List of The Cosby Show Characters - Recurring Characters

Recurring Characters

• Kenny, a.k.a. "Bud": longtime friend of Rudy (Deon Richmond)
• Walter Bradley, a.k.a. "Cockroach": Theo's best friend in high school (Carl Anthony Payne II)
• Janet Meiser: friend of Vanessa (Pam Potillo)
• Smitty: high school friend of Theo (Adam Sandler)
• Justine Phillips: Theo's longtime girlfriend (Michelle Thomas)
• Robert Foreman: boyfriend of Vanessa (Dondre T. Whitfield)
• Denny: high school, college friend of Theo (Troy Winbush)
• Howard: college friend of Theo (Reno Wilson)
• Lou Hernandez: college friend of Theo (Alex Ruiz)
• Charmaine Brown: best friend of Pam (Karen Malina White); Charmaine later became a regular on the final season of A Different World.
• Lance Rodman: boyfriend of Charmaine (Allen Payne)
• Al Hanks: Clair's father (Joe Williams)
• Carrie Hanks: Clair's mother (Ethel Ayler)
• Nelson Tibideaux: son of Sondra and Elvin (Gary LeRoi Gray)
• Winnie Tibideaux: daughter of Sondra and Elvin (Jessica Ann Vaughn)
• Kara: friend of Vanessa (Elizabeth Narvaez)
• Dabnis Brickey: fiance of Vanessa (William Thomas Jr.)
• Jade: friend of Theo (Vanessa A. Williams)
• Jeffry Engels: neighbor of the Huxtables (Wallace Shawn)
• Peter Chiara: friend of Rudy (Peter Costa)
• Kim Ogawa: friend of Rudy (Naoka Nakagawa)
• Stanley: boyfriend of Rudy (Merlin Santana)
• Arthur Bartell, aka "Slide": ex-boyfriend of Pam (Mushond Lee)
• Aaron Dexter: boyfriend of Pam (Seth Gilliam)
• Cheryl: friend of Theo (Vanessa A. Williams)
• Eunice Chantilly: child love interest of Clif:; foe of Clair (unseen character)
• Shaniqua Watkins: foe of Pam (unseen character)