Kamau Bell

Kamau Bell: Biography in Details

Who is Kamau Bell?

Kamau Bell also known as W.Kamau Bell or Walter Kamau Bell is a popular American TV host and socio-political stand-up comedian.

He is also the former host of the FXX television series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Currently, he is working as a host for CNN.

What are the birth facts of Kamau Bell?

Kamau was born on January 26, 1973, and he grew up in Alabama, Chicago, and Boston. His father’s name is Walter Bell who is Alabama’s Insurance Commissioner and Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation. And, my mother, Janet Cheatham Bell, is an author and owns a self-publishing firm.

There is no information on his siblings, it seems like he is the only child of his parents.

Education

Kamau graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and then he joined the University of Pennsylvania. Later, he dropped out and started to pursue his career in the field of comedy.

Kamau Bell: Early Professional Life, Career

After dropping out of university, he set out to pursue his dream. At the starting of his career as a socio-political comedian, he became the initiator of a comedy show called Laughter against the machine and was focused on various podcasts and distributors like Citizen Radio, and WTF with Marc. Maron and many more.

He started his first drama collection called One Night Only in 2007 and Face Full of Flour in 2010. In the year 2011-12, he wrote a blog Kamau’s Komedy Korner for the San Francisco Weekly.

After his long struggle in comedy, he became the Frank Sinatra Artist-in-Residence of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California on November 7, 2017.

Lifetime Achievement and Awards

The subsequent collection of his first drama collection, Face Full of Flour which was discharged in 2010 was named one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Albums of the year by Punchline Magazine and iTunes.

Thereafter, he was voted to be San Francisco’s best entertainer by the San Francisco Weekly, 7×7 Magazine, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. After this, on September 30, 2016, his third full-length album, was also titled as Semi-Prominent Negro, which was released on Kill Rock Stars.

How much is the net worth of Kamau Bell?

His net worth is estimated to be 4 million dollars. His salary is unknown.

Social Media Profile

He has 330k followers on Instagram, 81.4k followers on Facebook and 405.8k followers on Twitter.

Kamau Bell: Rumors, Controversy

On 26 January 2015, Kamau and his wife Melissa were tangled in a racially motivated incident at a bistro in Berkeley, California. A waiter at the Bristol mistook Kamau for a black who was disturbing the peace of a white woman-Melissa. Although the matter was dealt with later, Kamau posted his own ideas of the incident on social media which triggered a hot debate about this issue.

Body Measurements

He looks tall and fit. He has a height of 6 feet 4 inches and weighs around 113 kg. Further, he has black hair and black eyes.

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