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