William Henry Cosby, commonly known as Bill Cosby, is an American actor, comedian, author, television and film producer, musician and a voice actor. How rich is Bill Cosby? According to sources, Bill Cosby’s net worth is estimated to be $460 million. A multi-talented actor, Bill Cosby accumulated most of his net worth due to his many appearances in movies and television. Bill Cosby, who was born in 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, left school at the age of 15 in order to serve in the United States Navy, yet returned to get a degree in Education in 1970s.
Bill Cosby Net Worth $460 Million
In addition to pursuing his collegiate studies, Cosby began participating in various stand-up shows, and in 1963 received his first exposure to a wide public due to his appearance on “The Tonight Show”. Cosby’s major acting performance occurred in 1965 when he starred in a secret-agent adventure series “I Spy”, for which he won his three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor. Such successful beginnings influenced Cosby’s future ventures, as well as contributed to his net worth. At the time, Bill Cosby continued to perform at stand-up comedy events and even launched a record label called “Tetragrammaton Records” in the late 1960s. Cosby’s appearances on television resulted in the creation of “The Bill Cosby Show”, a situation comedy that ran for two seasons and had a total of 52 episodes. After the finale of “The Bill Cosby Show”, Bill Cosby launched another sitcom titled “The New Bill Cosby Show”, yet poor ratings contributed to the show’s short run. At the same time, Cosby starred in a number of comedy films, including “Uptown Saturday Night” directed by Sidney Poitier, “A Piece of the Action” with Poitier and James Earl Jones, as well as “Let’s Do It Again”.
Yet Cosby’s true acting success would come in 1984 with the creation of the famous “The Cosby Show”. A sitcom that focuses on the lives of an upper middle-class African-American family that lives in Brooklyn was considered to be the biggest hit in the 1980s. The show ran for eight seasons and aired 202 episodes. “The Cosby Show” resulted in a spin-off series titled “A Different World” and earned Cosby a number of awards, including Golden Globe Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and People’s Choice Awards. Needless to say, Bill Cosby managed to significantly increase his annual salary, and in turn, his net worth as well due to the success of “The Bill Cosby Show”. The fame of this sitcom opened a number of opportunities for Bill Cosby to star in various films. Cosby continued his acting career with such movies as “Ghost Dad”, “The Meteor Man” with Eddie Griffin, as well as Spike Lee’s documentary “4 Little Girls”. A well-known actor with an estimated net worth of $460 million, Bill Cosby is an active contributor to the causes of “The Jazz Foundation of America” and has been hosting its annual concerts titled “A Great Night in Harlem” for several years now. Bill Cosby is currently married to Camille Hanks and has five children.
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