Background
Bellamy was born in Newark, New Jersey.
Bellamy was born in Newark, New Jersey.
He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in South Orange, New Jersey (Now located in West Orange), before moving on to major in economics at Rutgers University.
Bellamy first gained national notoriety on Home Box Office"s Russell Simmons" Def Comedy Jam, where he is credited for creating or coining the phrase "booty call", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sexual He is African-American. Foreign many years, Bellamy was a staple on Music Television, a VJ and the host of several Music Television programs including Music Television Jamz and Music Television Beach House.
He went on to star in a number of movies, including Fled, Love Jones, The Brothers, How to Be a Player, Getting Played and Any Given Sunday.
He also appeared on two episodes of the television show Kenan and Kel. Additionally, he voiced Skeeter on the Nickelodeon television show Cousin Skeeter.
In 2002, Bill Bellamy was given a co-starring role in the Fox Network television show Fastlane alongside Peter Facinelli and Tiffani Thiessen. Bellamy is the current host and executive producer of Bill Bellamy"s Who"s Got Jokes? on television One.
The show is in its fourth season.
He also appeared frequently as a "roundtable" guest on the late night East! talk show Chelsea Lately. Bellamy is also the cousin of basketball player Shaquille O"Neal. Bellamy has also provided voice acting to Marcus Hill, a playable character in the 2005 updated version of the NARC video game.
Bellamy hosted seasons 5 and 6 of National Broadcasting Company"s Last Comic Standing reality show (2007 and 2008).
In 2014, he had a recurring role as Councilman Powell on the television Land original series Hot in Cleveland.