to-back Emmy's for 'I Spy' in 1966 and 1967.
• Bill went to Temple University on a track and field scholarship. He also played on the football team.
• Bill's first round with entertainment came as a stand-up comedian in 1962 at a club in New York.
• Bill was the first African-American to star in a dramatic television series. He made his claim to fame in 1965 with 'I Spy.'
• He collects art by African-American artists.
• The generous actor donated $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Bill admitted to having an affair over 20 years ago with a woman named Shawna Upshaw. She had a daughter but the child does not belong to Bill. Recently, the girl tried to claim Bill was her father and sell her stories to the tabloids unless he paid her $40 million. She went to jail for extortion and was ordered to publicly apologize to Bill.
• Bill has two younger brothers. The three boys were raised mostly by their mother as their father was in the U.S. Navy and gone for weeks at a time.
• Bill started school in gifted classes but then let extra-curricular activities bring his grades down. He dropped out of school as a sophomore and entered the Navy.
• Bill earned his diploma equivalency and went to Temple University in 1961. He was a 23-year-old freshman.
• In 1998, Bill earned tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors.
• In 1992, Bill made $333 million from the syndication of 'The Cosby Show.'

Actor Credits

1. Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
2. I Spy: Season 2 (2008)
3. I Spy: Season 1 (2008)
4. The Cosby Show: Season 8 (2008)
5. The Cosby Show: The Complete Series (2008)
6. I Spy: Season 3 (2008)
7. The Cosby Show: Season 7 (2008)
8. The Best of The Cosby Show (2007)
9. The Cosby Show: Season 5 (2007)
10. The Cosby Show: Season 3 (2007)
11. The Cosby Show: Season 6 (2007)
12. The Cosby Show: Season 4 (2007)
13. The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney (2007)
14. The Cosby Show: Season 2, Volume 3 (2006)
15. The Cosby Show: Season 2 (2006)
16. The Cosby Show: Season 2, Volume 1 (2006)
17. The Cosby Show: Season 2, Volume 2 (2006)
18. Fat Albert's Halloween Special (2005)
19. The Cosby Show: Season 1 (2005)
20. The Cosby Show: Season 1, Volume 1 (2005)
21. Lightning In A Bottle (2004)
22. Comedian (2002)
23. Jack (1996)
24. I Spy Returns (1994)
25. Guy Hanks (1994)
26. The Cosby Mysteries (1994)
27. The Meteor Man (1993)
28. Ghost Dad (1990)
29. Leonard Part 6 (1987)
30. Bill Cosby: Himself (1983)
31. The Devil And Max Devlin (1981)
32. California Suite (1978)
33. Top Secret (1978)
34. A Piece Of The Action (1977)
35. Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
36. Let's Do It Again (1975)
37. Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
38. Man And Boy (1972)
39. Hickey & Boggs (1972)
40. To All My Friends On Shore (1971)

Director Credits