BILL COSBY
Bill Cosby is still recognized as one of the best comics of all time. He had his start by performing stand-up comedy in a nightclub in San Francisco after dropping out of his physical education degree at Temple University. He got his big break when he snagged a casting role in I Spy. He then made history when he got his show The Bill Cosby Show, which made him the first African American to star in their eponymous show.
He then created his animated series called Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, which became a pop culture fixture in later years. However, it was his next TV series, The Cosby Show, which turned Bill Cosby into a household name. Regarded as one of the greatest TV shows of all time, the show became revolutionary as it revived the sitcom genre and became an inspiration for black-led TV series later on.