Troy Winbush Biography

Fast Facts

• Best known for performing the character of Denny in 11 episodes of “The Cosby Show” starring Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad between 1987 and 1991
• His parents are New Yorkers Anthony and Alice Winbush, and his younger sister is actress Camille Winbush, who performed the character of Vanessa on “The Bernie Mac Show” from 2001 to 2006
• In high school, he enjoyed making his classmates laugh so much that he was constantly disciplined by his teachers, so his mother decided to enroll him in Weist Barron acting school when he was 14 years old
• He performed the character of Phil Debolt in the episode “The Red Ponies” of the police procedural television series “The Mentalist” in 2010