W. Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comic and television host. Prominent within the San Francisco stand-up comedy scene, he is best known as the host of the former FXX television series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and as the host of the CNN original series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, for which he has received a 2017 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.
W. Kamau Bell
Stand-up comic, television host
January 26
Palo Alto, California
11 Nominations
3 Emmys
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special - 2023
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer/Host
CNN
CNN Original Series, Zero Point Zero Production, Inc.
Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program - 2022
W. Kamau Bell, Directed by
Part 1
Showtime
SHOWTIME Documentary Films presents a Boardwalk Pictures production in association with WKB Industries
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series - 2022
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer
Showtime
SHOWTIME Documentary Films presents a Boardwalk Pictures production in association with WKB Industries
Outstanding Narrator - 2022
W. Kamau Bell, as Narrator
Part 1
Showtime
SHOWTIME Documentary Films presents a Boardwalk Pictures production in association with WKB Industries
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special - 2021
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer/Host
CNN
CNN Original Series, Zero Point Zero Production
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program - 2019
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer
CNN
CNN Original Series, Main Event Media, All3Media America
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program - 2018
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer
CNN
CNN Original Series, All3Media America, Main Event Media
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2018
W. Kamau Bell, Host
CNN
CNN Original Series, All3Media America, Main Event Media
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2017
W. Kamau Bell, Host
CNN
CNN Original Series, All3Media America, Main Event Media
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program - 2017
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer
CNN
CNN Original Series, All3Media America, Main Event Media
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program - 2016
W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer
CNN
Objective Media Group
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