Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor.
Gossett, Jr. was born in Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York to Hellen Rebecca (née Wray), a nurse, and Louis Gossett, Sr., a porter. His stage debut came at age 16 in a school production of You Can't Take It with You when a sports injury resulted in the decision to take an acting class.
After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1954, he attended New York...
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Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor.
Gossett, Jr. was born in Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York to Hellen Rebecca (née Wray), a nurse, and Louis Gossett, Sr., a porter. His stage debut came at age 16 in a school production of You Can't Take It with You when a sports injury resulted in the decision to take an acting class.
After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1954, he attended New York University, on an athletic scholarship. Standing 6'4" (1.93 m), he played varsity basketball during his college years at NYU.
Gossett stepped into the world of cinema in the Sidney Poitier vehicle A Raisin in the Sun in 1961.
Since his film debut, Gossett has starred in numerous film productions such as The Deep, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D (as SeaWorld manager Calvin Bouchard), Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher. His role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman ...
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