Bill Cobbs
Actor,
88 years old
Biography
Bill Cobbs lahir dan dibesarkan di Cleveland, Ohio, di mana orang tuanya pekerja keras, yang menanamkan dalam dirinya rasa kemandirian dan kerendahan hati. Sebagai Aktor Amatir di teater rumah Karamu, ia membintangi sessie Davis Main "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs adalah seorang teknisi radar angkatan udara selama delapan tahun; dia juga bekerja pada produk kantor di IBM dan menjual mobil di Cleveland. Pada tahun 1970, pada usia 36, ia berangkat ke New York untuk mencari pekerjaan sebagai aktor. Di sana ia menolak pekerjaan di NBC penjualan departemen dalam rangka untuk memiliki waktu untuk audisi. Dia mendukung dirinya sendiri dengan mengendarai taksi, memperbaiki peralatan kantor, menjual mainan, dan melakukan pekerjaan aneh. Peran profesional pertamanya adalah dalam "menunggang kuda hitam" di Perusahaan Pakaian Hitam Negro. Dari sana, ia muncul di produksi teater kecil, teater jalanan, teater regional dan di teater Eugene O'neill. Kredit televisi pertamanya di sup sayur (1975), sebuah acara televisi pendidikan di New York, dan dia membuat debutnya di film Pelham One Two Three (1974). Dalam waktu luangnya, Cobbs menikmati musik, membaca, dan memainkan drumnya. Dia tinggal di New York City dan Los Angeles, California dan terus berakting.
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Filmography
Fly
Action, Drama, Romance
Pencil Town
Drama
As Evil Does
Thriller
Broken Church
Drama
Sabora Mi
Action Words: Stand of Faith
Drama, Family, History
The Interims: When Between Time & Place
Drama
A Miracle for Haven
Comedy
Treachery
Drama
Projections
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Singletrack: The Movie
Family, Sport
Beyond the Law
Action
2020
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
Crime, Drama
2018
Superior Donuts
Comedy
2017–2018
Dino Dana
Family
2017–
Call Me King
Action, Crime, Drama
2017
Hand of God
Crime, Drama
2014–2017
The Carmichael Show
Comedy
2015–2017
New Life
Drama, Romance
2016
Beyond the Silence
Crime, Drama
2016
The Mastermind 5
Drama
2016–
Greenleaf
Drama
2016–
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Crime, Drama, Mystery
2000–2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Comedy, Drama, Family
2015
A House Is Not a Home
Horror, Thriller
2015
Rake
Comedy, Crime, Drama
2014
Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind
Drama, Music
2014
On Angel's Wings
Family, Sport
2014
Back in the Game
Comedy
2013–2014
Christmas in Palm Springs
Family
2014
The Glades
Action, Crime, Drama
2010–2013
The Ultimate Life
Drama, Romance
2013
The Last Letter
Thriller
2013
Vampires in Venice
Comedy, Horror
2013
Army Wives
Drama, Romance, War
2007–2013
Go On
Comedy
2012–2013
The Undershepherd
Drama
2012
Harry's Law
Comedy, Crime, Drama
2011–2012
The Arcadian
Sci-Fi
2011
Way Black When: Primetime
Talk-Show
2011–
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Crime, Drama, Mystery
2011
The Bay
Drama, Romance
2010–
The Tenant
Action, Horror, Thriller
2010
No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School
Comedy, Family
2010
Get Low
Drama, Mystery
2009
Black Water Transit
Crime, Drama
2009
HappySAD
Drama
2009
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
Documentary, Comedy
2009–
October Road
Comedy, Drama, Romance
2007–2008
Players at the Poker Palace
Short, Comedy
2008–
Three Days to Vegas
Comedy, Romance
2007
Side Order of Life
Drama
2007
Sweet Deadly Dreams
Drama
2006
Rugrats
Animation, Short, Adventure
1990–2006
The Ultimate Gift
Drama, Family, Romance
2006
The West Wing
Drama
1999–2006
Yes, Dear
Comedy
2000–2006
The Derby Stallion
Drama
2005
My Wife and Kids
Comedy, Family
2001–2005
Special Ed
Drama
2005
Six Feet Under
Comedy, Drama
2001–2005
JAG
Action, Crime, Drama
1995–2005
The Final Patient
Horror, Thriller
2005
Enterprise
Action, Adventure, Drama
2001–2005
NYPD Blue
Crime, Drama, Mystery
1993–2005
Soul Food
Drama
2000–2004
The Division
Crime, Drama, Mystery
2001–2004
The Mortuary
Mystery, Thriller
2004
The Wild Thornberrys
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
1998–2004
The Drew Carey Show
Comedy, Drama
1995–2004
10-8: Officers on Duty
Drama, Crime
2003–2004
The Practice
Crime, Drama, Mystery
1997–2004
A Mighty Wind
Comedy, Music
2003
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Documentary
2003
Touched by an Angel
Drama, Family, Fantasy
1994–2003
Sunshine State
Drama, Romance
2002
Philly
Drama
2001–2002
For Your Love
Comedy
1998–2002
The Outer Limits
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
1995–2002
Enough
Crime, Drama, Thriller
2002
Walker, Texas Ranger
Action, Adventure, Crime
1993–2001
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
Comedy
2001–
The Michael Richards Show
Comedy
2000
The Others
Drama, Horror, Mystery
2000–
Random Hearts
Drama, Mystery, Romance
1999
The Wayans Bros.
Comedy
1995–1999
L.A. Doctors
Drama
1998–1999
Hope Floats
Drama, Romance
1998
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Horror, Mystery
1998
Paulie
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
1998
Air Bud
Comedy, Drama, Family
1997
The Gregory Hines Show
Comedy
1997–
High Incident
Crime, Drama
1996–1997
Soulmates
Drama
1997
Coach
Comedy, Sport
1989–1997
First Kid
Family, Comedy
1996
Ed
Comedy, Family, Sport
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
Drama, History
1996
Fluke
Drama, Family, Fantasy
1995
Man with a Gun
Action, Drama, Thriller
1995
Captiva Island
Family, Comedy, Drama
1995
The Watcher
Drama
1995–
Northern Exposure
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
1990–1995
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Comedy
1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Crime, Drama
1995
Empty Nest
Comedy, Family
1988–1995
L.A. Law
Drama
1986–1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
1994
Designing Women
Comedy
1986–1993
Demolition Man
Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
1993
Fatal Instinct
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
1993
I'll Fly Away
Drama
1991–1993
Exiled in America
Drama
1992
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Drama
1990–1992
Roadside Prophets
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
1992
True Colors
Comedy
1990–1992
Gabriel's Fire
Drama, Thriller
1990–1991
Married People
Comedy
1990–1991
The People Under the Stairs
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
1991
The Hard Way
Action, Comedy, Crime
1991
New Jack City
Action, Crime, Drama
1991
The January Man
Action, Crime, Mystery
1989
Homeroom
Comedy
1989–
The Equalizer
Action, Crime, Drama
1985–1989
Kate & Allie
Comedy
1984–1989
Dominick and Eugene
Drama
1988
Bird
Biography, Drama, Music
1988
Spenser: For Hire
Crime, Drama
1985–1988
The Slap Maxwell Story
Comedy
1987–1988
Suspect
Crime, Drama, Thriller
1987
Five Corners
Crime, Drama, Thriller
1987
The Color of Money
Drama, Sport
1986
Compromising Positions
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
1985
The Brother from Another Planet
Comedy, Sci-Fi
1984
The Cotton Club
Crime, Drama, Music
1984
Trading Places
Comedy
1983
Silkwood
Biography, Drama, History
1983
Good Times
Comedy
1974–1979
The Hitter
Action, Drama, Thriller
1979
King
Biography, Drama, History
1978
Baby... I'm Back!
Comedy
1977–1978
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Drama
1978
Greased Lightning
Action, Biography, Comedy
1977
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Action, Crime, Thriller
1974
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