W. Kamau Bell
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W. Kamau Bell in 2010
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| Birth name | Walter Kamau Bell |
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January 26, 1973 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up comedy |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject(s) | Racism, social identity, inequality, American politics |
| Spouse | Melissa Hudson Bell |
| Children | Sami Bell (daughter) Juno Bell (daughter) |
| Notable works and roles | Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America, Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period |
| Website | wkamaubell |
Walter Kamau Bell (born January 26, 1973), known professionally as 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. Bell is currently the host of the CNN original series United Shades of America, which debuted on April 24, 2016. He is the host of the live radio show and podcast Kamau Right Now on KALW, and also co-hosts the podcasts Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period with Kevin Avery and Politically Re-Active with Hari Kondabolu.
Bell grew up in Alabama, Boston, and Chicago, the son of Walter Bell, who served as Alabama's Insurance Commissioner and Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation, and author Janet Cheatham Bell, who founded a self-publishing firm. Between the ages of 5 and 12, Bell lived in Boston, Massachusetts in the Mattapan neighborhood of the city. Bell graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and attended the University of Pennsylvania before dropping out. Later he began to pursue a career in comedy.
After establishing himself as sociopolitical comedian and community activist based in San Francisco, Bell became a founding member of the comedy collective "Laughter Against the Machine" and has been featured in a number of prominent podcasts and publications, such as WTF with Marc Maron, Citizen Radio, and Current TV's The War Room with Jennifer Granholm, on which Bell is a regular correspondent.
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