Bill Cosby - Famous Actor

Bill Cosby Net Worth

$400,000,000

Famous American comedian and television star Bill Cosby had a net worth of $400 million. His net worth was largely driven by his famous show ‘The Cosby Show’, for which he earned $4 million per episode. He also owned 20% of the show’s equity which generated hundreds of millions in syndication royalties over several decades, adding to his extensive real estate portfolio and valuable art collection.

Key facts:

  • Bill Cosby is an American comedian, television star and producer.
  • He is best known for creating and starring on 'The Cosby Show', which was one of the most successful sitcoms of all time.
  • Cosby won seven Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Performance between 1965 and 1987. His album 'To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With' was named number one on Spin' magazine's list of the 40 Greatest Comedy Albums of All Time.
  • Cosby created, hosted, and produced the animated Saturday morning cartoon, 'Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'. The show was based off Bill's own childhood.
  • Cosby owned 20% of the show's equity which generated hundreds of millions in syndication royalties over the last several decades, though those royalties have mostly dried up in recent years in the wake of his sexual assault convictions and scandals.

Basic Information About Bill Cosby

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Comedian, Author, Screenwriter, Television producer, Film Producer, Educator, Activist, Musician, Voice Actor
Net worth$400,000,000
Date of birth1937-07-12 (87 years old)
Place of birthPhiladelphia
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksStories of his childhood and fatherhood
His only prop onstage is a chair
His loud, gregarious voice.
Periodically wears Temple University shirts on camera
SpouseCamille O. Cosby - (25 JanuaryΒ 1964 - present)Β (5 children)
GenderMale
Height6 ft (1.85 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did Bill Cosby win?


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Bill Cosby awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerThe Cosby Show1992
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerThe Cosby Show1991
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerThe Cosby Show1990
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerThe Cosby Show1989
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerThe Cosby Show1988
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or MusicalWinnerThe Cosby Show1986
Image Award - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesWinnerThe Cosby Show1993
Blimp Award - Favorite TV ActorWinnerThe Cosby Show1993
Blimp Award - Favorite TV ActorWinnerThe Cosby Show1992
Blimp Award - Favorite TV ActorNomineeThe Cosby Show1988
Impact Award - WinnerThe Cosby Show2011
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerA Different World1992
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerA Different World1991
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerA Different World1990
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerA Different World1989
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerA Different World1988
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerCosby1998
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerCosby1997
TV Guide Award - Favorite Actor in a ComedyNomineeCosby2000
TV Guide Award - Favorite Actor in a ComedyNomineeCosby1999
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Animated ProgramNomineeFat Albert and the Cosby Kids1986
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming - PerformersWinnerFat Albert and the Cosby Kids1981
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesWinnerI Spy1968
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesWinnerI Spy1967
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesWinnerI Spy1966
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated ProgramWinnerLittle Bill2004
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Special Class Animated ProgramNomineeLittle Bill2002
Image Award - Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/SpecialWinnerLittle Bill2001
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy SeriesNomineeThe Bill Cosby Show1970
BMI TV Music Award - WinnerThe Bill Cosby Show1987

Bill Cosby roles

Movie / Series Role
Malcolm XSelf - End Credits (uncredited)
JackLawrence Woodruff
Fat AlbertWriter
Fat AlbertBill Cosby
Bob & Carol & Ted & AliceNightclub Patron in Hat (uncredited)
The Cosby ShowWriter
The Cosby ShowDr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable 197 episodes, 1984-1992
Reading RainbowSelf 1 episode, 1983
A Different WorldWriter
A Different WorldDr. Heathcliff Huxtable 3 episodes, 1987
Sesame StreetSelf / ... 15 episodes, 1970-2004
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2004
Dr. PhilSelf 1 episode, 2005
BeckerHilton Lucas (uncredited) unknown episodes
CosbyHilton Lucas 95 episodes, 1996-2000
TattletalesSelf 5 episodes, 1976
Fat Albert and the Cosby KidsWriter
Fat Albert and the Cosby KidsFat Albert Jackson / ... 36 episodes, 1972-1985
I SpyAlexander Scott 82 episodes, 1965-1968
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf 2 episodes, 2014
The Daily ShowSelf 1 episode, 2013
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest 18 episodes, 1992-2013
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf / ... 3 episodes, 1971-1973
The Oprah Winfrey ShowSelf 5 episodes, 1989-2008
Laugh-InGuest Performer (uncredited) unknown episodes
The Maury Povich ShowSelf 2 episodes, 1996-1998
Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest 5 episodes, 2012-2013

Bill Cosby's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
CosbyΒ (1996)$1,000,000 /episode (1996)

Bill Cosby's Quotes

  • [on his murdered son, Ennis] He was my hero.
  • The problem is that your daughter has given her heart to a 15-year-old boy, and a 15-year-old boy does not yet qualify as a human being.
  • It's the little things that count when you're a daddy. Like taking your little girl for ice cream. First, you have to teach her about the concept of gravity. I can't tell you how many ice creams I've had to pick up off the floor, rinse off and stick back on my kid's cone. Now that may sound strange, but have you bought ice cream lately? Good gosh, it's up to 75 cents a scoop. A scoop! What's in it, gold?
  • Gray hair is God's graffiti.
  • A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice.

Bill Cosby's photos

Interesting Facts about Bill Cosby

  1. National Enquirer offers $100,000 reward for the capture of the killer of Bill's son, Ennis Cosby. [January 1997]
  2. Bill's son, Ennis Cosby (27), was shot dead while fixing a flat tire off the San Diego Freeway. [January 1997]
  3. He and wife Camille O. Cosby have five children: Erika (b. 8 April 1965), Erinn (b. 23 July 1966), Ennis (15 April 1969 - 16 January 1997), Ensa (8 April 1973 - 23 February 2018) and Evin (b. 27 August 1976).
  4. In 1976, he earned a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His dissertation was titled "An Integration of the Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning."
  5. His wife, Camille O. Cosby, is a direct descendant of Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's mother.
  6. At one time expressed a very public interest in purchasing the National Broadcasting Company.
  7. Sang on a number of albums in the 1970s.
  8. In addition to numerous best-selling comedy albums over the years, for which he won several Grammy awards, Cosby had a top-40 hit as a singer in 1969 with "Little Old Man."
  9. Insisted that The Cosby Show (1984) be filmed in New York; he disliked working in Hollywood.
  10. Grand marshal, Tournament of Roses parade [2003]
  11. Many elements of The Cosby Show (1984) were references to his own family. Phylicia Rashad's (Clair Huxtable's) maiden name was Hanks, like his wife Camille's maiden name. Also, like he has in real life, the Huxtables had four daughters and one son.
  12. Is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
  13. Son Ennis Cosby is buried on Cosby family estate in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
  14. First black performer to win an Emmy, for I Spy (1965).
  15. Biography in "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pp. 120-122. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
  16. Cliff Huxtable, Cosby's character on The Cosby Show (1984), was ranked #1 by TV Guide in its list of the 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time [20 June 2004 issue].
  17. Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 1994.
  18. Broke Radio City's 53-year-old attendance record for his concert appearance. (1986)
  19. Was an Honoree at the Kennedy Center Awards, and attended the ceremony with Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton.
  20. Is a best-selling author.

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