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Personal Details
Other Works:
Co-starred in an unsold comedy/drama pilot called "The Happeners" about the struggles of a group of coffeehouse singers in Greenwich Village.
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Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography
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3 Interviews
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3 Articles
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
Louis Gosset Jr. | Lou Gosset Jr. | Louis Gosset | Lou Gossett Jr. | Louis Gossett | Lou Gossett | Louis Gossett Jnr. | Lou Gossett Jr
Height:
6' 4½" (1.95 m)
Parents:
Louis Gossett, Sr.
| Hellen Rebecca Wray
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Personal Quote:
[1983 interview] What happens in real life should be represented on the screen, but it isn't. Just glance inside a restaurant, or look out onto the streets. You will see more black people there than you do on the screen. In that sense the movies are letting us down.
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Trivia:
In the early 1990s,
Rich Little offered him the chance to be his opening act in Las Vegas, but he turned it down, a move that he deeply regrets. He sent his wife,
Cyndi James Gossett, in his place.
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Trademark:
Often plays military commanders and authority figures
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Nickname:
Lou