W. Kamau Bell

W. Kamau Bell is a stand-up comedian, director, producer, husband and dad. For seven seasons, he was the host and executive producer of the five-time Emmy® Award-winning CNN docu-series “United Shades of America.” In 2023, he won an Emmy for his HBO documentary “1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed.” He also won a Peabody Award for his 2022 Showtime docu-series “We Need to Talk About Cosby.” He is the co-author of The New York Times bestselling book “Do the Work: An Antiracist Activity Book” and the author of “The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6’ 4”, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian.” His comedy special, “Private School Negro,” is available on Netflix. Bell is on the board of directors for DonorsChoose, a nonprofit that helps teachers raise money for class projects, and Live Free, a nonprofit dedicated to ending gun violence, mass incarceration and mass criminalization. Bell is also the ACLU’s celebrity ambassador for racial justice. In 2023, Bell and his wife, Melissa Hudson Bell, co-founded Who Knows Best Productions, a media production company in Oakland, California. He cares too much and sleeps too little.