Bill Cobbs' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Go On George The Others Elmer Green… 10-8: Officers on Duty Earl Edmonds Homeroom Phil Drexler The Slap Maxwell Story The Dutchma…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Get Low 2008 - The Morgue 2006 - The Ultimate Gift 2006 - Night at the Museum 2005 - The Derby Stallion 2003 - A Mighty Wind 2002 - Enough 1999 - Random Hearts 1998 - Paulie 1998 - Hope Floats 1998 - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1996 - That Thing You Do! 1996 - Ed 1996 - First Kid 1996 - Ghosts of Mississippi 1995 - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 1995 - Fluke 1994 - The Hudsucker Proxy 1993 - Demolition Man 1993 - Fatal Instinct 1992 - The Bodyguard 1991 - The Hard Way 1991 - The People Under the Stairs 1991 - New Jack City 1989 - The January Man 1988 - Bird 1987 - Suspect 1986 - The Color of Money 1984 - The Brother From Another Planet 1984 - The Cotton Club 1983 - Silkwood 1983 - Trading Places 1977 - Greased Lightning

BIOGRAPHY:

Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio where his parents were hard-working people, whom instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician for eight years; he also worked in office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland. In 1970, at the age of 36, he left for New York to seek work as an actor. There he turned down a job in the NBC sales department in order to have time for auditions. He supported himself by driving a cab, repairing office equipment, selling toys, and performing odd jobs. His first professional acting role was in "Ride a Black Horse" at the Negro Ensemble Company. From there he appeared in small theater productions, street theater, regional theater and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. His first television credit was in "Vegetable Soup" (1976), a New York public television educational series, and he made his feature film debut in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) in 1974. In his free time Cobbs enjoys music, reading, and playing his drums.


TRIVIA:

• He was awarded the 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Driving Miss Daisy" in Chicago, Illinois.