Ended

A Different World

Created by: Bill Cosby

7.0 73

1987

22m

6 seasons

ComedyFamily

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities.

Seasons

Season 6

Season 5

Season 4

Season 3

Season 2

Season 1

Cast

Whitley Gilbert

Kadeem Hardison

Colonel Brad Taylor

Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor

Coach Walter Oakes

Jada Pinkett Smith

Terrence Taylor

Karen Malina White

Charmaine Brown

Denise Huxtable

Bumper Robinson

Spencer Boyer, Clint, Frank, Tyrone, Don

Marie-Alise Recasner

Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport, Susan Clayton

Dominic Hoffman

Julian Day, Kent Souje

Alisa Gyse Dickens

Kinu Owens, Singer

Diahann Carroll

Byron Douglas III

Josephine Premice

Desiree Porter, Erdine Abernathy

Roger Guenveur Smith

Prof. Howard Randolph

Brandon Quintin Adams

Mercer Gilbert, Quentin

Phylicia Rashād

Roscoe Lee Browne

Dr. Barnabus Foster

Harold Sylvester

Chip St. Charles

Nerdy Student, Cadet

Kevin Vavasseur

Terrence Williams

Byron, Boy, Dancer

Heathcliff Huxtable

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Robert Guillaume

Dean Winston, Prof. Murphy

Eartha Robinson

Libby Hall Step Captain, Loretta, Theressa's Friend

Dr. Langhorne, Debbie Allen (uncredited)

Quincy Lee Tolleson

Roast Attendee (uncredited), Extra (uncredited), Dwayne's Date

Matthew Dickens

Guy, Airport Employee

Bridgid Coulter

Roxanne Beckford

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Jaime Cardriche

Winston 'The Meat Locker' Woodson

Gilbert Gottfried

Kelly Jo Minter

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Danielle Vinson, Lily Connors

Richard Roundtree

Barbara Montgomery

Imogene Douglas

Leroy Edwards III

Vanna Black, Dr. Sutherland

Diner Employee, Sgt. Herndon Carruthers

Nestor Carbonell

Malik Velasquez

Marques Houston

Monica Gilbert, Melissa Swazey

Brian Wesley Thomas

Frank S. Jenkins

Guy, Little Brother Humpty

Kim's Dance Partner, Earl Rabney

Michael Caldwell

Claudette Wells

Dancer, Backup Singer

Maxine Waters Willard

Backup Singer, Dancer

John Wayne, Dancer

Steven E. Daniels

Susan Fales-Hill

Waitress, News Anchor

Alpha Delta Rho Pledge, Girl

David Alan Grier

Professor Byron Walcott

Kenneth Washington

Sen. Hutchinson

John Marshall Jones

Carlos Lacámara

Tempestt Bledsoe

Vanessa Huxtable

Kinishiwa Representative

Blair Underwood

Elizabeth James

Russel Huxtable

Alaina Reed Hall

Claims Officer #5

Tom Alan Robbins

Campus Policeman

Jana Marie Hupp

Denise Nicholas

Professor Paul Mann

Khandi Alexander

Alfonso Ribeiro

Joseph C. Phillips

Col. Taylor's Former Student

Juanita Jennings

Gretchen Palmer

Marcus Anderson

Candy Ann Brown

Professor Burton

George C. Simms

Marius Mazmanian

Cleavant Derricks

K. Todd Freeman

LaVerne Anderson

Whoopi Goldberg

Michael Milhoan

Larry Beaujolais

Leonard Lightfoot

Lisa Marie Russell

Cynthia L. James

Rondell Sheridan

Jeanine Jackson

Clinton Jackson

Montel Williams

Ronald William Lawrence

Tamara Clatterbuck

Billy Dee Williams

Dr. Eileen Redding

Reginald Ballard

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Professor Lawrence

Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly

Self [Kris Kross]

Chris 'Daddy Mac' Smith

Self [Kris Kross]

Kristoff St. John

Raymond St. Jacques

Prof. Charles Moseley

Obba Babatundé

William Vincent Guy

Airport Ticket Agent (Uncredited)

Football Player

Elizabeth Narvaez

John Ashley Hamilton

Lalanya Masters

The Pin Punisher

Charon Aldredge

John H. Francis

William Shakespeare

Peggy Walton-Walker

Joseph Michael Roth

Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)

Calvin Brown Jr.

Suli McCullough

Clarence Peele (uncredited)

Torri Whitehead

Christopher Carter

Senait Ashenafi

Rachael Johnson

Charlayne Woodard

Stephanie Williams

Michael D. Jones

Hillman College Student (uncredited)

Beverly Hills Looter

Beverly Hills Looter

Wesley Jonathan

South Central Looter

Beverly Hills Looter

Lacy Darryl Phillips

Marquise Wilson

Ron Jackson Jr.

Dr. Cordell Overby

Bonnie Broderick

Rob Steven Williams

Loretta Chandler

Lisa Marie Todd

Eugene Williams

Michael DeLorenzo

Vincent Craig Dupree

Thomas Mikal Ford

Brandi Royale Petway

Reed R. McCants

Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi

Paulette Braxton

Lanyard A. Williams

Man at Adoption Fair

Scott Williamson

Yvette Holland Vasquez

Edgar Godineaux

Braxton Brother

Braxton Brother

Chantal Rivera-Batisse

Alpha Delta Rho Pledge

Raynelle Gipson

Grieving Customer

Nikki Swasey Seaton