years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
1985 -- present newark , new jersey , u.s. bill bellamy 7 april 1965 kristen baker -lrb- 2001 -- present -rrb- bill bellamy -lrb- comedian -rrb- in october 2011.jpg bill bellamy
 william bellamy actor , comedian
bill bellamy

william `` bill '' bellamy -lrb- born april 7 , 1965 -rrb- is an american actor and stand-up comedian .
bellamy first gained national notoriety on hbo 's russell simmons ' `` def comedy jam '' , where he is credited for creating or coining the phrase `` booty call '' , described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sex .
bellamy is african-american .
he attended seton hall preparatory school in south orange , new jersey -lrb- now located in west orange -rrb- , before moving on to major in economics at rutgers university .
for many years , bellamy was a staple on mtv , a vj and the host of several mtv programs including `` mtv jamz '' and `` mtv beach house '' .
he went on to star in a number of movies , including `` fled '' , `` love jones '' , `` the brothers '' , `` how to be a player '' , `` getting played '' and `` any given sunday '' .
he also appeared on two episodes of the tv show `` kenan and kel '' .
additionally , he voiced skeeter on the nickelodeon television show `` cousin skeeter '' .
in 2002 , bill bellamy was given a co-starring role in the fox network television show `` fastlane '' alongside peter facinelli and tiffani thiessen .
bellamy is the current host and executive producer of `` bill bellamy 's who 's got jokes ? ''
on tv one .
the show is in its fourth season .
he also appeared frequently as a `` roundtable '' guest on the late night e! talk show `` chelsea lately '' .
bellamy is also the cousin of basketball player shaquille o'neal .
bellamy has also provided voice acting to marcus hill , a playable character in the 2005 updated version of the `` narc '' video game .
bellamy hosted seasons 5 and 6 of nbc 's `` last comic standing '' reality show -lrb- 2007 and 2008 -rrb- .
in 2014 , he had a recurring role as councilman powell on the tv land original series `` hot in cleveland '' .
