• Name: Bill Cosby
  
• Birth Name: William Henry Cosby Jr.
  
• Height: 6' 1''
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: July 12, 1937
  
• Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  
• Profession: actor, writer, comedian, producer, director, composer
  
• Education: Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (earned a Bachelor in Arts Degree)
  
•   : University of Massachusetts (earned a Master Degree in Education in 1972 and Doctorate in Education in 1977)
  
• Husband/Wife: Camille Olivia Cosby (née Hanks; producer; married on January 25, 1964)
  
• Father: William H. Cosby (welder; shipped out in US Navy)
  
• Mother: Anna Cosby (died in 1991)
  
• Brother: Russell Cosby (younger), Robert Cosby (younger), James Cosby (born in 1941; died in 1947 of rheumatic fever)
  
• Son: Ennis William Cosby (born in 1969; murdered on January 16, 1997)
  
• Daughter: Evin Harrah (born in 1977), Ensa Camille (born in 1973), Erinn Charlene (born in 1967), Erika Ranee (born in 1965)
  
• Claim to fame: as Doctor Heathcliff Huxtable in Cosby Show (1984)
  

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• About his performances: " I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually put myself into the audience and adjust my pace and timing to them. I can get into their heads through their ears and through their eyes. Only through this total communication can I really achieve what I'm trying to do."
• About his performances: " I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually put myself into the audience and adjust my pace and timing to them. I can get into their heads through their ears and through their eyes. Only through this total communication can I really achieve what I'm trying to do."
• "He (his late son, Ennis) was my hero." -about his murdered son, Ennis.
• "Gray hair is God's graffiti."
• "A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones who need the advice."
• "Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come home."
• "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."

• Honorary doctor of music degree from the Berklee College of Music.
• Emmy Awards: Bob Hope Humanitarian Award (2003)
• TV Guide Awards: Career Achievement Award (2002)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/Special for Little Bill (2001)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Time Television Star (1999)
• BMI TV Music Award for Cosby (1998)
• BMI TV Music Award for Cosby (1997)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series (1997)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, The Cosby Show (1993)
• BMI TV Music Award for A Different World (1992)
• BMI TV Music Award for The Cosby Show (1992)
• Aftonbladet TV Prize (Sweden): Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (1990)
• BMI TV Music Award for The Cosby Show (1990)
• BMI TV Music Award for A Different World (1990)
• Aftonbladet TV Prize (Sweden): Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (1989)
• BMI TV Music Award for A Different World (1989)
• BMI TV Music Award for The Cosby Show (1989)
• BMI TV Music Award for A Different World (1988)
• BMI TV Music Award for The Cosby Show (1988)
• Razzie Awards: Worst Actor, LEONARD PART 6 (1988)
• BMI TV Music Award for The Bill Cosby Show (1987)
• Razzie Award: Worst Picture, LEONARD PART 6 (1987)
• Razzie Award: Worst Screenplay, LEONARD PART 6 (1987)
• Aftonbladet TV Prize (Sweden): Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (1987)
• Quality Television Awards: Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series for The Cosby Show (1986)
• Aftonbladet TV Prize (Sweden): Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (1986)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role--Musical or Comedy Series or Television Movie, THE COSBY SHOW. (1986)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical, The Cosby Show (1986)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role--Musical or Comedy Series or Television Movie, THE COSBY SHOW. (1985)
• Golden Apple Awards: Male Star of the Year (1985)
• Quality Television Awards: Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series, The Cosby Show (1985)
• Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1969)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series, I Spy (1968)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series, I Spy (1967)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series, I Spy (1966)
• Golden Apple Awards: Most Cooperative Actor (1966)
• Five Grammy Awards for the best comedy album.

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