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A list of the cast and crew members who worked on the sitcom A Different World, created by Bill Cosby. See the directors, writers, actors, and other roles for each episode.
A Different World is a comedy series about students at a historically Black university, created by Bill Cosby. See the cast, episode guide, user and critic reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
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A Different World is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of The Cosby Show. It aired for six seasons on NBC from September 24, 1987 to July 9, 1993. [1] The series originally centered on Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet ) and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college in Virginia.
A Different World is a spin-off from the American television sitcom The Cosby Show with Denise Huxtable, in the first season. It aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1987 to 1993.
- Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable) As the lead of the first season of A Different World, Lisa Bonet played the second-born wild child of Cliff Huxtable who enrolls at a fictional HBCU in Virginia called Hillman.
- Jasmine Guy (Whitley Gilbert) Whitley wasn't always going to be the main focus of A Different World; Jasmine Guy's character was a supporting cast member until season 2, when she was promoted to lead after Bonet left the show.
- Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne Wayne) Kadeem Hardison played the flirty math nerd Dwayne Wayne, known for his flip-up sunglasses, who was also upgraded to lead the cast in season 2 along with Guy.
- Darryl M. Bell (Ron Johnson) Darryl M. Bell played goofy musician and ROTC student Ron Johnson for all six seasons of the show. After A Different World ended in 1993, Bell booked a lead role as Morris Clay on the sci-fi comedy series Homeboys in Outer Space; did a three-episode arc on Cosby in 1997; and appeared in two episodes of Insecure in 2018.
Find out who starred in the NBC sitcom A Different World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show. See the list of directors, writers, actors and their number of episodes from 1987 to 2021.
Sep 26, 2022 · 'A Different World' Turns 35: See The Cast Then And Now. The thought-provoking sitcom highlighted the importance of HBCUs and continues to be praised for its positive portrayal of Black men...
