Darryl M. Bell

Darryl M. Bell (sometimes credited as Daryl Bell; born May 10, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role as Big Brother X-Ray Vision in the 1988 Spike Lee film School Daze and as Ron Johnson Jr. on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1987–93). Darryl Bell also starred on the short-lived UPN sitcom Homeboys in Outer Space as Morris Clay.

Darryl M. Bell
Bell in 2006
Born	(1963-05-10) May 10, 1963 (age 62) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Other names	Daryl Bell
Education	Delbarton School Syracuse University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Partner	Tempestt Bledsoe (1993–present)

Bell was born as the son of Travers J. Bell Jr., the founder of the first black firm on the New York Stock Exchange.^[1] Bell graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey in May 1981, where he was one of four African American students, accounting for 1% of the school's enrollment.^[2] Bell also attended Syracuse University. Bell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, having pledged the fraternity through the Delta Zeta chapter in Spring 1982. He is in a 30 year-long committed relationship with actress Tempestt Bledsoe, who co-starred in the NBC TV comedy The Cosby Show. The couple appeared together in the Fox reality TV series Househusbands of Hollywood, that debuted in August 2009.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	School Daze	Big Brother X-Ray Vision
1994	Mr. Write	Lawrence
2000	Brother	Yamomoto's Henchman
2013	The Dark Party	Danny

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987–93	A Different World	Ron Johnson	103 episodes
1995	Black Scorpion	E-Z Street
1996	Living Single	John	Season 3, Dear John
1996–97	Homeboys in Outer Space	Morris Clay	21 episodes
1997	Cosby	Julius	3 Episodes
1999	For Your Love	Floyd Huxtable III	Seasons 2, Van For All Seasons
2004	Beverly Hills S.U.V.		TV movie
2009	Househusbands of Hollywood	Himself	TV Reality Show