This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Bill Cosby.
Bill Cosby is an American comedian who received various awards for his work on film and television and for his comedy albums. He received 19 Grammy Award nominations winning 8 awards including six consecutive awards for Best Comedy Album from 1965 to 1970. He received another 2 Grammys for Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1972), and The Electric Company (1973). He also received nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations, receiving three consecutive awards for his leading performance in the drama series I Spy (1966-1968) becoming the first African American actor to do so. He also won for The Bill Cosby Special (1969), and received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003. He also was nominated for five Daytime Emmy Awards winning twice for Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1981), and Little Bill (2004). He received five Golden Globe Award nominations winning twice for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for The Cosby Show (1984, 1985).
Cosby also received numerous awards and special honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. However, due to the widespread allegations of sexual assault Cosby has been stripped of various honorary degrees and awards including the Kennedy Center Honors (1998, rescinded in 2018) and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2009, also rescinded in 2018). In 2018, Cosby was also expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences along with Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski due to their breach of the academy's standards of conduct.
Cosby was awarded 72 honorary degrees and many other honors since 1985. 62 of these were revoked after he was accused of sexual offenses or after his conviction for sexual assault.
Rescinded awards due to convictions and allegations of sexual assault: