Bill Bellamy

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Biography

A handsome African-American stand-up comic who segued into a successful acting career while hosting the popular R&B music video and interview series "MTV Jams", Bill Bellamy seemed a natural performer, but nearly didn't become an entertainer at all. Goaded into entering a male beauty pageant while studying economics at Rutgers University, Bellamy had to decide on a routine for the talent competition and wrote a short comedy act that wowed the …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music, Sound

Born

April 7, 1965

Career Milestones

2007

Hosted the fifth season of the NBC reality series, "Last Comic Standing"

2006

Hosted "Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?"

2005

Co-starred with Aaron Eckhart in "Neverwas"

2002

Featured in the romantic comedy "Buying the Cow" (lensed 1999)

2002

Starred in the detective series "Fastlane" (Fox)

2001

Starred in and executive produced the fall sitcom "Men, Woman and Dogs" (The WB), centering around a dog park

2001

Co-starred as the most marriage phobic of a group of four African-American professionals in "The Brothers"

2000

Played the injured uninsured friend mistaken for Jamie's "life-parter" on an episode of "The Jamie Foxx Show" (The WB)

1999

Portrayed a drug-addled football star in Oliver Stone's gritty "Any Given Sunday"

1999

Paired with Tyra Banks in the slapstick comedy "Love Stinks"

1998

Voiced the titular big-talking puppet living amongst a live action New York City family in the Nickelodeon series "Cousin Skeeter"

1997

Played a womanizer whose skills are put to the test in "Def Jam's How to Be a Player"

1997

Had a supporting role in the romance "Love Jones"

1996

Acted in the action-adventure feature "Fled", directed by Kevin Hooks

1994

Was a VJ on MTV, hosting shows including the daily R&B fix "MTV Jams"

1994

Had his own special on Showtime entitled "Bill Bellamy: Booty Call"

1993

Acted in "Joey Breaker"

1993

Appeared alongside MTV veejays Dre and Ed Lover in the Ted Demme comedy "Who's the Man?"

1992

Was featured in the "HBO Comedy Hour" presentation "The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show -- Hosted by Dana Carvey"

1992

Headlined the Def Comedy Jam National Tour

1990

Made national television on NBC's "It's Showtime at the Apollo"

1988

Began his career as a stand-up comic

Entered a beauty pageant while attending Rutgers University; did a stand-up routine for the talent competition and won