Bill Bellamy
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William "Bill" Bellamy (born April 7, 1965) is an American
United States
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 actor
Actor
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 and stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...

. He currently resides in California
California
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. Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
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' Def Comedy Jam
Def Comedy Jam
Def Comedy Jam is a HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. The show returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. Def Comedy Jam helped to launch the careers of several African-American stand-up comedians...

, where he is credited for creating or uttering before a televised audience, the phrase "booty call
Booty Call
Booty Call is a 1997 comedy film, written by J. Stanford Parker and Takashi Bufford, and directed by Jeff Pollack. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Vivica A. Fox and Tamala Jones.-Plot:...

", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sex.

Bellamy attended Seton Hall Preparatory School
Seton Hall Preparatory School
Seton Hall Preparatory School, generally called Seton Hall Prep, is a Roman Catholic boys' high school located in the suburban community of West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, operating under the supervision of the Archdiocese of Newark...

 in West Orange, New Jersey
West Orange, New Jersey
West Orange is a township in central Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 46,207...

 before moving on to major in economics at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

.

For many years, Bellamy was a staple on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, being a VJ and the host of several MTV programs including MTV Jamz and MTV Beach House
MTV Beach House
MTV Beach House was a one hour music video block that aired in 1993. The show was targeted at black audiences, and was considered by some to be a rival to BET:Live. It was hosted by comedian Bill Bellamy.-External links:*...

. He went on to star in a number of movies, including Fled
Fled
Fled is a 1996 action film directed by Kevin Hooks. A remake of the 1958 film The Defiant Ones, the film stars Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin as a pair of escaped criminals on the run from the police, corrupt officials and the Cuban Mafia....

, Love Jones, The Brothers, How to Be a Player
How to Be a Player
Def Jam's How to Be a Player is a 1997 comedy film, starring Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle and Bernie Mac. The film was directed by Lionel C. Martin, and written by Mark Brown and Demetria Johnson...

, Getting Played
Getting Played
Getting Played is a 2005 film directed by David Silberg, starring Vivica A. Fox, Bill Bellamy, Carmen Electra, and Stacey Dash.-Plot:The film centers around three very attractive women who, after having many guy troubles themselves, decide to play a prank on a random man...

and Any Given Sunday
Any Given Sunday
Any Given Sunday is a 1999 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team. The film features an ensemble cast, consisting of Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine, John C...

. He also appeared on two episodes of the TV show Kenan and Kel. He also played Skeeter on the Nickelodeon television show Cousin Skeeter
Cousin Skeeter
Cousin Skeeter is a television show which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2003. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy, whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter comes to live with his family. With Skeeter's help, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the general ups and downs of...

.

In 2002, Bill Bellamy was given a co-starring role in the Fox Network television
Television
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 show Fastlane
Fastlane (TV series)
Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4 began rebroadcasting the complete series. After finishing its initial run on the network, Fastlane stopped airing on G4...

alongside Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli is an American actor. He became known as the star of Fox's 2002 television series Fastlane. He plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series. He is also well known for his role as Mike Dexter in the film Can't Hardly Wait...

 and Tiffani Thiessen
Tiffani Thiessen
Tiffani Thiessen is an American actress best known for her roles as Kelly Kapowski in Saved by the Bell and as Valerie Malone in Beverly Hills, 90210. She is also known for her role on Fastlane as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers...

.

Bellamy is the current host and executive producer of Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?
Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?
Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes? is a one-hour televised stand-up comedy competition hosted by Bill Bellamy which airs on cable television network TV One. It features Thomas Mikal Ford as the "Pope of Comedy" and Rodney Perry as the "Man on the Street."Each episode, four contestants have to give a...

on TV One
TV One (Radio One)
TV One is an American television channel based in Silver Spring, Maryland and primarily owned by Radio One and Comcast Corporation. It targets African American adults with a broad range of programming...

. The show is in its fourth season. He also appears frequently as a "roundtable" guest on the late night E!
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...

 talk show Chelsea Lately
Chelsea Lately
Chelsea Lately is an American late night comedy talk show hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler on E!. The show debuted on July 16, 2007, and is produced by Handler's production company, Borderline Amazing Productions...

.

Bellamy is also the cousin of basketball player Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
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.

Bellamy has also provided voice acting to Marcus Hill, a playable character in the 2005 updated version of the NARC
NARC (video game)
NARC is originally a 1988 arcade game designed by Eugene Jarvis for Williams Electronics and programmed by George Petro. It was one of the first ultra-violent video games and a frequent target of parental criticism of the arcade game industry. The object is to arrest and kill drug offenders,...

 video game.

According to the Whitest Kids U' Know sketch, "The God Says Song,' killing Bill Bellamy is the only passage to heaven.

He is a Rutgers University alumnus.

He is an avid New York Knicks
New York Knicks
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 fan.

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