Bill Bellamy
Milestones
- Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Birthday: April 7, 1965
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2007
Hosted the fifth season of the NBC reality series, "Last Comic Standing"
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2006
Hosted "Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?"
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2005
Co-starred with Aaron Eckhart in "Neverwas"
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2002
Featured in the romantic comedy "Buying the Cow" (lensed 1999)
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2002
Starred in the detective series "Fastlane" (Fox)
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2001
Co-starred as the most marriage phobic of a group of four African-American professionals in "The Brothers"
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2001
Starred in and executive produced the fall sitcom "Men, Woman and Dogs" (The WB), centering around a dog park
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2000
Played the injured uninsured friend mistaken for Jamie's "life-parter" on an episode of "The Jamie Foxx Show" (The WB)
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1999
Paired with Tyra Banks in the slapstick comedy "Love Stinks"
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1999
Portrayed a drug-addled football star in Oliver Stone's gritty "Any Given Sunday"
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1998 to 2003
Voiced the titular big-talking puppet living amongst a live action New York City family in the Nickelodeon series "Cousin Skeeter"
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1997
Had a supporting role in the romance "Love Jones"
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1997
Played a womanizer whose skills are put to the test in "Def Jam's How to Be a Player"
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1996
Acted in the action-adventure feature "Fled", directed by Kevin Hooks
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1994
Had his own special on Showtime entitled "Bill Bellamy: Booty Call"
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1994 to 1999
Was a VJ on MTV, hosting shows including the daily R&B fix "MTV Jams"
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1993
Acted in "Joey Breaker"
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1993
Appeared alongside MTV veejays Dre and Ed Lover in the Ted Demme comedy "Who's the Man?"
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1992
Headlined the Def Comedy Jam National Tour
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1992
Was featured in the "HBO Comedy Hour" presentation "The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show -- Hosted by Dana Carvey"
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1990
Made national television on NBC's "It's Showtime at the Apollo"
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1988
Began his career as a stand-up comic
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Entered a beauty pageant while attending Rutgers University; did a stand-up routine for the talent competition and won