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assault Cosby has been stripped of various honorary degrees and awards including the Kennedy Center Honors (1998, rescinded in 2018) and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2009, also rescinded in 2018).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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43994591|title= Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski expelled from Oscars academy|work= BBC News|date= 3 May 2018|accessdate= June 30, 2021}}
Major associations
= [[Emmy Awards]] =
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! scope="col" style="width:24em;"| Category ! scope="col" style="width:27em;"| Nominated work ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result ! | Ref. | ||||
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| colspan=5|Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| style="text-align:center;"|1966 | rowspan=3|Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | rowspan=3|I Spy | rowspan=4 {{won}} | rowspan=9|{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/bill-cosby|title= Bill Cosby Awards, Nominations and Wins|website= Emmys.com|accessdate= June 30, 2021}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|1967 | ||||
| style="text-align:center;"|1968 | ||||
| style="text-align:center;"|1969 | Outstanding Variety Special | The Bill Cosby Special | ||
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=4|1970 | Outstanding Comedy Series | rowspan=3|The Bill Cosby Show | rowspan=4 {{nom}} | |
| Outstanding New Series | ||||
| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | ||||
| Outstanding Variety Special | The Second Bill Cosby Special | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|2003 | Bob Hope Humanitarian Award | {{won}} | ||
| colspan=5|Daytime Emmy Awards | ||||
| style="text-align:center;"|1975 | rowspan=2|Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming | Highlights of Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus | {{nom}} | |
| style="text-align:center;"|1981 | rowspan=2|Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | {{won}} | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|1986 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | rowspan=2 {{nom}} | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|2002 | Outstanding Special Class Animated Program | rowspan=2|Little Bill | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|2004 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | {{won}} |
= [[Grammy Awards]] =
= [[Golden Globe Awards]] =
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| style="text-align:center;"|1967 | Best TV Star - Male | I Spy | rowspan=2 {{nom}} | rowspan=5|{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/bill-cosby|title= Bill Cosby|website= goldenglobes.com|accessdate= June 30, 2021}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|1973 | rowspan=4|Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series | The New Bill Cosby Show | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|1985 | rowspan=3|The Cosby Show | rowspan=2 {{won}} | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|1986 | ||||
| style="text-align:center;"|1987 | {{nom}} |
Honorary awards
- 1984: He was inducted into the Temple University Athletics Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=Bill Cosby remains Hall of Famer in eyes of Temple University Athletics |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/bill-cosby-remains-hall-of-famer-in-eyes-of-temple-university-athletics |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}
- 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.{{cite book|first=Molefi Kete|last=Asante|author-link=Molefi Kete Asante|title=The 100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia|publisher=Prometheus Books|location=Amherst, New York|date=2002|isbn=978-1-57392-963-9}}
- 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.{{cite news|title=The comedians' comedian|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2004/12/01/26/the_comedians_comedian|publisher=Chortle.co.uk|date=December 30, 2015}}
- 2010: Received the Lone Sailor Award by the United States Navy Memorial.{{cite web|title=Lone Sailor Award recipients|url=http://www.navymemorial.org/lone-sailor-award-recipients|publisher=navymemorial.org|access-date=July 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016214216/http://www.navymemorial.org/lone-sailor-award-recipients|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}
- 2010: Received the National Football Foundation's Gold Medal{{cite press release |date=August 18, 2010 |title=Temple's Bill Cosby to be Honored with National Football Foundation's Top Award |location=Philadelphia |url=http://www.owlsports.com/news/2010/8/18/FB_0818100831.aspx |access-date=November 25, 2015}}
Honorary degrees
{{main|List of honorary degrees awarded to Bill Cosby}}
Cosby was awarded 72 honorary degrees and many other honors since 1985. 62 of these were revoked after he was accused of sexual offenses or after his conviction for sexual assault.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/arts/television/to-revoke-or-not-colleges-that-gave-cosby-honors-face-a-tough-question.html |first1=Sydney |last1=Ember |first2=Colin |last2=Moynihan |date=October 6, 2015 |title=To Revoke or Not: Colleges That Gave Cosby Honors Face a Tough Question |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 6, 2015}}
Rescinded awards
Rescinded awards due to convictions and allegations of sexual assault:
- 2011: Received Honorary Chief Petty Officer from U.S. Navy. Revoked December 4, 2014.{{cite press release |date=December 4, 2014 |title=Navy Revokes Bill Cosby's Honorary Title |url=http://www.myarklamiss.com/news/news/navy-revokes-bill-cosbys-honorary-title/161261618 |access-date=December 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216052027/https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/news/navy-revokes-bill-cosbys-honorary-title/161261618 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=84720|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204190748/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=84720|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2014|title=Navy Revokes Honorary Title for Cosby|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2019}}
- 2009: Received the Marian Anderson Award. Rescinded May 3, 2018.{{cite web |last1=Vadala |first1=Nick |title=Bill Cosby's Marian Anderson Award rescinded |url=http://www2.philly.com/philly/entertainment/celebrities/bill-cosby-marian-anderson-award-rescinded-sexual-assualt-andrea-constand-20180503.html |website=The Inquirer |date=3 May 2018 |access-date=December 13, 2018}}
- 1998: Received the Kennedy Center Honor.{{cite web|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3713&source_type=A |title=Biography of Bill Cosby |access-date=February 23, 2007 |publisher=John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216143109/http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3713&source_type=A |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |url-status=dead }} Rescinded May 7, 2018.{{cite news|title=Kennedy Center rescinds Honors, Twain awards given to Bill Cosby|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/05/07/kennedy-center-rescinds-honors-twain-awards-given-to-bill-cosby/|newspaper=Washington Post}}
- 2009: Presented with the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/arts/television/28arts-BILLCOSBYREC_BRF.html |author=Itzkoff, Dave|title=Bill Cosby receives Mark Twain Prize|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 27, 2009|access-date=September 22, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102603704.html |title=Bill Cosby is awarded the Twain Prize for humor at the Kennedy Centre |newspaper=The Washington Post|date= October 27, 2009|access-date=September 22, 2013 |first=Paul |last=Farhi}} Rescinded May 7, 2018.
- 2002: Received the TCA Career Achievement Award. Rescinded September 25, 2018.{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=Bill Cosby's Career Achievement Award Rescinded by TCA |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bill-cosby-career-achievement-award-tca-1202956796/ |website=variety |date=September 25, 2018 |access-date=December 13, 2018}}
- May 3, 2018, Cosby was expelled as a member of the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/03/roman-polanski-bill-cosby-expelled-film-academy|title = Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby expelled from the film Academy| newspaper=The Guardian |date = May 3, 2018}}
- 1982: He won the Theodore Roosevelt Award as a Member of Temple University football. Rescinded in 2018.
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