W. Kamau Bell Biography
W. Kamau Bell is a stand-up comedian who also hosts and executive produces the Emmy Award-winning CNN docu-series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. Private School Negro, his most recent stand-up comedy special, is now available on Netflix.
How old is W. Kamau Bell? – Age
He is 48 years old as of 26 January 2021. He was born in 1973 in Palo Alto, California, United States. His real name is Walter Kamau Bell.
Is W Kamau Bell Kenyan
His name “Kamau” is a Kenyan. Given to him by his parents so he visited Kenya and connected to his ancestors.
Who are Kamau Bell’s parents? – Family
Bell was raised in Alabama, Boston, and Chicago. He is the only child of author Janet Cheatham Bell, who founded a self-publishing company, and Walter Bell, who served as Alabama’s Insurance Commissioner and Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation. Between the ages of five and twelve, Bell lived in Boston, Massachusetts, in the Mattapan neighborhood. Bell attended the University of Pennsylvania after graduating from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Later in life, he decided to pursue a career in comedy. He is a first cousin once removed of N. K. Jemisin, the author of speculative fiction.
Who is W Kamau Bell’s Wife? – Marriage
Bell began dating Melissa Hudson Bell in 2003, and they married in 2009. They have three kids. Bell had a vasectomy in May 2019.
W. Kamau Bell Totally Biased
From 2012 to 2013, Bell hosted Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, a weekly stand-up comedy television series that aired on FX and later on FXX. In addition to celebrity interviews, Chris Rock’s show featured observational comedy and commentary on social and political issues. Bell relocated from New York to California after the show was canceled in November 2013.
W. Kamau Bell Stand-Up
Semi-Prominent Negro, his first stand-up comedy TV special, premiered on Showtime on April 29, 2016, and his third full-length album with the same title was released on Kill Rock Stars on September 30, 2016. He is the current host of CNN’s award-winning documentary series United Shades of America, which premiered on April 24, 2016. The series has been nominated for several Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program from 2016 to 2019 and Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special in 2021.
In 2017 and 2018, Bell was nominated for Outstanding Host. Bell is the show’s Executive Producer, and she has won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program in 2017, 2018, and 2019. United Shades of America was renewed for a third season in 2018. The first episode of the show aired on April 29, 2018. The season had eight episodes. The final episode, “Native Hawaii,” aired on July 1, 2018. Later that month, in July 2018, Bell was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host of a Reality Program for her work as the host of United Shades of America.
W. Kamau Bell Book
Bell has written several essays and blog posts about race and racism in American politics and media. Bell’s first book, The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6’4, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian, was released in May 2017. The book is a witty autobiography interspersed with essays on politics and pop culture.
W. Kamau Bell Career
Bell became a founding member of the comedy collective Laughter Against the Machine after establishing himself as a sociopolitical comedian and community activist in San Francisco and has been featured in a number of prominent podcasts and publications, including WTF with Marc Maron, Citizen Radio, and Current TV’s The War Room with Jennifer Granholm, on which Bell was a regular correspondent.
One Night Only, his first comedy album, was released in 2007. In 2007, he also created The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About An Hour, a “comedic exploration of the current state of America’s racism,” which he performs in updated versions on a regular basis. Face Full of Flour, his follow-up album, was released in 2010 and was named one of iTunes’ and Punchline Magazine’s Top 10 Best Comedy Albums of the Year.
From 2011 to 2012, he contributed to the San Francisco Weekly’s blog “Kamau’s Komedy Korner.” The SF Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and 7/7 Magazine named Bell San Francisco’s best comedian in 2012. Semi-Prominent Negro, his first stand-up comedy TV special, premiered on Showtime on April 29, 2016, and his third full-length album with the same title was released on Kill Rock Stars on September 30, 2016. Bell was named the Frank Sinatra Artist-in-Residence at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, on November 7, 2017.