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Biography

Kobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. He graduated with the class of '96 at Lower…more

Born

8/23/1978, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Birth Name

Kobe Bean Bryant

Gender

Male

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Recurring Role (10)

Role
- SportsCenter
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 1104 April 21, 2011 (4)
    4/21/11
  - S 7: Ep 1047 April 15, 2011 (7)
    4/15/11
- NBA on ABC
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 17 2011 NBA Quarterfinals: New Orleans Hornets vs. Los Angeles Lakers Game 1
    4/17/11
  - S 8: Ep 25 NBA Finals 2010: Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers Game 1
    6/3/10
  - S 8: Ep 17 NBA Quarterfinals 2010: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers Game 1
    4/18/10
  - S 8: Ep 15 Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
    4/11/10
  - S 8: Ep 13 San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers
    4/4/10
  - + 12 More Credits
- NBA on TNT
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 22 2011 NBA All-Star Game
    2/20/11
  - S 5: Ep 32 NBA Quarterfinals 2010: Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics; Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers
    4/20/10
  - S 5: Ep 23 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat; Utah Jazz vs. Phoenix Suns
    3/4/10
  - S 5: Ep 20 2010 NBA All-Star Game
    2/14/10
  - S 5: Ep 19 2010 NBA All-Star Saturday
    2/13/10
  - + 20 More Credits
- NBA Europe Live
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 4 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Regal FC Barcelona
    10/7/10
- NBA on ESPN
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 40 Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers; Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers
    4/2/10
  - S 3: Ep 37 Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics; Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs
    3/24/10
  - S 3: Ep 34 Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics; Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors
    3/15/10
  - S 3: Ep 29 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks
    2/24/10
  - S 3: Ep 25 Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks; Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers
    2/5/10
  - + 5 More Credits
- Fan Night
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 23 Phoenix Suns vs. Chicago Bulls
    3/30/10
  - S 2: Ep 20 Toronto Raptors vs. Los Angeles Lakers
    3/9/10
  - S 2: Ep 18 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies
    2/23/10
  - S 2: Ep 14 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Washington Wizards
    1/26/10
  - S 2: Ep 12 Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs
    1/12/10
  - + 7 More Credits
- NBA on YES
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 28 Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Jersey Nets
    12/19/09
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Video clip
  - S 1: Ep 36 Monday, October 27, 2003
    10/27/03
  - S 1: Ep 31 Monday, October 20, 2003
    10/20/03
  - S 1: Ep 23 Wednesday, October 8, 2003
    10/8/03
  - S 1: Ep 21 Monday, October 6, 2003
    10/6/03
- NBA on NBC
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 5 Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs
    1/19/02
  - S 10: Ep 17 New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Lakers
    4/2/00
- NBA on TBS
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 14 Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs; Sacramento Kings vs. Utah Jazz
    4/19/00
Guest Star (43)

Role
- The Herd – Radio Simulcast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1001 February 7, 2012
    2/7/12
- NBA Gametime
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 January 10, 2012
    1/10/12
  - S 1: Ep 206 November 12, 2010
    11/12/10
- Pardon The Interruption
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 104 March 30, 2011
    3/30/11
  - S 9: Ep 76 February 17, 2010
    2/17/10
  - S 7: Ep 112 April 14, 2008
    4/14/08
- The Mo'Nique Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 246 March 22, 2011
    3/22/11
- Access Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 52 February 22, 2011
    2/22/11
- SportsCenter
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 490 February 18, 2011 (10)
    2/18/11
  - S 7: Ep 35 January 4, 2011 (5)
    1/4/11
  - S 6: Ep 226 June 28, 2010 (4)
    6/28/10
- Conan
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 43 Rendezvous At Meet-Up Point
    2/2/11
- Extra
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 270 December 24, 2010
    12/24/10
- WWE Monday Night Raw
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 55 Tribute to the Troops
    12/22/10
- One on One with Ahmad Rashad
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 October 25, 2010
    10/25/10
- Jim Rome is Burning
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 145 Kobe Bryant, Brandon Jennings
    8/27/10
- FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 50 USA vs. Ghana
    6/26/10
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 100 June 24, 2010
    6/24/10
  - S 1: Ep 1 November 9, 2009
    11/9/09
- Modern Family
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 Family Portrait
    5/19/10
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 851 Jimmy Kimmel Live 04/06/2010
    4/6/10
- The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 Kobe Bryant, William Shatner, Incubus
    6/17/09
- Sesame Street
  Himself
  - S 37: Ep 124 April 13, 2009
    4/13/09
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 57: Ep 168 August 20, 2008
    8/20/08
- ESPY Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 16 2008 ESPY Awards
    7/20/08
  - S 1: Ep 14 2006 ESPY Awards
    7/16/06
- The Early Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 178 July 7, 2008
    7/7/08
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 195 July 1, 2008
    7/1/08
  - S 18: Ep 118 March 3, 2006
    3/3/06
- 106 & Park
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 7 Kobe Bryant Interview
    2/5/08
- E:60
  Himself
- Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 14 July 14, 2006
    7/14/06
- Soul Train
  himself
  - S 34: Ep 9 The 7th Annual Sears Soul Train Christmas Starfest
    12/4/04
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 1 2004 MTV Movie Awards
    6/5/04
- The Proud Family
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 11 One In A Million
    4/18/03
- Soul Train
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 14 The 5th Annual Sears Soul Train Christmas Starfest
    12/14/02
- Beyond the Glory
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Kobe Bryant
    4/28/02
- Sports Tonight
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 0 June 28, 2001
    6/28/01
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 20 Show #2086
    6/28/01
- On the Record with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 2 February 21, 2001
    2/21/01
- Bette
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 I Love This Game
    11/29/00
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 2 Episode 35 - Kobe Bryant
    2/14/00
- All That
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 14 Kobe Bryant / Ice Cube
    11/14/98
- The Magic Hour
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 June 16, 1998
    6/16/98
- Hang Time
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Hustlers
    10/18/97
- In the House
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 Men in the Black
    9/1/97
- Sister, Sister
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 6 Kid-Napped
    10/9/96
- Moesha
  Terry Hightower
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Whistle Blower
    9/24/96
- Arli$$
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 What About the Fans?
    9/4/96
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 13 Show #13
    6/26/96
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll
  Another Ghost (voice in movie)
  - S 2: Ep 0 Untitled Movie
Cameo (3)

Role
- Dancing With The Stars
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 9 Episode 1105
    10/18/10
- Keeping Up With The Kardashians
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Wedding
    11/8/09
- Deal or No Deal
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 17 Episode 412
    12/29/08

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- Kobe Bryant won B.E.T.'s 2008 Male Athlete of the Year Award.
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- On May 7, 2008, Kobe became the fourth player in Laker history to receive the MVP award after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal.
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- Kobe won the 2007-08 NBA's Most Valuable Player award, after finishing the regular season with 28.3 PPG, 6.3 Reb and 5.4 assists. This was his first MVP award.
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- Kobe (on winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player award): I didn't expect this award would come to me. I'm surprised. I've played pretty well in other seasons. Our team hasn't been as good. Things just fell into place.
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- Kobe (on winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player award): This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys (his teammates) enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.
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- Kobe (On his reaction to hearing Bulls' fans chant his name): A couple of my friends played against the Bulls when that took place, called me after they played them and said they heard something that was just the craziest thing they had ever seen. I was shocked by it.
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