Darryl M. Bell
Darryl M. Bell (sometimes credited as Daryl Bell; born May 10, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role as Big Brother X-Ray Vision in the 1988 Spike Lee film School Daze and as Ron Johnson Jr. on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1987–93). Darryl Bell also starred on the short-lived UPN sitcom Homeboys in Outer Space as Morris Clay.
Darryl M. Bell | |
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 Bell in 2006 | |
| Born | May 10, 1963 |
| Other names | Daryl Bell |
| Education | Delbarton School Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Partner(s) | Tempestt Bledsoe (1993–present) |
Bell was born as the son of Travers J. Bell Jr., the founder of the first black firm on the New York Stock Exchange.[1] Bell graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey in May 1981, where he was one of four African American students, accounting for 1% of the school's enrollment.[2] Bell also attended Syracuse University. Bell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, having pledged the fraternity through the Delta Zeta chapter in Spring 1982. He is in a 28 year-long committed relationship with actress Tempestt Bledsoe, who co-starred in the NBC TV comedy The Cosby Show. The couple appeared together in the Fox reality TV series Househusbands of Hollywood, that debuted in August 2009.[3]
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–93 | A Different World | Ron Johnson | 103 Episodes |
| 1995 | Black Scorpion | E-Z Street | |
| 1996 | Living Single | John | Season 3, Dear John |
| 1996–97 | Homeboys in Outer Space | Morris Clay | 21 Episodes |
| 1997 | Cosby | Julius | Three Episodes |
| 1999 | For Your Love | Floyd Huxtable III | Seasons 2, Van For All Seasons |
| 2004 | Beverly Hills S.U.V. | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | Househusbands of Hollywood | Himself | TV Reality Show |
References
- Wolff, Craig. "Travers J. Bell Jr., 46, Founder Of Only Black Firm on Exchange". The New York Times.
- Weaver, Maurice. "Darryl Bell Gets Caught Up In A World Of Success", Chicago Tribune, January 29, 1989. Accessed June 29, 2012. "Bell`s own education at Del Barton [sic], an all-boys Catholic preparatory boarding school in New Jersey run by Benedictine monks, was nothing like the atmosphere at A Different World`s fictional Hillman College, a historically black institution. 'As I look back, there were some very hard times for me being one out of four black students, out of 400 students at Del Barton,' says Bell, a talkative student but never the class clown."
- The Obenson Report, 12/21/2008 (accessed 2/16/2009)