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 and as Ron Johnson, Jr. on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1987-93). Additionally, he starred on the short-lived UPN sitcom Homeboys in Outer Space as Morris Clay.

Biography

Bell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He pledged into the fraternity through Delta Zeta Chapter in Spring 1982. Bell attended Syracuse University. He is in a 20-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 Fox reality TV series Househusbands of Hollywood, that debuted in August 2009. Bell graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey in May 1981, where he was one of four African American students, accounting for 1% of the school's enrollment. Bell's father, Travers J. Bell, Jr., was the founder of the first black firm on the New York Stock Exchange.


Television



Year

Title

Role

Notes


1987-93

A Different World

Ron Johnson

103 Episodes


1995

Black Scorpion

E-Z Street




1996

Living Single

John

Season 3, Dear John


1996-97

Homeboys in Outer Space

Morris Clay

21 Episodes


1997

Cosby

Julius

Three Episodes


1999

For Your Love

Floyd Huxtable III

Seasons 2, Van For All Seasons


2004

Beverly Hills S.U.V.



TV Movie


2009

Househusbands of Hollywood

Himself