Hall of Fame Inductee Bill Cosby

Best known for his comedy and the wildly successful NBC series that was named after him, Cosby has been reinventing and reshaping the landscape of television culture for over four decades.  His work is recognized by his peers and acclaimed by audiences worldwide.  Bill Cosby is the recipient of two NAACP Image Awards, one for Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/Special for “Little Bill” and the other for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “The Cosby Show.”  Bill Cosby has also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kennedy Center Honors, and The Spingarn Medal; he has won nine Grammys, three Golden Globe Awards, five Emmy Awards and in 2003, he received the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ prestigious "Bob Hope Humanitarian Award" honor. 

In addition to his television and comedy credits, Bill Cosby has a long history of social activism and contributes his time and funds to a variety of humanitarian causes.  He has hosted countless charity events, making donations and sending gifts to support education in various colleges (Spellman, Howard, and Fisk University) and other social and civil rights organizations. He has also written books including Childhood, Cosbyology, Time Flies, Love and Marriage and Fatherhood. Fatherhood became the fastest selling hardcover book of all time, selling approximately 2.6 million hardcover copies and 1.5 million paperback copies.