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Using the Fat Albert character developed during his stand-up routines, Cosby created, produced, and hosted the animated comedy television series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids which ran from 1972 until 1985.
TV success: Fat Albert and The Cosby Show. Cosby’s first acting assignment, in the espionage series I Spy (1965–68), made him the first Black actor to perform in a starring dramatic role on network television. His portrayal of a Black secret agent won him three Emmy Awards and helped to advance the status of African Americans on television.
Fat Albert is a 2004 American live-action/animated comedy film based on the 1972 animated television series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. It follows the characters as they transition from their cartoon world to the real world to assist a teenage girl with her social challenges.
January 16, 1997 - Cosby’s only son, Ennis, is robbed and murdered on a Los Angeles highway after he stops to fix a flat tire. July 1997 - Autumn Jackson, who claimed to be Cosby’s illegitimate daughter, is found guilty of attempting to extort $40 million dollars from him. She is later sentenced to 26 months in prison.
Outside of his work on his cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Cosby was doing little in film or television, but Carsey and Werner were fans of Cosby's stand-up comedy and thought it would be the perfect material for a family sitcom.
Now, Bill Cosby's beloved characters make their way to movie theaters nationwide in an all-new, live-action motion picture. Fat Albert and friends are drawn through a TV into the real world...
Bill Cosby, who faces sexual assault and misconduct allegations from more than 50 women, is not in jail anymore. In 2018, Cosby, a comedian-actor, landed in prison after a conviction in...
