Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Age
78
Birthday
Jun. 16th, 1934
Born in
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height

Bill Cobbs' Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Go On TV Show
Go On
The Others TV Show
The Others
10-8: Officers on Duty TV Show
10-8: Officers on Duty
Homeroom TV Show
Homeroom
The Slap Maxwell Story TV Show
The Slap Maxwell Story
 

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

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
James Stevenson
20
Lewis Coleman
13
Chaplain Matthew Turner
4
Minister
2
Joe Dell
2
Norval Stevens
2
Sam Butcher
2
Counterman
2
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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.


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