American actor Bill Cobbs has died at the age of 90. He is known, among other things, for films Bodyguard And Night at the Museum, But he played many other supporting roles.

Born in 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio, Cobbs was late in life by Hollywood standards. He served in the US Air Force for eight years before beginning his acting career at the age of thirty-six.

During the first period he played mainly in the theater, but in 1974 he started acting Pelham took one two three His first small film role. In the decades that followed, he appeared in nearly 200 films and series.

In the early 1990s, Cobbs appeared as Whitney Houston’s manager in a film BodyguardHe starred in the action film alongside Sylvester Stallone Destroyed man He had a role in that. Hudsucker agent By the Coen brothers. in Night at the museum (2006) He played the role of guard Reginald.

Cobbs also starred in episodes West wing, The soprano And good times. In the fall of his career he won a Daytime Emmy Award. He won the American Television Award in 2020 for his role in the series Youth Dino Dana.

Bill Cobbs as a priest in The Sopranos (2000):

“To be an artist, you have to be able to give,” Cobbs said in a 2004 interview. “Art is a kind of prayer, isn’t it? We respond to what we see and feel around us and how things affect us mentally and spiritually.”

His family reported that he died peacefully at his home in California. “We take comfort in knowing that Bill has found peace and eternal rest with his Heavenly Father,” the statement read.