List of awards and nominations received by Bill Cosby
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This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Bill Cosby.
Bill Cosby is an American comedian who 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assault Cosby has been stripped of various honorary degrees and awards including the Kennedy Center Honors (1998, rescinded in 2018) and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2009, also rescinded in 2018).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]
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 | [4] | |
| 1966 | Why Is There Air? | Won | [5] | |
| 1967 | Wonderfulness | Won | [6] | |
| 1968 | Revenge | Won | [7] | |
| 1969 | To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With | Won | [8] | |
| 1970 | Sports, a.k.a. Bill Cosby | Won | [9] | |
| 1971 | Live: Madison Square Garden Center | Nominated | [10] | |
| Best Spoken Word Album | Grover Henson Feels Forgotten | Nominated | [10] | |
| 1972 | Best Comedy Album | When I Was a Kid | Nominated | [11] |
| Best Children's Album | Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs | Won | [12] | |
| 1973 | The Electric Company | Won | [13] | |
| 1973 | Best Comedy Album | Fat Albert | Nominated | [14] |
| 1976 | Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days | Nominated | [15] | |
| 1984 | Bill Cosby: Himself | Nominated | [16] | |
| 1987 | Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand | Won | [17] | |
| Best Spoken Word Album | Hardheaded Boys | Nominated | [17] | |
Golden Globe Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Best TV Star - Male | I Spy | Nominated | [18] |
| 1973 | Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series | The New Bill Cosby Show | ||
| 1985 | The Cosby Show | Won | ||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1987 | Nominated | |||
Honorary awards
- 1984: He was inducted into the Temple University Athletics Hall of Fame.[19]
- 2002: Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush
- 2002: The scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Cosby in his book The 100 Greatest African Americans.[20]
- 2005: In a British poll broadcast on Channel 4 to find the Comedian's Comedian, he was voted among the top fifty comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.[21]
- 2010: Received the Lone Sailor Award by the United States Navy Memorial.[22]
- 2010: Received the National Football Foundation's Gold Medal[23]