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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 ''School Daze'' is a 1988 American musical comedy-drama film, written and directed by Spike Lee, and starring Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fishburne), Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell. Based in part on Spike Lee's experiences a ...
'' 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 ''Homeboys in Outer Space'' is an American science fiction/fantasy sitcom that aired on UPN from August 27, 1996 to May 13, 1997. The series stars comedian Flex Alexander and Darryl Bell. Plot The plot centered around two astronauts, Tyberius "T ...
'' as Morris Clay. Bell was born as the son of Travers J. Bell Jr., the founder of the first black firm on the New York Stock Exchange. Bell graduated from Delbarton School in
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in May 1981, where he was one of four African American students, accounting for 1% of the school's enrollment. Bell also attended
Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
. Bell is a member of
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, 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
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reality TV series '' Househusbands of Hollywood'', that debuted in August 2009.The Obenson Report
12/21/2008 (accessed 2/16/2009)


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* * American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Chicago African-American male actors Delbarton School alumni 1963 births Living people Syracuse University alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub