Bill Cosby awards and nominations
Bill Cosby in 2011
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Bill Cosby is an American comedian, actor, author, producer, and director.

He has received various awards for his work on film and television and for his comedy albums. He received 19 Grammy Award nominations winning 8 awards including six consecutive awards for Best Comedy Album from 1965 to 1970. He received another 2 Grammys for Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1972), and The Electric Company (1973). He also received nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations, receiving three consecutive awards for his leading performance in the drama series I Spy (1966-1968) becoming the first African American actor to do so. He also won for The Bill Cosby Special (1969), and received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003. He also was nominated for five Daytime Emmy Awards winning twice for Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1981), and 'Little Bill (2004). He received five Golden Globe Award nominations winning twice for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for The Cosby Show (1984, 1985).

Cosby also received numerous awards and special honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. However, due to the widespread allegations of sexual assault Cosby has been stripped of various honorary degrees and awards including the Kennedy Center Honors (1998, rescinded in 2018) and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2009, also rescinded in 2018). In 2018, Cosby was also expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences along with Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski due to their breach of the academy's standards of conduct.[1]

Major associations

Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1966 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series I Spy Won [2]
1967
1968
1969 Outstanding Variety Special The Bill Cosby Special
1970 Outstanding Comedy Series The Bill Cosby Show Nominated
Outstanding New Series
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Variety Special The Second Bill Cosby Special
2003 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award Won
Daytime Emmy Awards
1975 Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming Highlights of Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus Nominated
1981 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Won
1986 Outstanding Children's Animated Program Nominated
2002 Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Little Bill
2004 Outstanding Children's Animated Program Won

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1964 Best Comedy Album Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! Nominated [3]
1965 I Started Out as a Child Won
1966 Why Is There Air?
1967 Wonderfulness
1968 Revenge
1969 To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
1970 Sports, a.k.a. Bill Cosby
1971 Live: Madison Square Garden Center Nominated
Best Spoken Word Album Grover Henson Feels Forgotten
1972 Best Comedy Album When I Was a Kid
Best Children's Album Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs Won
1973 The Electric Company
1973 Best Comedy Album Fat Albert Nominated
1976 Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days
1984 Bill Cosby: Himself
1987 Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand Won
Best Spoken Word Album Hardheaded Boys Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1966 Best TV Star - Male I Spy Nominated [4]
1972 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series The New Bill Cosby Show
1984 The Cosby Show Won
1985
1986 Nominated

Honorary awards

Honorary degrees

Main article: List of honorary degrees awarded to Bill Cosby

Cosby was awarded 72 honorary degrees and many other honors since 1985. 62 of these were revoked after he was accused of sexual offenses or after his conviction for sexual assault.[10]

Rescinded awards

Rescinded awards due to convictions and allegations of sexual assault:

References

  1. ^ "Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski expelled from Oscars academy". BBC News. 3 May 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bill Cosby Awards, Nominations and Wins". Emmys.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bill Cosby - Artist". www.grammy.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Bill Cosby". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Bill Cosby remains Hall of Famer in eyes of Temple University Athletics". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  6. ^ Asante, Molefi Kete (2002). The 100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-57392-963-9.
  7. ^ "The comedians' comedian". Chortle.co.uk. December 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "Lone Sailor Award recipients". navymemorial.org. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  9. ^ "Temple's Bill Cosby to be Honored with National Football Foundation's Top Award" (Press release). Philadelphia. August 18, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  10. ^ Ember, Sydney; Moynihan, Colin (October 6, 2015). "To Revoke or Not: Colleges That Gave Cosby Honors Face a Tough Question". The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  11. ^ "Navy Revokes Bill Cosby's Honorary Title" (Press release). December 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  12. ^ "Navy Revokes Honorary Title for Cosby". December 4, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  13. ^ Vadala, Nick (3 May 2018). "Bill Cosby's Marian Anderson Award rescinded". The Inquirer. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  14. ^ "Biography of Bill Cosby". John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
  15. ^ a b "Kennedy Center rescinds Honors, Twain awards given to Bill Cosby". Washington Post.
  16. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (October 27, 2009). "Bill Cosby receives Mark Twain Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  17. ^ Farhi, Paul (October 27, 2009). "Bill Cosby is awarded the Twain Prize for humor at the Kennedy Centre". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  18. ^ Otterson, Joe (September 25, 2018). "Bill Cosby's Career Achievement Award Rescinded by TCA". variety. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  19. ^ "Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby expelled from the film Academy". The Guardian. May 3, 2018.
  20. ^ "Bill Cosby remains Hall of Famer in eyes of Temple University Athletics". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
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