Darryl M. Bell
| Darryl M. Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 10, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | Daryl Bell |
| Education |
Delbarton School Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Partner(s) | Tempestt Bledsoe (1993–) |
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). Additionally, he starred on the short-lived UPN sitcom Homeboys in Outer Space as Morris Clay.
Biography
Bell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He pledged into the fraternity through Delta Zeta Chapter in Spring 1982. Bell attended Syracuse University. He is in a 20-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.[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's father, Travers J. Bell, Jr., was the founder of the first black firm on the New York Stock Exchange.[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
- ↑ The Obenson Report, 12/21/2008 (accessed 2/16/2009)
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/27/obituaries/travers-j-bell-jr-46-founder-of-only-black-firm-on-exchange.html