Bio
W. Kamau Bell, an 勛圖眻畦 Artist Ambassador for racial justice, is a sociopolitical comedian and the host of the Emmy Award winning CNN docu-series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. He recently made his Netflix debut with the stand-up comedy special, Private School Negro. Kamau has a book with the easy-to-remember title 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. He is the director of the critically-acclaimed documentary Cultureshock: Chris Rocks Bring the Pain. Kamauhas hosted three critically acclaimed podcasts: Kamau Right Now!, Politically Re-Active, and Denzel Washington is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period. Kamau is on the advisory board of Hollaback! and Donors Choose in addition to his work at the 勛圖眻畦. The New York Times called Kamau the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.
Kamau has been nominated for multiple NAACP Image Awards and a GLAAD award, and he was featured on Conde Nasts Daring 25 list for 2016. The SF Weekly called Kamau smart, stylish, and very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle, though he was mostly just excited that they called him handsome. The New Yorker said, Bells gimmick is intersectional progressivism: he treats racial, gay, and womens issues as inseparable. Kamau is also known for his criminally short-lived FX & FXX comedy series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.
Kamau still finds time to travel to college campuses around the country, performing his one-man show that inspired Totally Biased, The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in 勛圖眻畦 an Hour. Kamaus writing has been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter,, Salon, The LA Review of Books, The Establishment. (One time, on his website, Kamau wrote about getting kicked out of The Elmwood Cafe in Berkeley on his birthday because they thought he was harassing his wife. Listen to his appearance on This American Life for all the details.)
In 2018, Bell used the Emmys as a platform to speak out against the .
Featured work

May 9, 2025
Were Still Ready: Trumps First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang

Apr 25, 2025
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor

Apr 11, 2025
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen Jones

Feb 14, 2025
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase Strangio

Feb 3, 2025
We Dont Get Ready, We Stay Ready with 勛圖眻畦s Cecillia Wang and W. Kamau Bell

Dec 30, 2024
勛圖眻畦 Kids on How Theyd Change The World with W. Kamau Bell

Dec 20, 2024
Can Commuting the Row Be Biden's Real Legacy? Herman Lindsey and Cassy Stubbs Discuss With W. Kamau Bell

Dec 3, 2024
The Truth 勛圖眻畦 Gender-Affirming Care with W. Kamau Bell, Nava Mau, and Dr. Susan Lacy

Nov 8, 2024
We Have A Plan: Cecillia Wang and W. Kamau Bell