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2022
Block Party

as Uncle Jim

2022
Saving Paradise

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2021
Beyond the Law

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2019
Call Me King

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2017
The Great Gilly Hopkins

as Mr Randolph

2016
The Ultimate Legacy

as Ted Hamilton

2015
Oz the Great and Powerful

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2013
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2013
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2013
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2011
Get Low

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2010
Black Water Transit

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2009
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2008
The Ultimate Gift

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2007
Night at the Museum

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2006
Hard Luck

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2006
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2005
The Final Patient

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2005
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2002
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2000
For All Time

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2000
Bill Cobbs Bill Cobbs

Birthday

1934-06-16

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician for eight years; he also worked in office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland. In 1970, at the age of 36, he left for New York to seek work as an actor. There he turned down a job in the NBC sales department in order to have time for auditions. He supported himself by driving a cab, repairing office equipment, selling toys, and performing odd jobs. His first professional acting role was in "Ride a Black Horse" at the Negro Ensemble Company. From there, he appeared in small theater productions, street theater, regional theater and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. His first television credit was in Vegetable Soup (1975), a New York public television educational series, and he made his feature film debut in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). In his free time, Cobbs enjoys music, reading, and playing his drums. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles, California and continues acting.
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