The ’90s brought some of his most memorable work.
And he played the Rev.
James Sr. in a 2000 episode of HBO’sThe Sopranos.

Bill Cobbs on the set of ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins’ in 2014.Bobby Bank/GC Images
He portrayed Reginald, a security guard who has retired by the latter movie.

Dick Van Dyke and Bill Cobbs in ‘Night at the Museum’.Everett Collection