Acting
W. Kamau Bell
Born January 26, 1973 · Palo Alto, California, USA (age 53)
No biography available.
Known For
Sorry to Bother You · 2018Sorry to Bother You
★ 6.82018
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Somewhere To Be · 2025Somewhere To Be
2025
MovieComedyDrama
In this dark comedy short, an eight year old girl has to grow up quickly during a tense car ride.
1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed · 20231000% Me: Growing Up Mixed
★ 2.62023
MovieDocumentary
W. Kamau Bell tackles the joys and challenges of growing up mixed-race through conversations with kids and families in the San Francisco Bay Area, including his own.
SXSW Comedy Night Two with W. Kamau Bell · 2015SXSW Comedy Night Two with W. Kamau Bell
★ 0.52015
MovieComedy
Stand-up W. Kamua Bell hosts the hottest comics at the SXSW festival in the second of this two-part showcase featuring today's heavyweights and tomorrow's stars, including Todd Glass, Wyatt Cenac, Iliza Shlesinger, Rachel Feinstein, Nate Bargatze, Matt Braunger, Mark Normand, Beth Stelling, Joe DeRosa and Jon Huck.
SXSW Comedy With W. Kamau Bell · 2015SXSW Comedy With W. Kamau Bell
★ 5.02015
MovieComedy
The first ever comedy special filmed at and in partnership with South By Southwest (SXSW). Kamau Bell (CNN'sUnited Shades of America) hosts the show. Featuring sets from Beth Stelling (Jimmy Kimmel Live, @midnight), Nate Bargatze (Maron, @midnight), Iliza Shlesinger (The Tonight Show, Last Comic Standing), Mark Normand (Inside Amy Schumer, Trainwreck), and Matt Braunger (Maron, Garfunkel & Oates), the two-part special also includes comics Todd Glass and Beth Stelling exploring the streets of Austin and bumping into the likes of Jeff Ross, Ron Funches and a number of festival-goers.
W. Kamau Bell: Private School Negro · 2018W. Kamau Bell: Private School Negro
★ 6.12018
MovieComedy
Comedian W. Kamau Bell muses on parenting in the Trump era, "free speech" dustups, woke children's TV and his fear of going off the grid.
What Would You Do? · 2008What Would You Do?
★ 7.82008
SeriesNewsReality
An American television news magazine and hidden camera show. Actors act out scenes of conflict or illegal activity in public settings while hidden cameras videotape the scene, and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene, and how. Variations are also usually included, such as changing the genders, the races or the clothing of the actors performing the scene, to see if bystanders react differently. Quiñones appears at the end to interview the bystanders about their reactions. As the experiment goes on, psychology professors, teachers, or club members watch and discuss the video with Quiñones, explaining and making inferences on the bystanders' reactions.
Cultureshock · 2018Cultureshock
★ 4.02018
SeriesDocumentary
A look at the untold stories behind watershed moments in pop culture according to producers with each episode helmed by a noted director.

